That was awesome, again I’ll mention the old Tamiya promo videos of the late 70’s early 80’s your videos bring back that original feeling of RC fun. As with with many kids of the era affording one of these buggy’s was difficult, especially if your parents didn’t think spending that kind of money on a toy was sane. I do remember seeing all these buggy’s at this huge hobby emporium you’ll never forget that childhood experience especially in the early 80’s when all this was new.
I had a Super Champ back in '82. I remember the anticipation of getting it...It was the coolest thing ever! But the reality of owning it was a different thing entirely. Those cast aluminum arms break easily. Fortunately there were aftermarket nylon ones available, though I remember having to modify the rear as they were actually intended for the Sand Scorcher/Rough Rider cars. And that cast aluminum rear bumper broke on me as well. It also serves as a bracket for the suspension arm shaft that links up to the mono-shock. I remember hacking replacement parts out of aluminum for the rear bumper and the mono-shock in my 7th grade metal shop...I wasn't a student in that class, but the teacher was cool enough to allow me to go in after school and make them. Also...the rear control arms would always want to wrap under the chassis, or try to, any time you'd go around a corner. I see yours were fitted with Ty-Raps, as mine were too! Lastly, those things weighed a ton! It's no surprise they were no match for the Cox Scorpion, which dominated until the first Associated RC10 was released.
That's a great story and all true! I'll just say I was VERY worried about snapping that rear cast bumper. Was cringing when watching the slow motion. Appreciate the views and story brother...what makes this channel worth doing! Long live the memories!
Fantastic video of two classics. The Sand Scorcher with the original setup looks much more stable. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate and enjoy your cars 😎👍
My grandpa passed away in the early 80's and my dad thought it best for me to stay in school instead of go to the funeral. (13 hours away) He felt differently later and regretted the decision. To make up for it he came home with the Subaru Brat!! (I think it was the predecessor to the FROG?) I did the truck in stages. I built the truck, dad eventually sprung for a 6 cell battery. (Charged it off a car battery with two clamps and wire leads and an egg timer...lol) Finally my grandma bought a Futaba dual stick radio for it. I put a MILLION miles on that thing. I saved up my money and bought the 540 BLACK motor (like an LS motor in a Miata) I thought I had the winning ticket. Went to my first race and saw a thing called an RC10.... what's THAT?? Never heard of one of those. Dude had a 7 cell pack and a TRINITY motor....he could have drug a cinder block and still been faster than me!!! Did this for years then got into other things. Your video sure brings back some memories!!!!! My son JUST informed me he bought a GRASSHOPPER II..... that's gonna be a trip down memory lane. Now I feel like throwing in some Judas Priest and cranking it up!!! Maybe I'll get a play list going so I'll be ready when my son gets his GRASSHOPPER!!!
Grasshoppers are great. I consider it a lighweight plastic version of the superchamp. Bodyshape is similar, both have whacked handling. One cost 1/3 of the other. Both are great fun!
Id love to see if the times a better on the Sand Scorcher with the spike tyres on the rear. I never really wanted a scorcher but lately ive been building my collection with Re-Re's and im thinking the Scorcher needs to be my next purchase.
This was one of my first vids I watched prior to getting back into this hobby, and boy, did it drive my hunger/obsession. Yes, I DO want a scorcher, and I’m about to get the fighting buggy, almost entirely due to that oil damper rear end. Cheers mate
My first car was a super champ. I remember it like it was yesterday. Christmas of 86. I was 8 and I spent the rest of the day outside in the snow. Outside of 30 minute breaks waiting for the my pack to charge. I also remember the first time I charged the back by myself and over charged it and burned out the speed controller. Boy I got in trouble. Loved that car. Was slow but a tank.
@MontySeeMontyDo That's a great story! Thanks so much for sharing it with us brother. The idea for the channel was to get folks thinking about the best days of RC.
OMG I can't believe I came across an old sand scorcher. My dad had that when I was just a little kid I grew up watching my dad race this thing around the backyard to the time when he gave it to me when I was 13 years old. I wish I could find one again I had so much fun with it
I love the way the Sand Scorcher flies through the air, it maintains that sweet launch angle and doesn't nose over like so many other cars and it looks so rad in slow-mo!
