- [Aaron] All right!
(box thuds)
Saturday morning for me.
It's a great time to un-box.
You guys have already seen the title
you already know what's in this box.
I have not seen it yet though.
In fact the thumbnail that you guys saw
I took after filming this.
I can say that only because I haven't
taken the photo yet. (laughs)
Yes I still have a very bad winter time cold.
I'm sorry guys.
You're gonna have to listen to me
like I'm talking through a pillow.
But I'm too excited.
I did order this online on eBay
for all the people that are wondering.
You can buy these at A Main and other places like that.
I got mine at Go Nitro Hobbies I think online on eBay.
And depending on the currency and the value
that of your currency depends on how much
something like this costs.
But in the US it's about valued at $199.
That's what I paid.
And then conversion wise
because I'm in Canadian money
I actually ended up paying about $249.
So. (paper crinkles)
Da-da-da!
Oh it's the blue one!
'Cause I ended up getting a blue and a yellow one.
So I have yellow one on the way.
(box thuds)
Dun, dun, dun, dun, da!
This is my second mini-Z car from Kyosho.
But the difference of it is
is that my first one was only a two wheel drive.
Now this one, as you can see is the all wheel drive.
I'm pretty sure this one comes hooked up
with drift tires, yes!
That's, I love mini-Z drifters.
In fact Everett was the one that introduced it to me
the fifth scale boss there.
And he showed me the one he had.
And I had to go out and get one myself.
Look at this!
Does anybody recognize this car?
Because I had a larger Kyosho one just like this
that I was doing world rally championship racing with,
that type of video.
If you want to see one I think it was the
I can't remember, the DVE or DVX I can't remember
right now guys, sorry.
My brain's not working 100%.
But I will link it up if you want to see something
because it was about 10th scale.
Let's bust in here, let's see what we have.
(plastic scrapes)
It's gonna be fairly straight forward compared
to the last un-boxing, the last un-boxing I did live
and I would love to do this one for you live,
but I need to get a signal booster
so we can have a better upload speed.
Because the audio was really out of sync in the last one.
And I want you guys to have quality videos
to look back and have fun with of course.
(plastic crinkles) Here comes the radio.
People ask me because I do get radios
when I'm buying cars like this.
You know, how can I tell which one is which?
And I just simply label it, right.
I'll take a piece of tape, label it on the bottom.
Here let me get this out here.
(packaging rustling)
Cut the back strap carefully.
(packaging rustling and smacking)
And put this off to the side.
Check it out, just like I showed in my other one
where I had the odd Audi R8.
Just like a gun, a clip in the bottom
you release it right here.
(plastic clicks) Ta-cha! (laughs)
And then it goes in the bottom.
Now.
(packaging clunks)
New set of instructions.
You guys will laugh at this 'cause I didn't go
and buy myself a pro case or anything yet, hey.
Look at this.
This is just my medic box. (laughs)
This is an old first aid kit I had.
Like a roadside assistance first aid kit.
We ended up buying new ones and throwing out
the expired stuff and
da-da-da! (laughs)
It fits my cars perfectly.
So I thought, "Why not?"
Here is the plug for the charger.
This is the Audi R8 that I did a live un-boxing.
You guys can see this on my channel.
It's just a few videos ago.
Or of course I'll always link it up
in an information card so you can get
to that video quickly.
But I won't be going over that one.
The reason I opened this up to begin with
apart to show you the different ways I can keep everything
safe in here.
This is my battery charger.
So this is the way it goes.
These are all double or triple As by Panasonic.
They're Eneloops, let's see if you can even see that.
Yeah, Eneloop Pro right there.
500 cycles, really high drain.
I got these at BNH which is an online store for cameras.
So 500 cycles I can charge them for.
950 milliamp hours on these.
And I just bought a quick charger to go with it.
I get this out, move this out of the way temporarily.
(battery clunks)
Let's have a look at this car right here.
So I will need a total of eight batteries.
Zonk.
Let's see how I can open this up?
One,
two.
Pulling it back.
Just trying to access underneath so it can do
a release. (package rustling)
Oh I got one and two.
It's screwed into the bottom.
How do I get it off?
(cardboard crinkles) Ta-da, da, da, ta-da.
The motor gets hot, hot, hot motor. (laughs)
Now the bonus is, is because I've been watching
Geostealth R1, he's also into Kyosho minis racing.
I'm gonna put a link to his channel in the
video description box down below.
Or you can find him in my featured channels
on my front page.
Just got to extend the body side.
And
out comes the Kyosho, being careful.
