The AFX Mega-G+ is the latest chassis from Tomy Racemasters and comes in all their
sets and will be available in the UK from the autumn of 2016.
The Mega-G+ is a competitive car and perfect for beginners. It’s a good handling
car, there’s not much to do to get it fast and it’s very easy to maintain. Even better,
is that it can be used in all three of the WHO Racing classes with just a change
of bodies.
If you are getting started at WHO, I’d recommend getting a Mega-G+ ‘Formula’ car
to run in our F1 class. These come in sets and as single cars or as twin packs. Then
you can add a separate Nascar body to run in both Nascar and WHO Mod races. The Nascar
bodies can be bought separately, either painted or unpainted so you can choose your
favourite real life Nascar livery!
Later on, you could use a tasty Le Mans Prototype for WHO Mod. The Mega-G+ is eligible
for the WHO Tuners sub-class - not as fast as the Mod cars, but Tuners is always
a competitive championship.
Once you have a car, I recommend the following simple things to get the car running
nicely. We can always do these for you.
1. Run in the motor at 3V for an hour to seat the motor brushes. Take out the rear
axle and attach two AA batteries (in a plastic battery box) to the shoes, the positive
wire to the passenger (left) side shoe. This gives you a faster motor and one that
will last longer.
2. Remove the front axle and add a skinny ‘front end’ to the car. We use either the
Wizzard WS13B front axle or the Viper VSR009 O-ring front end. Both are available
from the club shop.
3. Exchange the rear tyres for a pair of Super Tires silicone tyres. We use either
the .426 or .430 sizes and the softer A compound.
Maintenance-wise, the car needs to be kept clean and running smoothly. First, clean
the rear tyres before every race by rolling them on some masking tape. The 5cm wide
tape is best. The pick-up shoes also need to be cleaned a couple of times during
a race night. You can use either a pencil rubber or a fibre glass pen. The latter
needs to be used with care.
The Mega-G+ gears run very smooth. It’s worth checking you have this smoothness after
every race. Crashes might knock the body so it rubs on a tyre. Crashes can also knock
the axle so is not completely in place. And when running the Nascar bodies, the back
of the motor can ‘pop out’ of the chassis slightly. If everything is checked and
straight, the rear gears need lubrication, but not very often. Just one drop once
or twice during a race night.
There are full Tech pages looking at HO car maintenance and putting together a basic
tool kit.
If any parts get lost or broken, they can be replaced. We stock rear axles, pinion
gears, pick-up shoes, pick-up springs and guide pins in the club shop. Or you can
invest in a Mega-G+ Pit Kit which contains all those parts.
- Andy Player