This is a great video, really good syncing up of the different camera angles and the timing for the laps and some lovely close up slow motion shots and good info on the buggies.
Thanks so much! New jump cam was fun to do..and my kid has everything synced into our new phone somehow for recording... Makes post production a bit easier now.
Another superb upload from you both. Classic Tamiya RC at its best! Good, interesting commentary and lovely slow motion footage, nicely done and I look forward to the next video.
Great Bufford T. Justice reference and your slow motion clips are great. Love the look of the Super Champ, it was my first RC in the early 80's. I run my re-re in my backyard track and it is pretty hilarious watching it bounce everywhere. I can't make it through a battery before a grub screw comes loose and the axle falls out though.
Thanks so much! We have a lot of ideas for sure. Jrx2 in the works! Kyosho Ultima...Losi XXX and a BUNCH of Tamiya stuff. As long as time and budget allows we will do our best to document the fun we are having with these old cars. Hopefully a nice track update can happen as well.
Very cool to see you do laps with two of in my opinion the most classic and Iconic RC's made. You put them around the track very well! I had the original Sand Scorcher in 1979 as a kid. My first hobby grade RC and is why I got so into RC'ing. By the blessings of the RC Elf and his ever loving kindness I now have the re release and am so happy I do for I missed it dearly. Great video! Happy RC'ing!
The Elf Rocks! Appreciate the kind words and cool story my friend. Was really surprised with how well the Scorcher handled the track. I should pick up one of those rere kits someday and do a side by side.
What an awesome video! It was done wonderfully. I just came across your channel, Subscribed and am looking forward to some more great content. Keep up the great work.
Both are unique cars. I am blessed enough to own them and got to say they are both equally as fun to drive in their own way. The re release Frog is very close to original if you ever get the itch to build one.
Man LOVE your track! I started on a Bolink Digger, then a Wild Willy, Super Champ was my 3rd, fun to build but stiff turning radius was an issue, but VERY fun and powerful on the beach, something no other electric rc car could do at the time
I have had my Scorcher on the beach. Beyond fun! Wild Willy was a fantastic R/C wish I had one now...would be fun to try and get it around the track. Hope you like the new spot we have. Not as rustic but has some unique features and will only get better. Thanks for the nice comment!
@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC TY! I'd send you my vintage Wild Willy if I could:) Im afraid to run him cause hes irreplaceable, a Japan company manufactured EXACT repro tires which Im thrilled to have. I may buy a newer Willy, but its just not the same! Perhaps I'll get a set of the repros for it too and see how close it is:) keep up the great vids!
@@Leesion73 Haha..no worries bud. I would never take away anybody's vintage love. It's one of those iconic cars that is dear to the hearts of many Tamiya enthusiasts. I'm sure I will stumble upon one at some point.
Thanks for answering a question that I always had about the effectiveness of the super champ rear suspension setup vs the earlier Rough Rider buggy which i had (same buggy body but same platform as the sand scorcher). I am resurrecting the old SRB buggy now.
Awesome video! Just got a Fighting Buggy to build, always wanted the Super Champ as a kid but started with the Grasshopper, then the Hornet, then the Hotshot etc but never the Super Champ or The Frog sadly. Got a rere Frog which is ace and can't wait for the autumn when the build of the Fighting Buggy will commence 👍😊
Enjoyed your videos! I so regret selling my original Tamiya lancia back in the late 80’s in favour of the Tamiya supershot (also 1st edition) which I sold about 5 years ago. Really wish I had kept them both. Just getting back into RC cars now after some 30 odd years!
A big part of the rear suspension in the bug aswell, torsion bars suspension, has the second least amount of recoil oscillations of any common 1:1 suspension method. The method with the least is air bag suspension.
I think the upgraded rear shocks I had on the scorcher also helped a little. Good to know on the torsion bar "science"...was not aware of that. Might do a run switching out the bars for coil overs and see how she drives.