Ah, so this one is different than
my Audi R8 two wheel drive.
I don't see the middle suspension like before.
This is actually quite different.
Ah, neat!
Okay so this is.
Okay where the batteries go are completely different
than the Audi, let's have a look at this.
Now same thing underneath I would just separate it,
pull out the back and then slide it from the front.
Look at the difference in the two wheel drive.
Okay so batteries go on either side
and we have this rear suspension, right.
And then on this one.
Completely different.
Batteries all four go on this side.
Drift tires really nice and firm.
And no back suspension like that.
It does have these springs on it though.
Pretty neat.
And of course the front steering
with that canter lever suspension right there.
Very, very, very interesting.
So this comes with the rubber tires.
Geo and everybody else was telling me
that I should upgrade the tires
and that I may need to even glue these.
Correct these aren't glued at all.
How many of you actually are into
mini racing like, whether it be you know
anything from the Kyosho mini-Zs
to an Atomic to the Low C micros?
Or are you an X Modes fan, still?
I want to know, list it out in the comment section below.
I want to know what kind of model you have
as well as how many years you've been
into doing micros, right?
So let's, I don't really need to worry about
mixing these up too much,
but I want to have a look at this one.
I love the rims on it.
Just like the original car.
(plastic clicks)
The Subaru just looks super cool.
Ta-da!
Now because it takes those four
triple As, that's why I ended up getting
the high milliamp power just so I'm not
always having to change them out.
One, two, three, four.
Okay well then how do they fit past that little
nubbin that's right there?
Oh, I get it!
My gosh do I ever feel silly.
This is actually I think just for the mounting
plate that I had to remove right there.
So let's go ahead, use this tool to help push it out.
One, two and then it unsnaps.
Always so much to learn in the RC hobby, right?
I've been doing this for so long,
but had no idea how to use this particular model.
Now that this is out, I can clearly easily
put in the batteries.
Bracket goes on here and here
and then the batteries are installed nicely.
Very, very cool.
Now I still got the power on my radio, perfect.
Let me see here.
On.
Does it work?
I hope so.
(motor whirs)
Oh, so smooth, all wheel drive.
Driving two wheel drive Kyosho mini-Zs
compared to all wheel drive there is a huge difference.
It's not, like you are still driving a car
with all four wheels on the ground,
but the extra traction you get with an all wheel drive
even when you you have drift tires on there.
Which, you know on a rubber surface
like the mini-track I have over here right now.
They don't drift perfectly sideways
they just have enough drift so when you're
going around the corner it's nice and smooth.
So I'm not gonna switch these out to
a harder compound yet.
And I know this is crazy for me to say,
but before I even upgrade it I'm gonna
try it out to see how it is first
just to kind of learn my way around these mini-Zs.
I know Geo and a few other people were telling me
bearing kits are essential, so I'll be looking
into that as well, but just to try it out
in the beginning, check it out!
I love this Subaru, it is so striking in color.
I love watching those cars rip around.
Now this will be on road racing,
but I'm still pretty stoked.
(car scrapes)
(motor whirs and tires scraping)
(Aaron laughs)
A little out of practice but I love drifting, man.
(car scrapes)
All right, let's give me some actually space
to try to drift around here.
'Cause if I didn't drift this
would be a true shame.
(motor whirs)
Aw, so smooth!
(Aaron laughs)
A lot of people will say I'm a pro at RC,
I certainly am no pro, I have so much to learn.
You know that's what I love about this hobby
is it's just something that keeps on giving
for me really.
Wow, it's like, it's like it's on ice!
Look at that, oh!
I didn't counter steer enough.
(motor whirs)
But all wheel drives are so much easier
to drift than two wheel drives.
You know two wheel drifting is super challenging.
But I'm certainly loving this.
I can hardly wait until we get
a whole bunch of guys together and we can have
like a mini-drift comp, that would be cool.
(motor whirs rapidly)
Oh!
Gonna have to pay for the body damage!
(motor whirs loudly)
Beauty.
(motor whirs)
I love it, well there you go guys.
So now you've seen the inner workings
of both of these little Kyosho mini-Zs,
just in case you're tuning in at the end,
this is a two wheel drive that I un-boxed
earlier in my video series.
And of course the all wheel drive
that I un-boxed for you guys here today.
Hopefully you've enjoyed today's show
and you guys are
inspired as always to try out the radio control hobby.
That's what my RC Adventures is all about.
And really because I have a cold
I'm gonna end the video a little bit early today
just so I can give my voice a break.
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(motor whirs)