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Hello everyone, I'm getting some cars on the road and kind of rediscovering the hobby with my son. 

My first rc car was a Hornet when I was about 9. I loved it even though back then it would only run for 15 minutes. A couple years later I bought a kyosho Optima mid. Then when I was maybe 12 or 13 I bought a Tamiya Lunchbox. A few years ago when my son was about 10 I bought a couple reissue Grasshoppers to build and run with him. We've had a lot of fun with those and I bought a vintage Grasshopper off ebay to upgrade so I can keep my black edition stock. 

I've done a couple repairs to the Optima mid, but need to replace the old esc with a new one. Recently I turned my attention to the lunchbox and I'm working on that. Then I've got my brothers grasshopper 2 and futaba fx10 to get back on the road. And finally I'm looking for a used hornet chassis to get my old hornet on the road. I've got a box of parts and my old body, so pretty much going to try to find a chassis or project car to start from. 

If anyone has some advice, I'm sure I could use it. I've just been buying Flysky controllers and batteries off Amazon as well as some cheep esc's. 

 

-Josh 

 

 

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Welcome!   I avoid Amazon..  Check your LHS first if you have one.  Hobbywing is great for motors & esc’s..there are many more..  For your Lunchbox and other Tamiya builds, be sure to check out AMPro on YouTube and his parts at Shapeways.  Great stuff!  

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One been watching the ampro stuff, at first when it was on eBay and later now its on shape ways.

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The goto brushed esc is the hobbywing 1060, great solid esc for under £20.

I run all mine with a 15t HPI Firebolt (Core RC 15t are the same), they cost around a tenner.

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