The Final Sunday with the Tamiya Rising Fighter 58416! The Last of the Hoppers, The Last of the Hornets! Here is my personal shot at a 10th Anniversary Custom Edition.
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You can find an overview and links of this entire video series and upgrades below.
Welcome to Step 7! After all these upgrades, I think The Rising FIghter finally deserved some basic paint! Since I (and others) consider the Rising Fighter as the final 'Hornet', a 'Super Super Hornet' or a 'Hornet III' it was important, for me, that there should be some visual connection to the legacy of the Hornets. A good approach to this would be Hornet decals. But even though I love the looks of my Grasshopper II with Grasshopper decals and I love the looks of several "Hornet"-remakes of the Rising Fighter found on the internet, for this one, I wanted to stay true to the original release "The Rising Fighter" and it's decal sheet.
Even though I really think it looks splendid in blue, the original box art decals includes a lot of other colors: white, red, silver and black. So while wishing to make a connection to the Hornet and Super Hornet and also reducing the number of colours with one, I was left with only one choice: A Black Hornet. Personally I like the result and it really looks splendid side by side with it's sister, the Super Hornet.
This series has focused on The Rising Fighter. But remember, many of these upgrades and hop-up options apply to the other buggies with the Grasshopper or Grasshopper II chassis: The Tamiya Grasshopper, The Hornet, The Grasshopper II and Super Hornet. The size and amount of ball bearings is the same for all five models. Only the Super Hornet comes with oil filled shocks in the front. All can be upgraded for more top speed and Ampro Engineering has transmission and rear braces for all models except the Grasshopper. And of course all choices of colors, decals, wheels and tires and be personalized.
So ... this is the end of my Tamiya Rising Fighter "Hornet III" Sunday Upgrades ... for now at least. There are some things that still bothers me: The absence of "Hornet Eyes" (aux. lights), the stiffness of the rear suspension and the length of the non-official CVA-dampers I used. Some day, I would definitly also want to try the genious Ampro Double Wishbone Front Suspension.
But for now, it's ready for the season and ready to run! So the next time you'll see it is in a test run, a speed test run or in the grass and dirt. Looking so much forward running it!
Thank you for following along and thank you for all the encouraging and interesting comments along the way!
A special and warm thank you goes to Ampro Engineering for the contributions to both The Rising Fighter, parts wise, and the personal contributions to the video series! Please check out Step 4 and 5.
Hope you found this video useful or/and interesting! This video series is purely intended for viewers with an interest in the Tamiya Grasshopper/Hornet legacy or/and the Tamiya Rising Fighter.
Check out my channel for many more Tamiya Hoppers/Hornets and other models.
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The Rise of The Rising Fighter Upgrade series (so far):
Step 1: Introduction and 9x1150 and 1x850 Ball Bearings
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Step 2: Tamiya CVA Oil Filled Shocks F/R
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Step 3: Tamiya 19T Steel Pinion and 23T Sport Tuned Motor
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Step 4: Ampro Trans Brace (Featuring Ampro Engineering)
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Step 5: Ampro Rear Brace (Featuring Ampro Engineering)
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Step 6: Tamiya Star Dish Wheels and Grooved Front Tires
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Step 7: 10th Anniversary Black Hornet Edition Tribute
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The description box of Step 1 also includes full specifications of the stock Rising Fighter.
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Nordic RC Visions Statement:
This video features homemade footage of my own radio-controlled unit, The Tamiya Rising Fighter (Tamiya Model 58416 from 2008), from my personal RC model collection. All rights reserved.
26 авг 2024