2X Classier w/o Shocks: Tamiya Grasshopper RC Buggy
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Deleting Front Shocks on Tamiya Grasshopper RC Buggy made it extra classy.
We're going to show the mod, how the shocks are replaced with hidden springs, and take it out for a ride on the beach!
Big shoutout to @michaelianjohnson1351 for suggesting front shocks removal! 
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What a great mod! The silhouette looks significantly better and it still handles bumps quite well.
Glad you liked it, cheers!
Such an genius and simple mod I would have never think of, thank you for sharing.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting. Cheers!
Just did this mod to my Grasshopper II, which saved the buggy from a early retirement
Great work . Looks awesome mate 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
The shock towers might be my favourite part of the Hornet look but I really like the sleek version you built here. Also, since it's a Hornet you can just do suspension mods like these. It's not like it'll make the handling any worse
The Hornet is another classy looking buggy from Tamiya! Glad you liked it, thanks for commenting!
Awesome mod! Very classy indeed.👍😁
Glad you liked it, cheers!
The grasshopper was my first RC car for racing back in the 80’s… lots of memories running that little car.
@@spleantrampoline Wow, lucky you! I had none of those memories back in the day. But I am making it up to myself in recent years, yeah! Thanks for commenting, cheers!
@@spleantrampoline yes! A lot of us started out with the Grasshopper. It still looks so good to this day. Silly fun to drive as well.🤣
That seems remarkably effective 🧐🤔
The car looks much better too.
Excellent modification and video Sir😎👍🏻
Glad you liked it, thanks for your comments! Cheers!
Years ago a friend was driving a grasshopper with another friend and I's super mod Blackfoots. The poor grasshopper was getting killed. I had to do the same fix on the fly to keep him running . Exept I used a leaf spring mounted across the front. The black banding steel for lumber bundles cut into thin strips made heavy duty six leaf bruiser leaf springs.
Interesting! The leaf spring fix is creative! Thanks for commenting!
I've actually thought about that black steel banding, and wondered whether it might be possible to use it to make leaf springs! As you handle it, you can tell it's spring steel.
I've used the tines from a cheap metal rake. They're already thin. One rake can make a lot of springs!
@@ericzajac5237 Good idea. Plenty of them there. Reminds me of the metal brushes on street sweepers I used to pick up. They always shed a few bristles here and there. I've pondered 1/24 Axial crawler leaf springs.
@@ericzajac5237 Old windshield wiper blades have very nice spring steel strips in them to.
I had a Hornet back in the 80´s...and I just ordered a new Hornet:
I can´t wait to built and run it again.
I wold love to see how you would udgrade and tune a Grasshopper/Hornet.
Glad to hear you’re building one. Should be plenty of fun. I went brushless in the video, but I think if I keep it brushed and boost the battery from 2s to 3s I will be equally happy. Thanks for commenting. Cheers!
Awesome modification. thumbs up 👍🏻
Glad you liked it! Cheers!
Nice work. I want to work for my buggy too! thank you for good video.
Thanks for commenting, cheers!
Like other viewers, I usually prefer to see shock towers on a buggy like this, but this sleek look does have its merits as well. As someone menrioned, it can't make the handling any worse, as the Grasshopper is a bouncy car anyway, unless fitting better (real) shocks. Just wondering how the suspension arms will hold up, as these are now used in a different way from the original design
He he, this looks great! I just ordered me a Grasshopper, I might want to do this at some point, it's a nice hack...
I liked this video, I subscribed so I can see what else you got going...
New sub great little hack.. Thanks for sharing.😎👍
Awesome! Thanks for commenting!
that's thinking outside the box. i subscribed.
Thanks so much, cheers!
Very cool mod! Looks so clean
Glad you liked it! Cheers!
This is a nice idea, might steal it.
Be my guest 😁 thanks for commenting 👍
this is when you dont want shocks with oil... the front end bounces like crazy, oil in the shocks would make it so much more stable
I am currently upgrading my grasshopper and was wondering where you bought those lights? Also super cool mod!!!
It’s Tamiya light pod set #54972. Glad you like it, cheers!
This is an awesome fix for those junk hornet chassis i have sitting around!
Sometimes my old junk can become my new favorite if I spend some time with it… you never know 😁 thanks for commenting!
How does the car handle overall afterwards? I thought that looked way too bouncy to work on a hornet but it looks like you're running a 540 motor instead of the stock 380.
The motor I used is a brushless 540, way overpowered. The mod could add to the bounciness but that’s fun too. I have more modern buggies for better handling but they’re uneventful in a sense. This thing bounces like crazy and full of drama and that’s partly why it exists at all. Thanks for commenting, cheers!
Great video but it would have been better without the music so we could have heard the grasshopper better. I used to have a rock buster It was my first RC with a 380 motor lol
Surely this will just lead to fatigue cracks in the sprung wishbone that wasn’t designed to just bend all the time?
You're probably right, the wishbone is not designed to do this, so it's a legitimate reliability concern. But it seems to be made of soft plastic as I find it quite pliable so I'm not too worried. Thanks for commenting, cheers!
Don’t worry about it .
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man, i need soo many recivers and batteries, i have so many i want to run, but i have so many sitting around because i don't want to move a receiver around too much
Keep driving your RCs! Start from your favorite one. It can be very rewarding to get it up and running. Thanks for commenting, cheers!
@@ezrc7724 most of them are tamiya's despite most being from the 80's they are still so fun, its hard to pick a favourite
then again, i need to get my original 10t up and running
You can buy a radio, like the absima cr3p, that can be connected with many receiver. With the absima you can register up to 10 setups for 10 différents cars. I have one and i use it for a buggy, a rally car and a road car. Works fine!
a Softtail Grasshopper kind of.
Ha, I learned something about motorcycles. Thanks for commenting!
yikes , that will pick up the ladies now
Haha, that's a good one! Thanks for commenting. Cheers!
makes you wonder why they talk all this hocus-pocus about shocks !!
I was glad I actually pulled it off (shocks --> no shocks) 😆 Thanks for commenting!
Don't know where I've heard "check it out guy's" or "tumble wumble" and "busted" in red(wasted)🤦♂️
Haha, I admit I watched too much of a certain UK-based RUclipsr. I should’ve watched my own videos more. Thanks for commenting!
Shocks on rc cars are bullshit and most racers use bushings not bearings for the wheels. Id prefer a wishbone instead of a spring and oil chamber...indy car made some cars with no suspension and it performed better then the other cars staying on the road.
Duly noted. Thanks for commenting!