The Beetle handles a lot better than I was led to believe. Not too bouncy and well poised on the track, way better than the Super Champ. Also taking the Super Champ from the shelf was a brave move but at least your pleased as well as your audience including myself. Excellent video, showing some superb vintage RC cars at their best. Thumbs up!!
Yep...I was shocked as well. Thanks for the positive comments! We will pick up with some more shootout videos in the spring. Have lot's of cars to fix for now.
I had the Super Champ but did not like that oil bottle. And it also had a balloon to protect some electronics, did not work good as the balloon ripped to often. And it was back heavy. I liked more the Sand Scorcher, the electronics looked more well protected in that plastic box. Two friends of mine had the Sand Scorcher so we raced in the streets with these cars. But the best was the Tamiya catalog. Could read and look at the images all day long 😍😄 Excellent video 👍
I finally put a mean twist on my torsion bars, to level the rear control arms, get the bounce out, and it does MUCH better on the low jumps and handling.
I had parts of this rc .. didn’t even know what car it belong to . But now I do know a bit more .. I had many Rc iconic rc . 1/10 scale &1/12 … I have only two left I gave the rest away .. I have nitro rc Traxxas ../ revo 3.3 & nitro 4tec 3.3
Wow the same scorcher couldn't have done that on tarmac it would have rolled. When i had mine as a youngster the shell got so bashed up it must have had around seven or eight coats of paint as it kept needing scratches repaired
It seems that you are running the Superchamp with the original MSC (?) That's awesome. Nothing beats the sound of that orginal speed controller acceleration!
This is the exact comparison video that I was looking for. I've always liked the 70s-80s look and thinking of the chassis design, don't know which one of the SRBs are better and always liked the Super Champ over the Bettle. Oh and I've also always wondered if the rear oil bottle was functional on the Super Champ, I guess it does. Might get one in the near future, thanks and take care!
Really good interesting video. Love the Sand Scorcher. You are brave jumping these. I always wondered if that Super Champ rear suspension was any good and now I know! Top stuff! A sub from me :-)
Have you tried putting a functioning shock on the rear of the Super Champ? Those of us that have one know that even with oil in it its a pogo stick that does nothing.
Thanks so much! The ReRe scorcher is very close to the old school original one. Would like to pick one up at some point for an old vs new shootout. Glad you enjoyed the video. Once spring hits we will be back in full swing with a boat load of new cars and ideas.
That brought back memories of 4th grade all over again 👍 i can still remember the puddle of oil on the shelf where my super champ sat.
Haha...still leaks!
I loved the 80s man.i had an rc10 as my first rc and my buddies had the falcon. Javelin and the frog . I wasted them every time we raced. Good times.
Awesome video. Brings back so many good memories from the 80s. Also big kudos to your understanding wife.
Thanks brother. I appreciate it!
Oh MAN!!! Such GREAT Memories! I'm brand new to the channel but I'M LOVING your content already!!!!!
Thank you SO much! Winter here makes it impossible to do the track videos...but we have major plans for 2022 warm season.
That was awesome, again I’ll mention the old Tamiya promo videos of the late 70’s early 80’s your videos bring back that original feeling of RC fun. As with with many kids of the era affording one of these buggy’s was difficult, especially if your parents didn’t think spending that kind of money on a toy was sane. I do remember seeing all these buggy’s at this huge hobby emporium you’ll never forget that childhood experience especially in the early 80’s when all this was new.
Thanks so much! Love those old videos too.
Hell ya, same memories for me Super Champ was £133 w/o radio gear in 82/83. It was a stretch then!
I had a Super Champ back in '82. I remember the anticipation of getting it...It was the coolest thing ever! But the reality of owning it was a different thing entirely. Those cast aluminum arms break easily. Fortunately there were aftermarket nylon ones available, though I remember having to modify the rear as they were actually intended for the Sand Scorcher/Rough Rider cars. And that cast aluminum rear bumper broke on me as well. It also serves as a bracket for the suspension arm shaft that links up to the mono-shock. I remember hacking replacement parts out of aluminum for the rear bumper and the mono-shock in my 7th grade metal shop...I wasn't a student in that class, but the teacher was cool enough to allow me to go in after school and make them. Also...the rear control arms would always want to wrap under the chassis, or try to, any time you'd go around a corner. I see yours were fitted with Ty-Raps, as mine were too! Lastly, those things weighed a ton! It's no surprise they were no match for the Cox Scorpion, which dominated until the first Associated RC10 was released.
