The Rise of The TAMIYA RISING FIGHTER #1 Step by Step Upgrade - Introduction and Ball Bearings!

On Sundays we upgrade the Tamiya Rising Fighter (Tamiya 58416) ... Step by Step! Slowly and steadfast. This is a homage to the Last of the Tamiya Hoppers and Solid Rear Axle 2WD Buggies.
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Welcome to Step 1 of this new Sunday Tamiya upgrade video series. My hope is to complete the upgrade before Spring and the new running season and thus make this my main runner of my Hoppers in 2018. Some issues with The Rising Fighter has stopped me from running it too much since the initial build but I hope this revitalization will motivate me for the opposite.
The Tamiya Rising Fighter can rightly be regarded as "The Bastard Son" of the Tamiya Grasshopper II, Super Hornet and DT-01 Series. It is based on a Tamiya Grasshopper II chassis, a modified Tamiya Super Hornet body, a Tamiya DT-01 Gear Box and a DT-01 Mad Fighter Wing.
But the combination can also be regarded as the perfect starting point for a splendid "Hornet III" or a "Super Super Hornet" project. Basically it is screaming for some simple modifications and upgrades to bring it to a whole new Hopper-level. Can one really ask for more fun?
This first upgrade is basically the first essential upgrade that should be considered for all the Tamiya Grasshoppers and Hornets: Replacing the bushings with ball bearings and thus reducing friction and upgrading speed, acceleration and battery time. At the time of the Rising Fighter build I had the principle of building bone-stock units before allowing any modifications. Nowadays I usually install ball bearings in the initial build and always recommend this.
The Rising Fighter use the exact same bearings as the Grasshoppers and Hornets and the procedure is exactely the same. You need:
9 x 1150 (5x11x4) Ball Bearings and
1 x 850 (5x8x2.5) Ball Bearing
If you are building several entry-level units I recommend buying a large quantity of the above mentioned bearings. Many Tamiya models (not all!) use this size, and aquiring budget sets can reduce the price of the bearings significantly. The bearings used in this video cost around 0.5 €/$ a piece on eBay.
Hope you found this installation video useful or/and interesting! The video is purely intended for viewers with an interest in the Tamiya Grasshopper/Hornet legacy or/and the Tamiya Rising Fighter.
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Tamiya Rising Fighter 58416 Specifications (Stock):
- Released in: 2008
- Type: Assembly Kit, Buggy
- 2WD
- Chassis: ABS Plastic (1988 Grasshopper II Chassis)
- Body: ABS Plastic
- Scale: 1/10
- Length: 418 mm
- Width: 236 mm
- Height: 187 mm
- Wheel Base: 268 mm
- Ground clearence: 14 mm
- Weight (dry): 1110 g.
- Suspension Front: Independent Swing Arms
- Suspension (Rear) Rigid Rolling Rear Axle
- Shocks/dampers: Friction/Springs
- Plastic bushings (9 x 1150) & Metal Bearing (1 x 850)
- Gears: Sealed Gear Box with Differential
- Pinion Gear : Aluminium 17T 0.8 Mod
- Gear ratio: 1:9.33
- Electric motor: Tamiya Brushed Standard Type 540 27T
- ESC: Tamiya TEU-105BK
Optional Parts:
- Servo: Tamiya TSU-01
- For this upgrade series I have loosely installed a receiver for testing purposes.
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This video features homemade footage of my own radio-controlled unit, The Tamiya Rising Fighter (Tamiya Model 58416 from 2008), from my personal RC model collection. All rights reserved.