The RC Deep Dive

If you like building Tamiya radio-controlled land based vehicles and want to get the same type of R/C model vehicle building experience with water based vehicles like boats and submarines, what brands and models should you invest in? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we get you prepared for the wet and dry docks with all the information you could need to make this decision while starting your marine radio-controlled model vehicle hobby. 

Did you know that there is actually a psychological reason you are local to your favored R/C model vehicle brand? Psychology actually teaches us that our brand preferences and our favorite radio controlled cars actually help define us as a person. We break down your mind and explain the scientific reasons you are pre-wired to like one brand (such as Tamiya, Kyosho, Yokomo,  Associated Electronics, Losi, X-ray,  Schumacher, Arrma, etc.) over another brand in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

If you want a radio-controlled school bus that is also a monster truck, the R/C hobbyist world has this absurdity for you. There's five different pathways to get this including Tamiya's giant King Yellow 6x6 monster school bus to the famous sKOOL bus body shell from Parma PSE and a bunch of options in-between. We take you to school and teach you all of your options to make this unique radio control basher, crawler, or racer bus in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

If you like building Tamiya radio-controlled land based vehicles and want to get the same type of R/C model vehicle building experience with sky based radio-controlled vehicles like airplanes and jets, what brands and models should you invest in? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we get you prepared for takeoff with all the information you could need to make this decision to become an R/C pilot. 

What is the CC-01 (CC stand for Cross Country) chassis and what are the available updates for it? What made this radio-controlled model vehicle chassis unique and so desired due so long until the CC-02 came out much later? We dig into the unique specs and find so these answers for you on this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

The Tamiya Rookie Rabbit, the first RTR (Ready-To-Run) R/C buggy on the DT-01 (DT stands for Dirt Two-Wheel-Drive) chassis was a very important radio controlled buggy for Tamiya, but why? We drive into this question and let you know the must-have upgrades to make this beginner buggy matter in the modern day of radio control in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

Cotter pins or body clips used to be small and straight. However, over time the pull ring angle and the size of these clips or pins have increased. Why has the size changed and why is this important for not only keeping your body shell on your R/C model vehicle, but also protecting those sometimes fragile body mounts? We dive deep into the material science and physics of different sizes and different angles on body pins in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast.

Tamiya and Kyosho each use Lean and the TPS (Toyota Production System) in their R/C model vehicle factories. We explain how this helps get a perfect vehicle to you quickly and how a failure to have this system be part of the corporate, manufacturing, and marketing culture have lead to a number of disastrous recalls for Kyosho and why Tamiya has never had to suffer one of these very expensive recalls. 

While the TRF (Tamiya Racing Factory) Aeration Oil-Filled Dampers come with yellow #400 damper oil, if you upgrade them with softer shock springs when installing them on an R/C model vehicle like the Tamiya Lancia 037 Rally car, Subaru BRAT, or the Frog, you are going to want softer shock oil if you are taking your off-road vehicle to the natural environment it was made for. We help you dial down exactly which shock oils you should use in this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast. 

If you don't have the rere (re-release) Hornet decals packed with window masks; and honestly, even if you do; masking that window bump for the antenna can be tricky and leave unsightly paint lines on your window that is supposed to be clear. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we go over the options to make sure you don't have this problem.