Mini-Z

Illumination of
Kyosho Mini-Z Racer
09/Jul/2000

Caution!! You can not be under warranty if you modify chassis like in this page. Do at your own risk.

This is first time for me to get R/C car other from Tamiya. This is 1/24 scaled small chassis and we can enjoy even in a living room, though it has standard mechanisms (suspension, differential gear, etc.) same as that of 1/10 chassis. Exactly, on the operating manual for Mini-Z, there is a description "Caution. This is not a TOY. "(Japanese version) :-)

The first thing to do after get this is..............

ミニッツ基板 Decomposition!!:-)
Mmmm... Very fine work.
I found P1 is +4.8V, P4 is GND with switch-connecting. I can use these points to supply power for PICs.

Very cool!!

フロントビュー

バックビュー

Switch On!!

フロント点灯

バック点灯

LEDs are installed like below :-)

PIC回路

Any questions, comments are welcome. (Address in homepage)