Changes: Type-1 Chassis

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The Type-1 Chassis (Japanese: タイプ１シャーシ, Taipu Wan Shāshi) is the first (unofficially) race-orientated Mini 4WD chassis to be released by Tamiya in May 1986, with the release of Hornet Jr..

General info

The chassis's overall design is based on that of Hotshot R/C buggy's, except it has no wires or steering system, only the driveshafts, a propeller shaft, two crown gears, one spur gear, one counter gear, one pinion gear, one motor and the copper-based terminals, were presented, which are the basics for the shaft-driven Mini 4WD chassis for the years to come.

Since Type-1 was designed with off-road racing in mind, it has high ground-clearance which is suitable for off-road tracks. However, such high ground-clearance made the Type-1 to do wheelies and having the risk of being flip over on the track while using the high-torque gears setup and/or the high-power motors. Notable to this chassis is that there's no attachement holes for rollers other than the front bumper, making it unsuitable for on-road track racing.

The chassis doesn't comes with the 620 plastic/brass bearings attachment for the driveshafts, meaning the ball bearings cannot be install on this chassis.

Depends on the gear setup, the change of pinion from 8T to 12T and vice-versa is necessary. It has the light blue G1 crown gear on the front and the orange G2 crown gear on the rear.

As Type-1 is the very first chassis in the Mini 4WD series, it has many problems on its own; propeller shaft cannot be held properly and brass tubes are constantly touching the crown gears and spur gear, which results in power losses. There's no holes around the motor and battery area to dissipates heats, as well as it doesn't have the battery clip. Those problems become more apparent after the newer chassis become available.

The Type-1 was later re-designed into the Type-3 Chassis.

Colors

Chassis frame

Black - Common color for most machine. First equipped with Hotshot Jr.
Smoke - Common color for Clear Special variant of Type-1 Chassis car. First equipped with Hotshot Jr. Clear Special.
Red - First equipped with Thunder Shot Jr. Black Special.

A parts

Black - Common color for most machine. First equipped with Hotshot Jr.
Smoke - Common color for Clear Special variant of Type-1 Chassis car. First equipped with Hotshot Jr. Clear Special.
Red - First equipped with Thunder Shot Jr. Black Special.

Technical info

Chassis Data
Length	127 mm
Width	81 mm
Wheelbase	80 mm
Ground Clearance	10 mm (With spike tires) 9 mm (With slick tires)
Driveshaft Length	60 mm
Compatible Gear Set(s)	11.2:1 8.75:1 6.4:1 5:1
Roller Down Thrust Angle	0
Terminal Type	A-type
Weight	With batteries: 109 g Without batteries: 63 g

Chassis Stats
Toughness	3
Acceleration	2
Cornering	2
Stability	2
Adaptability	2
Ease of Maintenance	2.9

Gallery

Trivia

Earlier mold revision of the Type-1 Chassis prior to Thunder Dragon Jr. doesn't have the screw holes for roller attachments on the front bumper.
- Earlier batches of Type-1 Chassis cars has the gears molded in milk white instead of various colors.
Along with the Type-3 Chassis, the Type-1 Chassis is one of the only chassis to have two pinion gear sets.
Although both Type-1 and Type-3 shares the similar design, the Competition Gear Set cannot be install on Type-1 as it violates the official Mini 4WD race regulation.^[1]

References

↑ Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts Matching List (Gear sets) (Japanese)

Chassis
Original series	Origin · Comical · Wild · Cruiser · RV
Type series (Racing/Truckin')	Type-1 · Type-2 · Type-3 · Type-4 · Zero · FM · Truckin' · Type-5
Super series (Super/Mighty, Fully Cowled/Aero)	Super-1 · Super-FM · Super TZ · Super X · VS · Super TZ-X · Super XX · Super-II
Mini-F series	Mini-F
R/C Mini 4WD	TR-1
PRO/REV/Laser	MS · AR · MA · FM-A · VZ

[1] Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts Matching List (Gear sets) (Japanese)

