Was wondering how the mod has held up? Did you keep it modded? Did you see a lot of improvement? Thanks for the video. Very educational.
@IowaBudgetRCBashers6 ай бұрын
I just got one of these. I think these are made by Kyosho like the eazy RC is made by fms and they’re just their way of making extra money selling factory seconds
@wandahogan30168 ай бұрын
Awesome vid thx
@jensgaethje85558 ай бұрын
Thanks. Great step by stepeasy to follow along 👍
@hanswaterman92799 ай бұрын
Thnx!!
@chrisknotts642710 ай бұрын
Pretty much got what I needed but when working with black plastic, more light is needed to see everything.
@rodey6594 Жыл бұрын
What rods you use on your Kyosho Mini Z?
@argentinomacrifuevidaltamb3772 Жыл бұрын
Gracias por el video, excelente trabajo Saludos
@chesteranand8845 Жыл бұрын
What’s the tape for
@mattynice740 Жыл бұрын
Just to protect the silver paint from being worn off with the polish
@barismetin1014 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bwerx Жыл бұрын
Yours look a lot less polished than the one I got. Mine is nearly pristine, and it doesn't have those blotches you mentioned. One thing to make note of is that the body mount on my unit is installed backward, making the body placement more on the front and having that nasty gap between the back panel and the spare tire. I was surprised to see how well made the thing is.
@sarahbuckland7931 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Thank you.
@o3rMeNs Жыл бұрын
Been using mine since a week it came out for various little projects and RC stuff. Still very pleased with it. Shame many seems to have dodgy units. Mine was from the very 1st batch that needed to make name I guess.
@boost808 Жыл бұрын
Just got a mini z 4x4 wanted to know is there a servo upgrade that you would recommend? Thanks
@WaitWhatCreator Жыл бұрын
Epic! I want to do some repairs to my pint bms omg
@RobV5 Жыл бұрын
After I opened my stock Kyosho motor and put it back together it lost power. Any idea what to look at?
@mkwetherell Жыл бұрын
I’d bet you messed up something with the brushes. They’re very fragile. Try taking it apart again and checking those
@freezonechannel8639 Жыл бұрын
Stupid analist
@user-st8ny6pi2d Жыл бұрын
Blame kyosho for making them in china in the first place, the same thing happened with snapon and the harbor freight daytona jacks.
@oadslug Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Big help. Much appreciated.
@xeon_one Жыл бұрын
Good video! Question can you show us how well it dose over the stock one ( Performance test). If you go to kenon it has warnings about using the pinion gear. But will not show mini z 4x4 only scx 24.
@GIJha Жыл бұрын
Absolutely enjoyed the upgrade. Just got myself the Furitek upgrade package for my 2 mini z 4x4s. Changes battery to LiPo and a ESC and Bluetooth card too. Cost an arm and a leg. 😢 Not a KZreadr. But will post the end result of the build here for you to see…Guess in a month or so.
@tonyduong70 Жыл бұрын
Another division of Kyosho?
@MrDmadness Жыл бұрын
Master micro looks toast also,
@PlenumGaming Жыл бұрын
How has this been? I've heard it has no drag brake and is maybe different electronics? Heard someone say lights burnt out on them.
@Insultifying Жыл бұрын
There are no lights.
@noelmurillo6360 Жыл бұрын
Is your original Miniz brushless?
@darrenjackson6207 Жыл бұрын
Hey bro I really like your integrity...God bless u
@rcbuilder111 Жыл бұрын
I think the mini z factory get broke and they sell the stuff on AliExpress lol
@MrAnatolyvizitiu Жыл бұрын
Useful review, stands out from the rest.
@mingj26372 жыл бұрын
Dont try miniz led kits on it! Will smoke right after you power on 😂
@PlenumGaming Жыл бұрын
The lights smoked? It's a different esc right?
@truant786truant92 жыл бұрын
Nice video.can you please do running comparison between them? You think it will perform same as ORIGINAL Mini Z? Thanks
@johne3639 Жыл бұрын
Tomley rc did just that a day or two ago. It performed as good or better. I know where I'll be spending my money! I have no brand loyalty I'll keep the $100+ I save in my pocket.
@Hawaiian.8082 жыл бұрын
Cool. How did you get this part. I need a light bar or something. My front light bar dose not work.
@MrDmadness Жыл бұрын
You can order bt modules for raspberries pi, arduino etc.. they work same. 5v reference signal
@aaronevan40652 жыл бұрын
Adding ship quick and flux will help a ton
@joseflindbom76802 жыл бұрын
Your videos are Great. So mutch info. Goood work dude.!!!!
@timothyandelmo5412 жыл бұрын
I could be wrong but id be careful with using those magnets they might draw too much current n maybe fry the board
@andrewshin46882 жыл бұрын
Finally I've been waiting for someone to make a video on this, I'm using the 70turn with the stock pinion for a little more speed. Went with a more stock trail truck build instead of a true crawler
@mattynice7402 жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you like it!
