Tamiya Hornet EVO Build & TIPS!

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

I love the dt02 gearbox. One of the best Tamiya ever made. Probably won’t be for Christmas, but I will get one of these

[@ShenRC]

Yeah that gearbox is great and this kit will be a blast!

[@HaydadRC]

Great build video with helpful tips along the way!👍😊 I’m sure I’ll be revisiting your video when I build mine! Looking forward to seeing it run and hearing your thoughts on it Steve!

[@ShenRC]

Cool! have to see your thoughts and feeling on this when you do yours up! Thanks

[@aviano72]

Thanks for making this video Shen RC 3:30 "i'm going to screw it up............ I'm NOT going to screw it up" 🤣👍

[@ShenRC]

😁👍 Your welcome wait for my paint job video sometime this week!

[@wun1gee]

I just built mine over the last couple of nights and it was an incredibly refreshing build! So many clever design choices to fit the new gearbox/rear suspension and front suspension/bellcrank steering to the old Hornet chassis. I loved that in one step you were utilizing build methods from the 1980s and in the next you're building a ball-bearing supported bellcrank steering rack... It was a great build! I built mine as a Grasshopper II EVO. I bought another Grasshopper II kit when I ordered mine from AMain (got a sweet Black Friday deal so I couldn't help myself!) and the Grasshopper II body fits great! You need to trim around the front shock holes on the body, or remove the shock tower reinforcements (I'm not sure they're going to do any good anyway..) and use the front body post relocation piece from the Grasshopper kit but then the body falls right on and works great! Grasshopper II's front wheels fit perfectly and the rear wheels need to use the Grasshopper II's wheel adapters but otherwise fit perfectly as well. Grasshopper II EVO!

[@ShenRC]

Very cool!! Yes I was saying to myself when building it... I can't imagine who the hell researched and made all these mods and inventions to make the old chassis and new stuff all work together with it? Thanks for watching.

[@RCRetro]

Thanks for the build video and the tips with the wheels. Mine just arrived yesterday and I will probably get around to building it over the holiday break. Looking forward to seeing you run it.

[@ShenRC]

O cool! Have fun with yours and I definitely will be running mine! Thanks for looking.

[@AdventureTimeRC]

Good tips never tried the super glue I'm looking forward to building this one hope it comes in soon the whole kit looks fun

[@ShenRC]

Yeah it's pretty cool! I think you will like it! Thanks for watching.

[@MechanicallyFun]

Great build👍

[@ShenRC]

Thanks! It was a fun one.

[@bullfrogmachine]

Sweet, great job👍 looks like a runner, hope to see it burn some rubber one day🤞 great job😁

[@ShenRC]

It is a runner and you will see it burn some rubber one day!👍👍

[@CarmineRC]

TOTAL BEAUTY!!! This won't ever be competitive.... but Tamiya took the classic Hornet, and made it GOOD! Especially the bellcrank steering, which could be added to any Hopper!! Can't wait till mine arrives.

[@ShenRC]

It’s a weird but going to be a fun one! Thanks

[@TheOttomann64]

Been waiting 40 years for that! Can´t wait to build my own!!!

[@ShenRC]

COOL!! it should be sweet! Thanks

[@RCBirds]

Nice building video Steve. I like the adaptatinon of the gear box to the old cjassis. Looks very durable. My biggest complain're theses rims. They really should have putted in some evolutionary one-piece-rims into the kit😂

[@ShenRC]

I think they left the stock wheels and tires because they wanted it to be like a classic hornet first priority, They do include rear adaptors to fit new buggy style wheels on also in the kit which was nice! Thanks 👍

[@RCTeamAustria]

thanks for sharing

[@ShenRC]

Thanks for watching!

[@Blastfromthepastrc1346]

Really cool Steve! Who knows, Tamiya might just make a Grasshopper EVO 😉have a good one buddy!

[@ShenRC]

Yes they sure can! Thanks

[@wun1gee]

A guy on Tamiya club built one as a Grasshopper EVO and I built one as a Grasshopper II EVO. I also put the Super Hornet body on it (Super Hornet EVO!) but my Super Hornet is a shelf queen so that body is staying there. Haha. Too rare and hard to get these days!

[@Angelo-24.]

Awesome video. What servo did you use for it?

[@ShenRC]

Hi I just used a standard futaba servo. Thanks for looking.

[@Angelo-24.]

Perfect I have one laying around!

[@wun1gee]

I'm glad you noticed that it was heavier than the original. It is, by quite a bit. Especially in the back. Which is probably what allows it to jump so well and gives it the understeer its known for which is a lot of fun, but mine needed a lot of preload in the back shocks. The manual shows no preload spacers used but the promotional material shows 3 'thick' preload spacers in each shock for a total of 6 while the kit only includes 4. I think it needs slightly stiffer springs in the rear but I'm going to drive the heck out of it with the stock springs and lots of preload spacers.

