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I thought I’d start my first post by paying some respect to the RC that got me into the hobby a re - release hornet. This poor thing had to put up with my appalling driving for 6 years, a full overhaul was the least I could do. New chassis tub, bumper, side guards, and some thicker steering rods just to give you an idea of the neglect my hornet went through. I wanted to do something slightly different for the body, so I ordered a grasshopper shell and some decal sheets. I really wish I painted the hard body but it’s a bit late for that now🤦🏻‍♂️. The final result was roughly inspired by the Bell ray bullet. I have quite a few cars that are more capable than the hornet but even to this day it’s still one of my favourites. By the way, please excuse the bold tires I use them as an ‘excuse’ when I crash😅. Let’s see your Hornets and Hoppers and let’s show some love for these classic icons.

Hello to all on here - I'm a first time poster after doing a search for some RC forums online! I have a Tamiya 'The Hornet' which was bought WAAAY back in the 1980s when I was just a teenager!! I have kept it all these years (its been used only a handful of times since then) and took it out just yesterday to have spin, in the garden (after charging the 7.2v Tamiya racing battery, which I bought for it, back in the day. I also have a fast charger which charges the battery in about 30 mins), however, the car had some issues so couldn't actually get it to work successfully. The servo which controls the motor ( so not the steering servo), is suffering from some bad jitter in that, when everything is connected and turned on, the servo horn continually jitters left and right, resulting in the car having a mind of its own! It will suddenly sprint forwards, without a single interaction from me on the remote control receiver, and similarly, will stop and then respond to my inputs?! The servo also randomly cuts off power, in that, say the car is running for a few minutes, all power then just cuts out and I get no response at all? I have the aerial wire extended to the max (in the car itself) and can see no obvious short circuits in any of the wiring anywhere so can;t understand why the servo is showing these symptoms? The car has never got wet, although it has been kept in a dedicated rc car bag but in the garage so I guess the cold air in the garage could have created some dampness (perhaps). Does anyone think that the servo has developed fault hence why its experiencing these issues? I'm also wondering if one of these: https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/acoms-electric-package-deal-1/ would be a remedy for my issues (but don;t understand why this shows one single servo when my car actually has 2 - one for the motor and one for the steering??). Here are some pics (the servo with the white servo horn is the one which jitters).

Hi all Can anyone advise on what the fastest motor is that I can go for, in my 1980’s original The Hornet? I have already upgraded the internals to my car and have the HobbyWing 1060 esc and using a new 7.2 v 3000mah battery but was wondering what the fastest motor is that I could use? My motor is currently the default one which came with the car about 30 years ago (there’s no stickers or anything on it so I don’t know what kind it is) ? Thanks.