Tamiya Japan – FORD BRONCO 1973

Available : Jun 20, 2009

Translation :

Great car of cross-country 4WD and early Bronco
It is an electric radio control car assembly kit that reproduced the founder model of the Ford bronco that is called a lot of early broncos of the lover that are as a great car of compact size cross-country 4WD in the United States. It is choice as for the wagon type of the type in 1973 the white roof feature. A unique form with the upsurge that the edge is effective in the bonnet both sides is reproduced by the polycarbonate in the round. The front grille, the light cover, and the door mirror of the plating finish were made another parts. The chassis is CR-01 that adopted four link RIDGID suspension with the oil damper. It turns to shaft drive 4WD and the side of a possible differential locking device and the equipment to challenge the rough loading such as the riff crawler tires and the bead lock wheels of a large diameter with a crowded tread pattern is fully loaded. A reliable performance to which it easily runs on the road in which the road is a charm.

Ford Bronco
Having appeared as an epoch-making model by whom a compact body is adopted in 1966 is a Ford bronco that overturns the image of American 4WD of large-scale, boorish design till then. As for the body, three types of “Wagon” that “Sports utilities” of “Roadster” of a full opening and a single cabin picking up and the back are equipped made of the resin the top were prepared. The chassis succeeds driving system of picking up F100 of Ford, and is a new design as for the frame and the suspension. Especially, the coil spring was adopted for [furontosasu], and a high running in the bad road and riding comfort were achieved. The founder broncos produced until 1977 are called the early bronco, and are popular as the vehicle where it still enjoys the cross-country running and [rokkukuro-ringu].

Suspension
4 link rigid suspensions which equip the stabilizer on front and back show wonderful suspension stroke and the traction which has the stickiness.

Tire & wheel
Equipping the cliff crawler tire which is superior in grip power at the rocks with the tread pattern which it turns to the side. As for wheel bead lock type of 3 pieces.

Suspension II
You operate the oil damper with the push rod, and the rocker arm separate from the damper and the coil spring which is loaded pulls the extension side at the time of the roll and operates as a spring.

Steering wheel servo
It loads steering wheel servo onto the servo bed which is locked on the axle. The mount system which does not obstruct the movement of the suspension was adopted.

Planetary gear
Adopting the planetary gear for the transfer which distributes power on front and back. The compact big reduction gear ratio comes off, because the battery can be loaded low, is low effective to also center of gravity conversion.

Diff-lock
Approximately as for diff. of 3 bevel types, lock state basic setting. The high traction where it is necessary for lock crawling is produced.

As for front grille of lattice condition another part of plating finish. You set also the part where you can install the high brightness LED of LED light/write unit (selling separately).

The door mirror of the plated part tightens side view.

Reproducing the wagon type body to real. It can equip the LED light/write (selling separately) even in the tail lamp.

Basic specifications
- Total length 435mm　- Full-width 263mm　- Total height 262mm　- Body weight 2,300g – Wheel base =288mm　- Also tread = front and back 208mm　- Tire width/also diameter = front and back 57/125mm　- The high rigid rudder frame which combines the resin make cross member to the frame = aluminum make side member　- Drive system = vertical ranging motor [shiyahutodoraibu] 4WD　- Diff. gear system = front and back: 3 bevels (as for basic setting diff-lock)　- Transfer: Planetary type　- Also suspension = front and back 4 link rigidity　- Also damper = front and back CVA oil damper　- Gear ratio =1: 40.5 　- Speed controller =ESC specification (selling separately)　- Motor =RS540 type

Source : Tamiya