Re-Re Hornet Run Times

[jasonnewyork]

I'm thinking of buying a Hornet Re-Re. I was curious what the run times are for a bone stock kit with 1800mah NICD, and 3000/4000mah NiMH packs?

[Butler]

I am guessing at 1 - 1.5 mins to per 100MAH

My stock M03 does nearly an hour with 3500Mah.

The hornet is pretty light. Another member gets 2hours with 4000mah lipo and brushless in the same chassis.

[tamiya monkey]

be aware that alot of higher capacity nimh pack will be very tight in the battery compartment on the hornet.

[TA-Mark]

The high capacity Ni-MH packs are also heavy. Twice the weight of a 1800mAh Ni-Cd.

To fit the IP4000 round edge hard case Li-Po in there I needed to modify the chassis. I cut a slot at the rear of the chassis for the wires to extend into the gearbox area and connect the battery plug above the gearbox as there is no room in the chassis for the wires. The pack is a very tight fit into the chassis even without the wires to worry about. The 4000mAh Li-Po weighs about the same as the 1800mAh Ni-Cd. The runtimes are huge (over 2 hour) because you rarely get it over 1/2 throttle in the dirt and the chassis is so light and free rolling. I'm also using a Lunchbox 10 tooth pinion and the Lunchbox motor mount to get the gearing right for the MambaMax 4600Kv brushless. The electrics all stay cold (battery/esc/motor).

The dimensions of the round edge pack is the same as Ni-MH except it is 3mm longer. The wires are also twice as thick, but exit from the end of the pack like a Ni-MH.

[dimblum]

If you want to run LiPO in a Hornet, then the Team Orion Rocket Packs may fit easier.. Team Orion made these LiPO hard packs that match the same dimensions and configurations as NiMH 6 cell packs (they even rounded the sides of the pack and made sure the wires exit from the end of pack instead of the top): http://www.teamorion.com/batteries-en/lipo...volts-en.html#1

These may fit in the re-re Hornet with no modifications to the chassis.. I was able to install 6 cell NiMH batteries in my Hornet without any problems.

Note: It looks like Team Orion's website is undergoing a redesign, some of their information appears to be missing or in the wrong language?

[Buggy Boy69]

I'm thinking of buying a Hornet Re-Re. I was curious what the run times are for a bone stock kit with 1800mah NICD, and 3000/4000mah NiMH packs?

G'day

I easily get 1/2 an hour with my re release Hornet running a stock re release speed controller and silver can motor. The battery I use is a 4600 Ni Mh. The battery is a little heavy for the buggy but not greatly different handling from a 1500 Ni Cad which is a lot lighter.

The Hornet has a distinctive noise on the track as the rear wheels spend so much time in the air spinning. I am suprised no one on Tamiya club has taken sound bites on Tamiya club and had a forum game like who can guess the vintage Tamiya buggy noise eg The Hornet, The Frog etc?

Thanks Ian

[taliesin]

I would think you'd easily get an hour per battery out of a stock Hornet and an 1800 mah NiCad battery.

This breaks down to about 20 minutes of actually driving it, and around 40 minutes of walking over to where the Hornet is laying on its roof and flipping it back over.

[Deanej10]

THis is interesting as I never realised or took notice about the weights, I race minis and don't fancy going Lipo but has made me think instead of running 3900/4200 mAH to maybe get a few 2000 mAH and run one for each heat if they are a bit lighter.