Awesome experiment! For me, I never go brushless on any older 80’s Tamiya rerelease or even vintage toys. Those weren’t even designed for that speed unless you like things to always break which you experienced. For a 30 plus year old design oh my, no!🤣. They are very fast on asphalt, but it gets very unstable and for many that plays with the car off road forget it! To me, it’s not fun just going back and forth on the road. For all my old designed Tamiya toys I stick with brushed motors either sport tuned or Tamiya Super stock motors. All in all though, great experiment and for educational use for many that are new to the hobby or just curious🤣. Keep up the great work!
@christopherdeguzzman1137 yeh mate I fully agree with you . I kind of posted the same thoughts before I scrolled down the screen and saw your post. I completely agree. And even the ready to run cars and trucks that can reach 100 mph are kind of dumb. I mean that's an accident waiting to happen. You need to find a large enough place to run those 100mph trucks and then how can you stay close enough to keep from crashing when they can reach 60 mph in 3 seconds? That's not fun . I get the stunts are pretty awesome but I absolutely hate crashing my cars. I would rather keep a nice warm brushed motor and a 2 S lipo battery in my Tamiya vintage and re release cars. That's enough fun for me. 👍👌
Awesome video! Love it. New sub! I did something similar in my vintage Kyosho Raider and got it over 60 mph but just about wrecked it in the process! It is fun up to the low to mid 40s but beyond that it is too light/unstable.🙂
Oh please man look after that little Grasshopper. They are too iconic and hold legendary status in the history of Tamiya RC cars. That crash made me cringe. Like I would rather mild not wild , that's what the Grasshopper was meant for. Even the Hornet they're both virtually the same with different body , tyres, motor and rear shocks. You can get years of fun out of these little Tamiya Hopper's.👍
Ahh, grasshopper, my first RC and first build. That crash was epic! Loved it man now I want to do the same lol
Awesome experiment! For me, I never go brushless on any older 80’s Tamiya rerelease or even vintage toys. Those weren’t even designed for that speed unless you like things to always break which you experienced. For a 30 plus year old design oh my, no!🤣. They are very fast on asphalt, but it gets very unstable and for many that plays with the car off road forget it! To me, it’s not fun just going back and forth on the road. For all my old designed Tamiya toys I stick with brushed motors either sport tuned or Tamiya Super stock motors. All in all though, great experiment and for educational use for many that are new to the hobby or just curious🤣. Keep up the great work!
@christopherdeguzzman1137 yeh mate I fully agree with you . I kind of posted the same thoughts before I scrolled down the screen and saw your post. I completely agree. And even the ready to run cars and trucks that can reach 100 mph are kind of dumb. I mean that's an accident waiting to happen. You need to find a large enough place to run those 100mph trucks and then how can you stay close enough to keep from crashing when they can reach 60 mph in 3 seconds? That's not fun . I get the stunts are pretty awesome but I absolutely hate crashing my cars. I would rather keep a nice warm brushed motor and a 2 S lipo battery in my Tamiya vintage and re release cars. That's enough fun for me. 👍👌
1:40 was the money shot i didnt realize i went 45mph.. no BS that was a level street run
They make an awesome aluminum chassis for the Hornet/Grasshopper. poorboys rc does a review.
Thanks for the insight and link. Think I'll put that setup in my 4wd though
Awesome video! Love it. New sub!
I did something similar in my vintage Kyosho Raider and got it over 60 mph but just about wrecked it in the process! It is fun up to the low to mid 40s but beyond that it is too light/unstable.🙂
Oh please man look after that little Grasshopper. They are too iconic and hold legendary status in the history of Tamiya RC cars. That crash made me cringe. Like I would rather mild not wild , that's what the Grasshopper was meant for. Even the Hornet they're both virtually the same with different body , tyres, motor and rear shocks. You can get years of fun out of these little Tamiya Hopper's.👍
45 MPH good lord
I wonder if another tire style would make it even faster? 😊
I think ball bearings would.. I actually just did that last night…
@@chriscraft2 Good video, I doubt I could have kept it straight ☺️
Scrap yard Queen now damn!
I always buy 2 body's for all my RC's 1 to bash and crash and 1 to ride the shelf at home😊 I have more fun that way
Grasshoppers are to cool. A whole box of new parts is only $100.
Grasshopper is now Pavement Bouncer.
What would help,is getting a cheap gyro.
I find going that fast it just eats up too much ground, it’s just to dam fast
Haha love it!
so sad.. I ruined it..
Sportuned for me is enough for the GH.
God dang it lol