That's a great story and all true! I'll just say I was VERY worried about snapping that rear cast bumper.
Was cringing when watching the slow motion.
Appreciate the views and story brother...what makes this channel worth doing! Long live the memories!
Fantastic video of two classics.
The Sand Scorcher with the original setup looks much more stable. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate and enjoy your cars 😎👍
It was! I was so very surprised with how well it handled. Need to get it out on the new track next year. Appreciate the view and nice comment bud.
Awesomeness great video guys soooo cool, love it!!
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the nice comment and view.
This is by far the coolest video on TH-cam, my dreamcars of youth. Really cool to see that yellow bug go sideways.
Aww man...thanks so much for the kind words. We had a blast shooting this one for sure. Love the slow mo myself.
Great video love that yellow sand scorcher..
Thanks so much!
So enjoyable to see the old ones out ripping it up ,
😎👍
Thanks so much bud. Appreciate it!
Great video, bought back a lot of memories (hornet, frog, scorcher, wild willy). Subscribed.
All great cars! Old school Tamiya rules!
These videos are so well done, everything I want to see, that is missing from other RC channels. Well done.
Thanks so much! We are really getting a kick out of folks enjoying them. Working on new content for winter until the track is drivable again.
Just bought a Boomerang and Monster Beetle, had them as a kid cant wait. Great content thank you
Great video! Love the Super Champ! 👍🏻
Took a few years off my life...but it was amazing. The old Tamiya cars are in my heart for sure.
Nice videos and history of some iconic RC cars.
Man, My best friends with Tamiyas and a track track in the back yard.... What great days!!!!
The best days!
Thanks for making these videos. I just found your channel this morning. Subbed and binge watching now. Thanks again!
Awesome! Appreciate the sub.
Hope you enjoy our content.
Brilliant videos! Well done 👍 👏🏻🥇
Thanks so much!
My grandpa passed away in the early 80's and my dad thought it best for me to stay in school instead of go to the funeral. (13 hours away) He felt differently later and regretted the decision. To make up for it he came home with the Subaru Brat!! (I think it was the predecessor to the FROG?) I did the truck in stages. I built the truck, dad eventually sprung for a 6 cell battery. (Charged it off a car battery with two clamps and wire leads and an egg timer...lol) Finally my grandma bought a Futaba dual stick radio for it. I put a MILLION miles on that thing. I saved up my money and bought the 540 BLACK motor (like an LS motor in a Miata) I thought I had the winning ticket. Went to my first race and saw a thing called an RC10.... what's THAT?? Never heard of one of those. Dude had a 7 cell pack and a TRINITY motor....he could have drug a cinder block and still been faster than me!!! Did this for years then got into other things. Your video sure brings back some memories!!!!! My son JUST informed me he bought a GRASSHOPPER II..... that's gonna be a trip down memory lane. Now I feel like throwing in some Judas Priest and cranking it up!!! Maybe I'll get a play list going so I'll be ready when my son gets his GRASSHOPPER!!!
Great story! I am actually a bit of metal head. It just does not work for the filler music on our videos...lol.
Grasshoppers are great. I consider it a lighweight plastic version of the superchamp. Bodyshape is similar, both have whacked handling. One cost 1/3 of the other. Both are great fun!
Id love to see if the times a better on the Sand Scorcher with the spike tyres on the rear. I never really wanted a scorcher but lately ive been building my collection with Re-Re's and im thinking the Scorcher needs to be my next purchase.
It's a must have imo.Would like to get a rere at some point to bash around the track.
This was one of my first vids I watched prior to getting back into this hobby, and boy, did it drive my hunger/obsession. Yes, I DO want a scorcher, and I’m about to get the fighting buggy, almost entirely due to that oil damper rear end. Cheers mate
Love it bud! Any inspiration we can provide is always appreciated! I am so happy for you...enjoy that/those kits.
