randome n00b questions

cdog4w · #1 10-03-2003, 03:13 PM

I got my Mini-X (RTR) in the mail and haven't had time until today to take a look, but man have I been itching to. Anyway, so far I put batts in the Tx and connect the bat terminal on the car (red one, black was already in). I then ran through the ESC setup (tho it didn't work exactly as the manual said it would) and more or less got it to be happily neutral when there was no input from the Tx. I think took it for a quick spin around the hall and then the charge seemed to die. Tiny, did you put a small charge into the 5 cell that it came with, but not a full charge?

Anyway, now we get to my questions :P

First, the front left wheel shaft just dropped out (the barbell looking one with a pin through each bell). I'm going to take this thing apart when I get some time later today, but is this common and is there anything I can do to prevent it?

Second, now that I've run down the car batt, I need to charge them. I got the XPress charger from tiny that is designed for it and I got the AC/DC converter for it from ratshack. I assume I hook the black alligator to the black lead from the car and red to red, but can I do this w/o removing the batteries from the body of the car? Can I just click to the red and black battery spring terminal things as long as I have the ESC turned off and charge the batteries in the car?

Third, everyone says you need to lube the diffs and points to the intrepid help page. Would a local hobby shop have the proper lubes for me to do this (The one closest to me is Hobbytown USA)?

Fourth and last for now, I've heard mention of "internal antennas" somewhere and I couldn't find much on them searching through the forums here (tho haven't tried mini-zracer yet). Can someone explain the pros/cons of this and the best way to go about it?

Thanks for all your help.

btw tiny, when in ratshack looking for the ac/dc adapter, the guy helping me asked "wtf is that thing" when I showed him the xpress charger. I told him that it was the charger for a 1/24 mini rc and explained all the features that the X packs in and then told him the price. He was blown away. He had raced 1/10 nitro in the past, but hadn't really gotten into anything else. He'd heard of the Mini-Z's but not much beyond the name and what they were. Anyway, hopefully a new forum member and at worst spreading the word and a decent story.