@andrewshin46882 жыл бұрын
@@mattynice740 highly recommend the nb4 with mini z fhss module to solve your throttle dead zone. I had to tune the exponential because the 70t constantly wants to go fast and suffers from huge loss of low speed control
@nixosnixos12272 жыл бұрын
Hey man, i have the brass front knuckles, front diecast axle, the alum front join set & weighted wheels. Now the servo is having a lot of trouble steering the wheels. How did you tackle this issue? I just had to remove some weight for it to steer correctly
@mattynice7402 жыл бұрын
I recently switched to running Li-ion batteries. No mod needed, you just use 2 li-ion batteries and 2 dummy cells. Way less battery weight which helps everything and the increased voltage increases the steering power a lot. Hope that helps!
@bob.shishka Жыл бұрын
@@mattynice740 I didn't know you can do this. Do you have any links to the batteries you are using??
@SmartFool244 ай бұрын
@@mattynice740yeah can you link to what is needed? Will the added power and weight of this setup burn out the servo? I decided not to get the weighted wheels so I could keep my servo less stressed.
@cajunsrcandoutdooradventur44372 жыл бұрын
Love the video. I have an scx24 and have been looking for free and cheap upgrades and would love to see more content like this!! Please
@Trailfloater2 жыл бұрын
So I can do this myself lol fm wants to charge me a lot for this now smh
@fixmypev2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Future Motion tends to use unleaded solder so it’s helpful to add some leaded solder to the mix prior to attempting to remove components (it’ll make life a lot easier). Also, flux is your best friend when it comes to this type of work. Thanks for sharing! 🤙🏼⚡️🛠
@JeromeDemers2 жыл бұрын
Congrats!
@JeromeDemers2 жыл бұрын
Can you give the part number of Q1,Q2 and Q3? Also the thing you pointed as been a fuse. I don’t think it’s a fuse but diode rectifier. You can see 2 “~” next to it saying AC and the “+” and “-“ on other side that goes to those huge capacitors to get smoothed to because DC signal.
@JeromeDemers2 жыл бұрын
I have found the mosfet. It’s not a GaN. It’s AON6144 from Alpha & Omega semiconductors. Are the GaN on the Ac to Dc side? The other board?
@JeromeDemers2 жыл бұрын
They use a fortior gate driver. The same use for drone ESC!
@stuartleask97432 жыл бұрын
And voltage ripple under load? Your oscilloscope screen seems to show quite a lot of hair, and that's under no load. I fear this is yet another cheap 'DC with lots of HF AC' power supply, but it would be nice to see some measurements e.g. ripple at 10V, at 0mA, 100mA, 5A?
@mattynice7402 жыл бұрын
Good ideas, I’ll try to post a follow up video.
@stuartleask97432 жыл бұрын
@@mattynice740 A 'burn in' test (check output after 30 mins at 70% max rated output) would also be useful - apart from usability/interface issues, I worry that these cheap PSUs have noisy outputs and are not rated for continuous use, certainly beyond the few minutes of most reviews.
@j2ballybatty2 жыл бұрын
Mine went bang
@subarufan21802 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thanks for sharing your experiences with this repair.
@hfuhruhurr2 жыл бұрын
Sweet job! I see you uncovered yet another way FFM is trying to lock down their stuff: proprietary conformal coating.
@gayyou21152 жыл бұрын
10:05 please tell me what is the IC (PLCC type ?)which under the R220 resistor
@nicholasaltuz67532 жыл бұрын
Very nice, and educational video! If you’d like some ideas for comparing upgrades to stock - maybe comparing how much weight it can push / pull? I know my stock Mini Z 4x4 can’t push nearly as much as my SCX24.
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Can you explain what you had to do at the end
Was wondering how the mod has held up? Did you keep it modded? Did you see a lot of improvement? Thanks for the video. Very educational.
I just got one of these. I think these are made by Kyosho like the eazy RC is made by fms and they’re just their way of making extra money selling factory seconds
Awesome vid thx
Thanks. Great step by stepeasy to follow along 👍
Thnx!!
Pretty much got what I needed but when working with black plastic, more light is needed to see everything.
What rods you use on your Kyosho Mini Z?
Gracias por el video, excelente trabajo Saludos
What’s the tape for
Just to protect the silver paint from being worn off with the polish
Thank you!
Yours look a lot less polished than the one I got. Mine is nearly pristine, and it doesn't have those blotches you mentioned. One thing to make note of is that the body mount on my unit is installed backward, making the body placement more on the front and having that nasty gap between the back panel and the spare tire. I was surprised to see how well made the thing is.
Brilliant. Thank you.
Been using mine since a week it came out for various little projects and RC stuff. Still very pleased with it. Shame many seems to have dodgy units. Mine was from the very 1st batch that needed to make name I guess.
Just got a mini z 4x4 wanted to know is there a servo upgrade that you would recommend? Thanks
Epic! I want to do some repairs to my pint bms omg
After I opened my stock Kyosho motor and put it back together it lost power. Any idea what to look at?
