Yes, I was recently talking to Brett about the old days we went racing and used the frequency board and a clothes peg with the frequency number that we attached to our aerials. There were always some clashes during the race day when cars would go crazy. Good memories!
This is an amazing video! I still have my Super Shot from when I got it around the late 80s. This video has cleared a lot up about the car and also the way controllers used to work. I actually didn’t realise that crystals etc, were not really used anymore, even though I have run some RC cars in the last decade. The controller in the video looks just like the one I had too, but I don’t think I still have it.
In the 80s I bought a mains charger from Uncle Pete’s Toys in Burwood NSW and I vaguely remember it had a 30 min timer on it. Probably 3 times the size of the one show in the video. My Frog also came with a black Tamiya battery I did see these blue ones being sold.
That charger sounds like the Toy Traders clockwork charger. Yes, the Tamiya 1200mAh racing packs were popular but expensive and short in supply at the time. Plessey were an Australian supplier that produced plenty of batteries to keep us kids driving!
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne yes the name Toy Traders sounds familiar. For whatever bizarre reason the package deals came with a 12 volt car battery charger but I don’t know anyone who ever used it. The battery also came with the package but from my recollection to get spare batteries to keep running the blue ones were sold. I never needed a spare because every time I ran the Frog something needed to be fixed or adjusted so waiting 30mins wasn’t an issue.
Great showcase of the Super Shot. I see that the lower part of the body towards the shocks is folded inwards with an edge. Is this how it's supposed to be? I'm looking for this info for quite a while now.
Yes that's how it's supposed to be. Search for and download the supershot (original) manual, then the super hotshot (re-release) manual. The body is the same with mold lines to fold along, but only the original manual tells you to fold it in. I've never seen either one in real life, so be careful bending an (old) original body it might crack, and check there's no obstructions on the chassis in case the re-release changed something.
There is one at my hobby shop they came back out with them but they call it the super hot shot it comes with full ball bearings but it goes for 309 US. Wish I had the money for it.
