Happy day, then sad, then happy again. Hornet off limits to wife.

[RARECRX 0]

HAPPY:

After much anticipation I got my Vintage Hornet all together.. I got the new 4600MAH battery pack in, I installed the Novak Super Rooster ESC and the Speed Gems Jade motor (15x4). I put new oil in the upgraded dampers and she was a go.. I charged her up and MAN IT RIPS. I would estimate 35-40MPH easily (will be GPS tomorrow). It was soooo much fun driving it after being a shelf queen for 16 years.. I wish it had a locked diff though, but I can fix that.. I felt 14 again I was happy to say the least..

SAD:

My wife was so excited about my new-found happiness she wanted to experience it.. She asked to take a stab at it so I reluctantly handed it over to her and said "take it easy, it aint like your redcat" (she owns a redcat monster truck). She happily grabbed the radio and Full throttled it and jumped the curb at a good 30MPH. It ripped the whole rear suspension/rearend out (broke both semi-indy suspension points). As a 6' 220lb man I can admit I almost cried ALMOST. I scooped the dead carcass off the sidewalk and sulked into the house like a kid who broke his toy on Christmas..

I was so full of mixed emotions.. Anger , sadness , revenge ... I almost bought a Hornet RE-RE to make me feel better and to take some revenge on my not-so-r/c skilled wife.. Not even 1 hour of funtime and it was dead.... maybe for another 15 years..

HAPPY AGAIN:

As I was putting the dead carcass in the box I noticed a sheet of unused plastics.... NO WAY.. YES! I must have bought a new suspension plastics sheet years back because I had brand new ones.. Like a happy kid I changed them out and was overjoyed.. I was playing with it for 4 hours straight that day until nightfall hit...

It was a good day of mixed emotions that I have not felt in a long time. I forgot how fun these are... I'll let my wife stick to her Redcat Racing POS.. Keep your hands off my Vintage..

[Sayer 763]

Glad to hear it was sorted, but what part of "take it easy" did she not understand?

[taliesin 262]

R/C rule #1 - if you hand the radio to someone else, they WILL wreck it.

R/C rule #2 - if you are the driver, you WILL eventually wreck it.

Take your pick.

[TongueTied 56]

I hope your other half doesn't go 'full throttle' with everything, 220lbs or not, i think she'd make me cry!

I think he is the 220lb one, not his wife

[shenlonco 1187]

That's great.

I just recently got a hornet re release actually less than a week ago!! put it together and reminded me when i was a kid and when i floored it it put a BIG smile on my face just as i remembered it did when i was a kid.

Here it is.

[Tamiya Era 778]

HAPPY:

After much anticipation I got my Vintage Hornet all together.. I got the new 4600MAH battery pack in, I installed the Novak Super Rooster ESC and the Speed Gems Jade motor (15x4). I put new oil in the upgraded dampers and she was a go.. I charged her up and MAN IT RIPS. I would estimate 35-40MPH easily (will be GPS tomorrow). It was soooo much fun driving it after being a shelf queen for 16 years.. I wish it had a locked diff though, but I can fix that.. I felt 14 again I was happy to say the least..

SAD:

My wife was so excited about my new-found happiness she wanted to experience it.. She asked to take a stab at it so I reluctantly handed it over to her and said "take it easy, it aint like your redcat" (she owns a redcat monster truck). She happily grabbed the radio and Full throttled it and jumped the curb at a good 30MPH. It ripped the whole rear suspension/rearend out (broke both semi-indy suspension points). As a 6' 220lb man I can admit I almost cried ALMOST. I scooped the dead carcass off the sidewalk and sulked into the house like a kid who broke his toy on Christmas..

I was so full of mixed emotions.. Anger , sadness , revenge ... I almost bought a Hornet RE-RE to make me feel better and to take some revenge on my not-so-r/c skilled wife.. Not even 1 hour of funtime and it was dead.... maybe for another 15 years..

HAPPY AGAIN:

As I was putting the dead carcass in the box I noticed a sheet of unused plastics.... NO WAY.. YES! I must have bought a new suspension plastics sheet years back because I had brand new ones.. Like a happy kid I changed them out and was overjoyed.. I was playing with it for 4 hours straight that day until nightfall hit...

It was a good day of mixed emotions that I have not felt in a long time. I forgot how fun these are... I'll let my wife stick to her Redcat Racing POS.. Keep your hands off my Vintage..

"Women"....hehehehhe

glad u made it....

[chinaman SS 0]

What i do is i adjust the throttle end point adjustment to 40% for my 7yr old daughter. My wife ... 30% ...