I’d bet you messed up something with the brushes. They’re very fragile. Try taking it apart again and checking those
Stupid analist
Blame kyosho for making them in china in the first place, the same thing happened with snapon and the harbor freight daytona jacks.
Thank you. Big help. Much appreciated.
Good video! Question can you show us how well it dose over the stock one ( Performance test). If you go to kenon it has warnings about using the pinion gear. But will not show mini z 4x4 only scx 24.
Absolutely enjoyed the upgrade. Just got myself the Furitek upgrade package for my 2 mini z 4x4s. Changes battery to LiPo and a ESC and Bluetooth card too. Cost an arm and a leg. 😢 Not a KZreadr. But will post the end result of the build here for you to see…Guess in a month or so.
Another division of Kyosho?
Master micro looks toast also,
How has this been? I've heard it has no drag brake and is maybe different electronics? Heard someone say lights burnt out on them.
There are no lights.
Is your original Miniz brushless?
Hey bro I really like your integrity...God bless u
I think the mini z factory get broke and they sell the stuff on AliExpress lol
Useful review, stands out from the rest.
Dont try miniz led kits on it! Will smoke right after you power on 😂
The lights smoked? It's a different esc right?
Nice video.can you please do running comparison between them? You think it will perform same as ORIGINAL Mini Z? Thanks
Tomley rc did just that a day or two ago. It performed as good or better. I know where I'll be spending my money! I have no brand loyalty I'll keep the $100+ I save in my pocket.
Cool. How did you get this part. I need a light bar or something. My front light bar dose not work.
You can order bt modules for raspberries pi, arduino etc.. they work same. 5v reference signal
Adding ship quick and flux will help a ton
Your videos are Great. So mutch info. Goood work dude.!!!!
I could be wrong but id be careful with using those magnets they might draw too much current n maybe fry the board
Finally I've been waiting for someone to make a video on this, I'm using the 70turn with the stock pinion for a little more speed. Went with a more stock trail truck build instead of a true crawler
Thanks, glad you like it!
@@mattynice740 highly recommend the nb4 with mini z fhss module to solve your throttle dead zone. I had to tune the exponential because the 70t constantly wants to go fast and suffers from huge loss of low speed control
Hey man, i have the brass front knuckles, front diecast axle, the alum front join set & weighted wheels. Now the servo is having a lot of trouble steering the wheels. How did you tackle this issue? I just had to remove some weight for it to steer correctly
I recently switched to running Li-ion batteries. No mod needed, you just use 2 li-ion batteries and 2 dummy cells. Way less battery weight which helps everything and the increased voltage increases the steering power a lot. Hope that helps!
@@mattynice740 I didn't know you can do this. Do you have any links to the batteries you are using??
@@mattynice740yeah can you link to what is needed? Will the added power and weight of this setup burn out the servo? I decided not to get the weighted wheels so I could keep my servo less stressed.
Love the video. I have an scx24 and have been looking for free and cheap upgrades and would love to see more content like this!! Please
So I can do this myself lol fm wants to charge me a lot for this now smh
Nice! Future Motion tends to use unleaded solder so it’s helpful to add some leaded solder to the mix prior to attempting to remove components (it’ll make life a lot easier). Also, flux is your best friend when it comes to this type of work. Thanks for sharing! 🤙🏼⚡️🛠
Congrats!
Can you give the part number of Q1,Q2 and Q3? Also the thing you pointed as been a fuse. I don’t think it’s a fuse but diode rectifier. You can see 2 “~” next to it saying AC and the “+” and “-“ on other side that goes to those huge capacitors to get smoothed to because DC signal.
I have found the mosfet. It’s not a GaN. It’s AON6144 from Alpha & Omega semiconductors. Are the GaN on the Ac to Dc side? The other board?
They use a fortior gate driver. The same use for drone ESC!
And voltage ripple under load? Your oscilloscope screen seems to show quite a lot of hair, and that's under no load. I fear this is yet another cheap 'DC with lots of HF AC' power supply, but it would be nice to see some measurements e.g. ripple at 10V, at 0mA, 100mA, 5A?
Good ideas, I’ll try to post a follow up video.
@@mattynice740 A 'burn in' test (check output after 30 mins at 70% max rated output) would also be useful - apart from usability/interface issues, I worry that these cheap PSUs have noisy outputs and are not rated for continuous use, certainly beyond the few minutes of most reviews.
Mine went bang
Amazing! Thanks for sharing your experiences with this repair.
Sweet job! I see you uncovered yet another way FFM is trying to lock down their stuff: proprietary conformal coating.
10:05 please tell me what is the IC (PLCC type ?)which under the R220 resistor
Very nice, and educational video! If you’d like some ideas for comparing upgrades to stock - maybe comparing how much weight it can push / pull? I know my stock Mini Z 4x4 can’t push nearly as much as my SCX24.