Fitting Parts Size Diagrams
PDF file. This PDF document shows the parts used to adjust the dNaNo chassis dimensions. There are more than you might think so it’s worth taking a look.
Size chart with Fitting Parts Set contents, for the current and some of the proposed bodies. Measurements are in millimeters. Not 100% accurate yet but better than nothing.
Fitting Parts Instruction manual,
PDF file.
Left Mini-Z ASF board, right dNaNo
Points of Intrest
3010 mosfets
Bushing/bearing sizes; front (4) OD 4mm x W 1.2mm x ID 1.5mm, rear (2) OD 6mm x W 2.5mm x ID 2mm.
Comments/cautions
The dNaNo screws and wiring are extremely small. It is best to avoid temptation and leave the CB and its wiring alone. As for the screws if you can completely assemble and reassemble a ZZSE then you will have no problem with the dNaNo, however if you are fumble fingered, or worse yet tend to over tighten screws, you should probably just stick to the necessities. At this time replacement parts are a long way off, for the US at least, so lost screws and/or stripped plastic screw holes will be potentially fatal.
Batteries and the Starter Pack (K-18 radio, battery, and charger)
So is that starter pack the only option? Not at all, I made a few 210mAh LiPo packs for myself and friends who already have the K-18’s that came our 2.4GHz ASF Mini-Z’s, and better LiPo chargers than the one that comes in the starter pack. Of course the custom packs don’t have low voltage cutoffs, due to the size of the 130mAh pack I assume the dNaNo does, but from experience I’ve found that for me they don’t actually end up doing much. The car slows to a crawl and becomes unmanageable well before the battery reaches 3 volts and I like to think I’m aware enough to know that it then needs to be charged. For additional safety both the Triton and Ice chargers I use sound an alarm and show an error if the voltage is too low. My only problem is that I get distracted and have in the past left the car “ON” with the LiPo plugged in, and guess what a LVC does very little to help when I do that, in fact the dNaNo manual even warns against leaving the battery in the car when not in use stating that there is still current flowing even with the power switch in the off position.
A little hard to see but the photo does show that the 210 pack fits nicely in the dNaNo's battery compartment, and it's not just the extra 80mAh I appreciate either. Kyosho doesn’t say what the stock cells "C" rating is but my guess is 5C or less for something like a 650 millamp max current rating, either way it's low enough that I can feel the difference when accelerating especially after the first 10 minutes. I also like that the 210 pack can be charged safely at 0.2 amps instead of 0.1 for the 130 pack. Not sure what the stock chargers exact rate is, honestly I only tried it once, had a few problems, got impatient, found a better use for it's batteries and gave it away.