[@ShenRC]

Yeah I think it is heavier in the back too! A lot more weight to put down on the rear wheels! Yep more shock spacers are needed. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@florabee9283]

Soon you can do a Hornet vs Hornet Evo video!

[@ShenRC]

Yes I can do that! Thanks

[@trainspotter446]

Nice build video. Thank you for the Evo build. It was nice include the tips aswell. Because it will be my first ever Tamiya build. And by the way it's Evo short for Evolution. So one word not E.v.o.

[@ShenRC]

Glad you liked it! You should have a blast building yours!

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

With my big fingers I always have a heluva time with hornet wheels and tires

[@ShenRC]

Putting those small nits into the back of the rear wheels was a pain but my tip works wonders! Thanks

[@allyoucando8486]

You can put a limiting tube for the rear shocks. You can cut the tube to the length you want

[@ShenRC]

Yep 👍

[@AddamsPlayground]

Looks cool. I am pretty sure they made a new body for it to accommodate everything properly. Might just be new cut lines or something.

[@ShenRC]

Thanks, Yeah the back rear fender had to be cut to clear the DT02 gearbox ware the side gear cover goes on.

[@meirdeaph]

👋😀👍

[@madATcomputer]

I thought the wheelbase looked longer in the photos. Guess it's just the gear box. looking forward to seeing how it runs. I'm trying to keep my R/C collection small, still trying to figure out what tamiya buggy I want. This mixes old and new so might be a good one.

[@ShenRC]

This one really mixes the old and new! I think you should get it!

[@madATcomputer]

@@ShenRCIt's on the top of the list of buggies I am looking at. My savings is still recovering from my super clod buster so will be awhile lol I was trying to avoid one, but monster trucks are my favorite and I had to have one.

[@Hillbillypunk]

I think the way the manual tells you to build the front shocks, makes em too long for the springs. Like when they extend all the way, the spring perch can fall right out. Step 29 says to use part V11 , it's a small spacer. I instead used part V2, the longer spacer, in its place and the front shocks are perfect. Kinda wish I had used the 2 hole pistons in the rear, cause yeah, it's pretty soft.

[@ShenRC]

Hi they are not to long you need to use the clip spacer collars to take up the space of the spring to the the top of the shock body, I have 1 large spacer on my front and it's fine my spring is a little lose but I can put another clip and make it fit perfect, I have no problems with mine at all. If you don't want your shock shafts extending out of the shocks far you can put a spacer on the shock shaft under the shock piston and this won't let the shock pull all the way out of the shock making it shorter. Hope this helps.

[@Hillbillypunk]

​@@ShenRC that's what I did the first time, used the big spacer above the spring and it held fine. Using the big spacer on the bottom, with no clip up top, basically gave me the same effect lol I think I will try the spacer inside the shock, some time later cause for now I wanna drive this bad boy!

[@Hillbillypunk]

​@@ShenRCI put the larger shaft spacer under the piston, and the shocks are perfect. No preload clips needed, the front end isn't jacked all the way up, and now the steering works way better.

[@BasBoyRC]

They have taken a simple Hornet and made it very complex. You are right it looks weird and I wonder if they will do this to the Lunchbox next, the parts should be a straight swap well almost. It would need different mounts for the gearbox. You will have to do a full compare to the old Hornet once done, speed and handling comparison.

[@ShenRC]

Don't know if they will do a lunch box? This is going to be much better than a normal hornet I can tell already. Thanks

[@Qthewingedserpent]

Mine arrived Saturday, not building it until Christmas though ( 40 years after my original Hornet build!) is the rear track narrower than the original? Great video, thanks!

[@ShenRC]

Cool! Hope you enjoy it! I show them next to each other at the end of my video but I never really checked for sure? I don't think it's much different.

[@pattyofurniture5674]

Hornet Evo truck conversion lunch box wheels and tires

[@ShenRC]

Maybe they will make a lunchbox evo!

[@meirdeaph]

💯😀👋🏁❤️

[@megacleancab256]

You skipped over the one part I need help figuring out, the power switch mounting. Any Ideas as the screws, as directed, don't work. Thanks

[@ShenRC]

Hi answered ya in the last one 👍👍

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

It looks longer than a standard hornet/hopper

[@ShenRC]

It does but it's wheelbase is the same it's weird.

[@danjaz2000]

It does look wierd in places. I suppose it's a hornet evolution. Otherwise it would be a DT02 that has hornet stickers. I will reserve all my options until i drive one. I still thinks its cool

[@ShenRC]

It does have some weird quirks! But I think it will drive great just from the little test drive I did at the end! Thanks for watching.