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-[[File:Type1Chassis.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Type-1 Chassis]]The '''Type-1 Chassis''' (タイプ１シャーシ) is the first Mini 4WD chassis to be released by Tamiya, with the release of [[Hotshot Jr.|Hotshot Jr..]]
+[[File:Type1Chassis.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Type-1 Chassis]]The '''Type-1 Chassis''' {{Translation|タイプ１シャーシ|Taipu Wan Shāshi}} is the first (unofficially) race-orientated Mini 4WD chassis to be released by Tamiya in May 1986, with the release of [[Hornet Jr.]].
 ==General info==
-The chassis's overall design is based on the Hotshot R/C buggy's, except it has no wires or steering system, only the driveshafts, a propeller shaft, two grounds gears, one spur gear, one counter gear, one pinion gear, one motor and the copper-based terminals are presented, which all are the basic for the shaft-driven Mini 4WD chassis for the years to come.
+The chassis's overall design is based on that of Hotshot R/C buggy's, except it has no wires or steering system, only the driveshafts, a propeller shaft, two crown gears, one spur gear, one counter gear, one pinion gear, one motor and the copper-based terminals, were presented, which are the basics for the shaft-driven Mini 4WD chassis for the years to come.
-Since Type-1 was designed with off-road racing in mind, it has high ground-clearance which is suitable for off-road tracks. However, such high ground-clearance made the Type-1 doing the wheelie and having the risk of being flip over on the track while using the high-torque gears setup and/or the high-power motors. Notable to this chassis is that there's no holes for roller attachment at all, making it unsuitable for on-road track racing.
+Since Type-1 was designed with off-road racing in mind, it has high ground-clearance which is suitable for off-road tracks. However, such high ground-clearance made the Type-1 to do wheelies and having the risk of being flip over on the track while using the high-torque gears setup and/or the high-power motors. Notable to this chassis is that there's no attachement holes for rollers other than the front bumper, making it unsuitable for on-road track racing.
-The chassis doesn't have comes with the 620 plastic/brass bearings for the driveshafts, meaning the ball bearings cannot be install on this chassis.
+The chassis doesn't comes with the 620 plastic/brass bearings attachment for the driveshafts, meaning the ball bearings cannot be install on this chassis.
-Depends on the gear setup, the change of pinion from 8T to 12T and vice-versa is necessary.
+Depends on the gear setup, the change of pinion from 8T to 12T and vice-versa is necessary. It has the light blue G1 crown gear on the front and the orange G2 crown gear on the rear.
-As Type-1 is the very first chassis in the Mini 4WD series, it has many problems on its own; propeller shaft cannot be held properly and brass tubes are constantly touching the ground gears and spur gear, which results in power losses. There's no holes around the motor and battery area to dissipates heats, as well as it doesn't have the battery clip. Those problems become more apparent after the newer chassis become available.
+As Type-1 is the very first chassis in the Mini 4WD series, it has many problems on its own; propeller shaft cannot be held properly and brass tubes are constantly touching the crown gears and spur gear, which results in power losses. There's no holes around the motor and battery area to dissipates heats, as well as it doesn't have the battery clip. Those problems become more apparent after the newer chassis become available.
 The Type-1 was later re-designed into the [[Type-3 Chassis]].
+== Colors ==
+=== Chassis frame ===
+* Black - Common color for most machine. First equipped with [[Hotshot Jr.]]
+* Smoke - Common color for Clear Special variant of Type-1 Chassis car. First equipped with [[Hotshot Jr.|Hotshot Jr. Clear Special]].
+* Red - First equipped with [[Thunder Shot Jr.|Thunder Shot Jr. Black Special]].
+=== A parts ===
+* Black - Common color for most machine. First equipped with [[Hotshot Jr.]]
+* Smoke - Common color for Clear Special variant of Type-1 Chassis car. First equipped with [[Hotshot Jr.|Hotshot Jr. Clear Special]].
+* Red - First equipped with [[Thunder Shot Jr.|Thunder Shot Jr. Black Special]].
 == Technical info ==
+{{Chassis data|Length = 127 mm|Width = 81 mm|Wheelbase = 80 mm|Ground Clearance = 10 mm (With spike tires)<br>9 mm (With slick tires)|Driveshaft Length = 60 mm|Gear Set = 11.2:1<br>8.75:1<br>6.4:1<br>5:1|Down Thrust Angle = 0|Terminal Type = A-type|Weight = '''With batteries:'''<br>{{tt|109 g|With middle-diameter wheels}}<br>'''Without batteries:'''<br>{{tt|63 g|With middle-diameter wheels}}}}
-'''Length/Width/Wheelbase:''' 127 mm/81 mm/82 mm<br />'''Ground clearance:''' Unknown<br />'''Driveshaft's length:''' 60 mm<br />'''Compatible gear set(s):''' 5:1, 6.4:1, 8.75:1, 11.2:1<br />'''Terminal type:''' A-type terminal<br />'''Weight (Chassis frame only):''' Unknown
+{{Chassis stats|Toughness = 3|Images = [[File:T1ChassisStats.png|150 px]]|Acceleration = 2|Cornering = 2|Stability = 2|Adaptability = 2|Ease of Maintenance = 2.9}}
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Type1ChassisConstructionView.jpg|Chassis construction view ([[Dash-1 Emperor]])
+</gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+*Earlier mold revision of the Type-1 Chassis prior to [[Thunder Dragon Jr.]] doesn't have the screw holes for roller attachments on the front bumper.
+**Earlier batches of Type-1 Chassis cars has the gears molded in milk white instead of various colors.
 *Along with the Type-3 Chassis, the Type-1 Chassis is one of the only chassis to have two pinion gear sets.
-*Although both Type-1 and Type-3 shares the similar design, the [[Competition Gear Set]] cannot be install on Type-1 as it will violates the official Mini 4WD race regulation.{{Navbox Chassis}}[[Category:Type series chassis]]
+*Although both Type-1 and Type-3 shares the similar design, the [[Competition Gear Set]] cannot be install on Type-1 as it violates the official Mini 4WD race regulation.<ref>[http://www.tamiya.com/japan/cms/serviceregulation/1873-regulationgear.html Mini 4WD Grade-Up Parts Matching List (Gear sets) (Japanese)]</ref>
-[[Category:Mini 4WD chassis]]
+== References ==
+<references />{{Navbox Chassis}}
+[[Category:Type series chassis]]
+[[Category:Chassis]]