I was about to buy the Hotshot 2 but there is something more interesting about the Hotshot 1 that I like. I like that interesting mono rear shock, looks very cool.
Yes it can hold a 2s square battery. A small one. I will check the measurements later for you. The car was 200.00 plus ball bearings, sport tuned motor and radio gear
Yep certainly is very quick. A couple of points though. I don't know how long the drive train can stand up to 3s power. And the standard Tamiya aluminium pinion gear should be swapped for steel because the aluminium wears out a lot faster and in turn takes out the differential gears too. But that's the way Tamiya has always specced their kits with aluminium. Because it's cheaper than steel. I just picked myself up a Hot Shot 2 only on 28 march and it's now 1 April here in Australia. Over here the car doesn't include the speed control. But that's ok , I might not build this kit because I already built the red Hot Shot 1 and the Super Hot Shot. It's almost the same car so I might just keep this unbuilt new in box. Plus it's rarer than the other 2 . Nice vid Joe 👍👌
@joedipietro2559 Thanks for watching. I normally just use the 3s for a speed run and 2s for everything else. I like to test the limits a little bit. Lol. Happy easter!
This hotshot retains a very vintage style but in 4x4! I loved the speed test, 24 mph in 2 seconds, it's perfect! 31 mph! It's definitely crazy! It reminds me a lot of the raider from Kyosho! greetings friend 
Nice choice on the front shock oil. I generally run a 70 weight myself. 3s really woke her up. Didn’t expect that much of a speed increase, was thinking 3 or 4 mph, but 7 for 31mph 🤯👍
That's crazy man! Quite remarkable how well that took 3s with a fairly mundane motor such as the sports tuned. We used to run these back in the day on a 7.2v 1200MAH NICD with a 21 turn technigold brushed motor, and they were no where near as quick as this! Would love to see this on a superstock RZ motor and 3s......it would seriously rip! 👍 👍 👍
@@JoevsRc Ah sweet mate!! 👍 The superstock RZ is my weapon of choice in most of my vintage Tamiya /Kyosho models...... At around 28,000 rpm it has some serious pep! I've not tried them on 3s yet though..... hope it doesn't cook it! 😂 👍 👍 👍
I will blame my ocd on this buy. Lol. I have the Hotshot,super hotshot and the blockhead hotshot. My brain would not let me say no lol. I had to complete the set. LolI will run it on 2s for off-road. We all know how strong the front arms are.
Sweet run Joe, need one of these.. 3s is the way to go..... Like the unbox and build at the end.. My Live stream crapped out tonight getting vid out in bit.
