Amazing tiny go kart racing! KYOSHO MINI-Z

Mark and Carl popalong to Micro MK to try their hand at Mini z racing.
This friendly club run every other Thursday in Milton Keynes.

This club mainly runs Kyosho Mini-z cars but they also have several other brands such as #GLracing, #G-force, #BMR, #Atomic, #dk #kyosho, #mini-z,

If you fancy helping the popalong cause then you can donate by buying us a pie here:

[chrisr]

It's actually refreshing to hear that you found it challenging! I used to race these at a local club but I was always bouncing off those relentless barriers. The stock cars are so much fun, I just wish there was more of a stock class. You can throw a fortune at these cars (as you saw) and it just ruins what is meant to be an accessible form of RC racing and becomes a willy-waving competition. Hence, I no longer go to my local club, which is heavily populated with carbon fibre, brushless, lipo rocketships. Sad times.

[sylegrc]

I’ve seen these a few times but wow some of the detail that goes into these!! Great vid lads

[Sponge]

Good to finally see some Mini-Z action on the channel! 😄

[michaeldorich]

It looks like a lot of fun. I am always surprised that there are not more clubs running the mini z's. I am not sure if it's the cost or the size. The track is always high grip and it's easy to assemble. That was a very challenging course. I've watched some of these races in other places and the courses are often slightly wider.Thanks for sharing.

[KurtsRCs]

They look like so much fun to drive and fast, but so small a pain to work on

[davydrav]

I’ve been following these guys for a while on FB, might have to come down and take a look! Also Mark, I ordered a Tamiya wing set after Tuesday, think you were right about the Impreza shell 😊..

[danielfiander]

Great little cars, you need to get a buggy as well 👍🏻 😁

[oopster]

The good thing about these are, you can have a track setup at home to practice with. They're the same tiles you can get from places like B&Q.

[annex-rc]

Excellent vid gents! In ref to your Too scared to race RC vid, if it wasn't for mini z and the friendly supportive culture at Micro MK I wouldn't be racing! I'm not afraid to admit I didn't know how to setup ball diff and how to charge Lipo batteries and it was the technical know-how preventing me getting into rc racing... got myself RTR, some AAAs and that's it! A few bits of bling later and im now building my new Lipo car...it all the same though! Still not in A main, but always finishing with a smile! As with viewer comments about too many bling cars, it just personal choice as part of the hobby and as Popalong has shown, plastic fantastic RTR mini z can out run the upgraded brushless and some Lipo cars!!! Bonus point, if you told the other half the spend was a fiver they would likely to believe you as hot wheels are a round £3 and these are just a little bigger lol

[KM-xppn]

I'm off to Japan in July for work going to pick up a Nissan 180SX mini z and replicate my car I've had for 24yrs can't wait for the tax free mini z.

[bradkalman]

You should run the 2wd mini z they start at 50 US dollars and up. I think they are up grade able. You should race them.

[bradkalman]

You guys should find some AAA batteries that have 3.7 v a piece in them they make those type of batteries you could put in them.

[mhrcracing]

Do you see mini-z drivers out there gaining an interest and getting into 1/10th scale as a next step? I've built a 28th scale kit and the frustration of dealing with tiny parts and components is insane, not to mention the quality difference compared to high end 1/10 kits. Granted, there are many advantages of 28th scale overall, no argument there.

[neilbradbury]

Why does everyone look so bored (concentration) but come on its supposed to be a fun hobby.i would be laughing my t*ts off ..

[ajisumiardi]

So childish, , you're grown ups, guys, , act like your age, , !!
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btw, where I can get the STL files for the go-kart? would you kindly answer?? asking for my childhood side, ,