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Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:04 pm
by HS-YZ250
Browsing TLR's website to get ideas, I happened across this image, and was wondering what was going on with the very vintage electrics.

http://www.tlracing.com/ProdInfo/Files/TLR03022-chassis1.png

This was on TLR's page for the 22 5.0 Elite DC kit, due in September.

http://www.tlracing.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=TLR03022

Is this a new trend? Someone playing around with marketing materials? Or am I late to the party, having not paid much attention to kits made after 1995?

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:48 pm
by juicedcoupe
Might be that whoever built the car actually had taste.

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:51 pm
by GoMachV
And now Yokomo releases their rtr racer with a brush motor and speed control 😜 anyone know where to find a shorty pack with a Tamiya connector? :lol:

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:00 pm
by Bottom Feeder
It looks out of place but I dig it!

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:30 pm
by HS-YZ250
juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:48 pm Might be that whoever built the car actually had taste.
Not gonna lie: the matched cells made me immediately jump to Trinity's website. Heh!

Was wondering if it was an oddly stacked 6 cell pack at first.

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:33 pm
by HS-YZ250
Ugh. And please excuse my spelling error in the thread title. Guess I got so excited I reverted to, I don't know, German pronunciations?

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:36 pm
by Frankentruck
"Wintage" made me think of Mr. Chekov in Star Trek.

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:52 pm
by juicedcoupe
GoMachV wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:51 pm And now Yokomo releases their rtr racer with a brush motor and speed control 😜 anyone know where to find a shorty pack with a tamiya connector? :lol:
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Now I want one. It has the right look for a vintage car.

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:57 pm
by Frankentruck
It's the return of brushed motor power! TLR and Yokomo leading the charge!

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:05 pm
by HS-YZ250
Think it could be a Brian Kinwald tribute, with that body?

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:55 pm
by HS-YZ250
And there you go! From TLR's facebook page.

BKTrib.PNG

Wonder what Yokomo's inspiration was.

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:28 pm
by RC10th
It is a trend for some of us ..... Kidagain has done some great vintage looking modern electronics.


I even made some vintage packaging for this one, complete with capacitors and schottky diode....


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Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:30 am
by Lowgear
HS-YZ250 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:33 pm Ugh. And please excuse my spelling error in the thread title. Guess I got so excited I reverted to, I don't know, German pronunciations?

I fixed it for ya. :)

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:58 am
by duckhead
GoMachV wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:51 pm And now Yokomo releases their rtr racer with a brush motor and speed control 😜 anyone know where to find a shorty pack with a tamiya connector? :lol:
Yokomo and Tamiya should talk more... :lol:

Yokomo has a LiPo compatible ESC but only for brushed motors, where Tamiya has the TBLE-02 ESC that is in most of their re-re's which is brushed/sensored brushless compatible but no LiPo cutoff... :?

Re: Vintage Electronics in a Modern Kit: What's going on here?

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:49 pm
by juicedcoupe
duckhead wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:58 am Tamiya has the TBLE-02 ESC that is in most of their re-re's which is brushed/sensored brushless compatible but no LiPo cutoff... :?
That is where the new TBLE-04S comes in, replacing the 02.