I still think the Hotshot is an absolute looker of an RC car, and it has this sort of charm as it trundles along. It Is heavy and not particularly agile for sure, but it'll make you smile.
One thing regarding the Hot Shot's agility is that it actually oddly benefits from having less traction. The back end is very loose but the car pulls out of slides very easily, so it's really easy to get it to rotate around an apex on loam. But on turf or carpet, the car loses the ability to do this and ends up being held back by its weight and quirky driving characteristics.
The Hotshot was amazing then and still is. Today motors and batteries make things fast, but can you control it. It’s a great piece of rc history and yes I’ve still got my original from 1985.
I built me one ...I changed stock silver motor to the Tamiya super stock z motor....magnets are super strong in the motor so it cogs really hard pushing it bk n forth also changed bushings to ball bearings in motor
In 1987 I always wanted to have Boomerang from Tamiya. But when I saved up enough money, I decided to buy Turbo Optima from Kyosho(01:08). It was pretty awesome. Back then, The Schumacher was the car to beat (07:11) I not believe that was 37 years ago.
It's so cool to see all these good looking old buggies together. Back when they actually looked good before they ruined the looks of them with the stupid cab forward designs.
Great vid as always…..for me, Iconic is like the RC equivalent of the whole Goodwood Revival scene lol…loads of old school stuff actually on track being raced.
That is a fantastic track! I would love to give buggy racing a go but defo outdoors because the atmosphere is better somehow. I've never ever raced anything indoors and I'm old so maybe I'm just stuck in my ways. Anybody recommend an outdoors buggy club in West Yorks?
So do people actually race 70's and 80's cars in the revival race or reissue cars? Manual speed controller or esc? Nimh or lipo? I would love to go to one of those races if they had them in the US
