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JinxyBoi
01-15-2006, 02:58 PM
Hello, I'm new to the whole "aftermarket" RC car world so please excuse my lack of knowledge on...everything.

Well, anyway, my grandmother gave me a bunch of toy RC cars when I was younger (like around 5 or 6 years old) and I loved them to pieces (litterally as you're about to find out). Of the bunch I only have like two of them anymore.

One was one of those generic Tyco gimmic cars that had 6 wheels (but two of them weere dummies). I loved playing with the thing because it was fast and each side had it's own motor allowing it to pull some retardedly cool maneuvers.

The other car was this Nikko RC truck. I'm not sure what truck it was modeled after, but it was definitely neat looking. The only problem I had with it was that it was kinda slow (compared ot the Tyco) and ate a lot of power.

Well recently I pulled the Nikko out the closet and gave it a nice lookover. I love to modify computers and I thought about the basics of fan controllers. Depending on how much juice you feed it, the faster it spins. So I decided to do something retarded.

I was planning to make this sucker really move by increasing the batteries! So I took it apart, cut somewires and soldered connectors for three 9 volts on and disconnected the connectors for the 8 AA's it was made ot take. Yes, I was going to attach 27 volts of power to something meant for 12 volts.

However, before I could blow up the motor on it, I seemed to be a little messy with the soldering and got solder all over the chip without me noticing. When I got everything all hooked up, I noticed the truck wasn't moving... and I heard popping noises...and I saw smoke....and the batteries were really really hot.

So yah, I messed it up really bad. After cleaning away the solder and doing it correctly the secodn time around, everything seemed all dead, so I'm pretty sure that chip is worthless.

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However, I am intent on making this thing run again! It was a gift from my grandmother, and I have had it forever.

Is there anything I can do to get it working again? Anyone know what parts I need to get it right up, and appropriate links to where I can accquire them? I probably should also get a bigger badder, beefier motor for it too, any suggestions?

The truck is RWD with not much else to its suspenion other than the baility to turn, so I can't imagine that it'd be hard to fix. If necesarry I can get pictures of it if that would help.
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I'd really like some advice, thanks in advance! :)

JinxyBoi
01-17-2006, 06:49 PM
Nobody has any ideas or advice? :(

Prelude14WRX
01-17-2006, 07:16 PM
Well, since you can't buy any replacement parts...your best bet is to take out the circuit board out of a newer nikko.

But the real advice is to get a hobby grade car. You can get some cars for dirt cheap and it will be light years ahead of your nikko, plus you can fix it and upgrade it.

JinxyBoi
01-18-2006, 03:03 PM
I could get a new car, but there's a lot of sentimental attachment behind this "toy". I know this is one of those that shouldn't have been modified, and I probably shouldn't have, but I guess ehh, it happens.

Anyway, so just any old new nikko board would work? I'm sure the way it'd connect to the motor and the gearing and stuff would be fine, but I wouldn't have problems with the steering? And how about in regards to the controller. How do I alter frequencies/ check what it is at, or should I just go ahead and buy an entirely new car and use that one's controller as well as the chip?

In any case, can you guys reccomend any good websites I can grab general rc parts/ cars/ motors/ whatever?

Oh and thanks a bunch for the heads up, Prelude!

Prelude14WRX
01-18-2006, 04:19 PM
I'm not sure how you would find the exact circuit board, but make sure you have the right mhz(27 or 49 for non-hobby cars).

I guess you could find a car that is about the same size as your nikko, and take the electronics out....but you won't know if the stuff works untill you buy it. Once you start messing things up, you can't return it.

So.....If I were you. I would keep you nikko as a sentimental, memories car...and put it on display. Make is so it looks nice, but it doesn't have to run. Then, get a car that you can bash and maybe even race one day.

Brian23
01-18-2006, 04:28 PM
"toy cars" like tyco and nikko arent ment to be messed around with and fixed like hobby grade