The Zero Chasssis (Japanese: ゼロシャーシ, Zero Shāshi) is a Mini 4WD chassis released by Tamiya in September 1990 with the release of Dash-0 Horizon.
General info
The chassis has lower center of gravity due to its lower height, and it is lighter compared to other chassis at the time. The side-guard has now become optional (through tune-up parts), the gear cover was now attaches to motor case instead of the main chassis, and has the hard-point for the rear stay for further tuning.
Unfortunately, it suffers one problem: due to massive weight reduction, the chassis structure is weak and its front bumper, as a result, could break easily. Tamiya would release the FRP front bumper plates to fix this problem.
The design was later reused on Super-1 Chassis.
Color
Chassis frame
- Gray - Common color for most Zero Chassis cars. First Equipped with Dash-0 Horizon.
- Black - First Equipped with Dash-0 Horizon Special Kit.
A parts
- Light warm gray - Common color for earlier batches for most Zero Chassis cars. First equipped with Dash-0 Horizon.
- Gray - Common color for later batches for most Zero Chassis cars.
- Black - First Equipped with Dash-0 Horizon Special Kit.
Technical info
Chassis Data | |
Length | 131 mm |
Width | 86 mm |
Wheelbase | 80 mm |
Ground Clearance | 5 mm (With large-diameter wheels) |
Driveshaft Length | 60 mm |
Compatible Gear Set(s) | 5:1 4.2:1 4:1 3.5:1 (Special Ratio Gearing only) |
Roller Down Thrust Angle | 0 (Earlier mold) 5 (Current revision) |
Terminal Type | Zero-type |
Weight | With batteries 109 g |
Chassis Stats | ||
Toughness | 2 | |
Acceleration | 2.8 | |
Cornering | 3 | |
Stability | 2 | |
Adaptability | 3 | |
Ease of Maintenance | 3 |
Gallery
Trivia
- It is the first chassis to be equipped with the 1.4 mm propeller shaft.
- It is also the first chassis to have the newly designed, pink-colored helical crown gears.
- Oddly, the Dash-0 Horizon bodyshell was originally designed for Type-3 Chassis, but for some reason Tamiya switched to Zero Chassis. This results in some inconsistant gap between the body and chassis.
- Earlier Zero Chassis car batches has the A parts molded in different color (light warm gray) than the main chassis frame. This practice was dropped in later batches.
Chassis | ||
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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 |