RC Car ?

[egneg]

I know a guy that made me this offer ...

"I got an ol' Hornet RC car with no body, it runs but never been run on the street! got the motor in it , new tires, good frame..... its all together, no servos in it but its all there and works, wanna trade it for a case of beer and a pack of smokes?"

Is this a fair deal? From what I can find it has a 540 can in it and I was wondering if it is worth putting a brushless set up in it.

[screwball]

ask him if its the original or the re release if its the original i would go for it, but im not too knowledgeable on the price on a case of beer and a pack of smokes lol im not sure if the tranny could handle it though.....

[Diegoboy]

Go for it Egneg, then you can play with my SC10

[egneg]

Screwball I don't think the guy would have a clue as to which one it is but more than likely it's the reissue.

Diego I know you have a car and that's why I was thinking I would get it so we can run cars AND boats.

[Diegoboy]

This'll be FUN! How do you find all these great deals?

[hide]

Go for it, nippy little cars them. A friend tried to sell me and original for £25 so you are probably alright with that deal.

[egneg]

How do you find all these great deals?

This guy is a custom paint/airbrush artist that I have known for quite some time. He knows that I am into RC but the offer came out of the blue!

[egneg]

Go for it, nippy little cars them. A friend tried to sell me and original for £25 so you are probably alright with that deal.

Thanks Hide ... I figured it was an alright deal as I can't let the guy drink alone!

[hide]

No worries, stick a 10.5T brushless system in there and it should hold up and will be a lot faster.

[egneg]

No worries, stick a 10.5T brushless system in there and it should hold up and will be a lot faster.

Hide I don't know jack about cars ... can you give me a bit more info ... If you need a prop or 2 I can make it worth your while.

[hide]

I don't know much about Tamiyato be honest with you. But get the car, put up some pics! If it's a bit slow there are loads of cheap brushless kits out there that will be fine for the Hornet. One problem with these Tamiyas is when people stick in really high reving motors and strip the differential. Go for a slower motor (4000kv or so) and it will be faster than stock but easy on the gears.

If you need to know anything in particular let me know :)

[Diegoboy]

I found this short video of a hornet with a brushless power plant

[longballlumber]

Good luck with keeping the gears in the gear box... With brushless, it will be a rolling time bomb!!!! Back in the day (23+ years ago) we coudn't keep the gears in those things with a mild mod motor. Eitherway, Have fun!

Later,
Ball

[Brushless55]

even running lipo with a 540 brushed can motor will work great in this buggy

[Diegoboy]

Did you pick it up Egneg?