My first car was a super champ. I remember it like it was yesterday. Christmas of 86. I was 8 and I spent the rest of the day outside in the snow. Outside of 30 minute breaks waiting for the my pack to charge.
I also remember the first time I charged the back by myself and over charged it and burned out the speed controller. Boy I got in trouble. Loved that car. Was slow but a tank.
@MontySeeMontyDo That's a great story! Thanks so much for sharing it with us brother. The idea for the channel was to get folks thinking about the best days of RC.
OMG I can't believe I came across an old sand scorcher. My dad had that when I was just a little kid I grew up watching my dad race this thing around the backyard to the time when he gave it to me when I was 13 years old. I wish I could find one again I had so much fun with it
It's an amazing car for sure. So much fun to drive! Thanks for the comment.
I love the way the Sand Scorcher flies through the air, it maintains that sweet launch angle and doesn't nose over like so many other cars and it looks so rad in slow-mo!
Agree...it looks amazing in the air!
Awesome content! Thanks for sharing! I love bashing my scorcher.
You and me both!
This is a great video, really good syncing up of the different camera angles and the timing for the laps and some lovely close up slow motion shots and good info on the buggies.
Thanks so much! New jump cam was fun to do..and my kid has everything synced into our new phone somehow for recording... Makes post production a bit easier now.
@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC It work's well, great job!
The sand scorcher seems the most elegant of the two around your track.Hats off to the camera operator as usual 👍❤️
Was very easy to drive. Big time fun and thanks!
These videos are great. I like to see various cars racing against each other like here.
Awesome video and great concept. So many great vintage rcs!
Thanks for watching!
Another great video! Thanks again for sharing. Your getting me interested in the cars I saw as a kid. Thanks again and happy new year! 🎆🎊
Vary nice video . TV quality and documentary . Bravo
Thanks so much!
Another superb upload from you both. Classic Tamiya RC at its best! Good, interesting commentary and lovely slow motion footage, nicely done and I look forward to the next video.
Thanks so much! Love the slow motion stuff (my favorite part about making these). Appreciate the kind words.
Great Bufford T. Justice reference and your slow motion clips are great. Love the look of the Super Champ, it was my first RC in the early 80's. I run my re-re in my backyard track and it is pretty hilarious watching it bounce everywhere. I can't make it through a battery before a grub screw comes loose and the axle falls out though.
Haha..Thanks! Was unsure if anyone would get it.
Running blue loctite on mine btw.
I'm looking at building a backyard track as well, and these old Tamiya kits are SO fun I must Get Back into it!
Best thing ever is a backyard track!
yes, yes we did enjoy. race on that old stuuuf! rad fun so far!
When I was growing up, I was 8 years old in 1980, I wasn’t even ware that these tamiya kits existed. I wasn’t aware of RC cars and Tamiya until 1990.
Impressed by the Sand Scorcher turning as well as it did, considering that it has no differential.
I was as well! If you watch the slow mo...it looks like it actually picks up the inside tire. Super fun buggy. Appreciate it.
Great video! 👍
The pleasure was mine my friend. Looking forward to the spring!! Take care buddy!
Thanks so much! We have a lot of ideas for sure. Jrx2 in the works! Kyosho Ultima...Losi XXX and a BUNCH of Tamiya stuff. As long as time and budget allows we will do our best to document the fun we are having with these old cars. Hopefully a nice track update can happen as well.
the two box covers are legendary to begin with.
100%
Very cool to see you do laps with two of in my opinion the most classic and Iconic RC's made. You put them around the track very well! I had the original Sand Scorcher in 1979 as a kid. My first hobby grade RC and is why I got so into RC'ing. By the blessings of the RC Elf and his ever loving kindness I now have the re release and am so happy I do for I missed it dearly. Great video! Happy RC'ing!
The Elf Rocks! Appreciate the kind words and cool story my friend. Was really surprised with how well the Scorcher handled the track. I should pick up one of those rere kits someday and do a side by side.
Awesome track. Which I had room for one.
@@BigDuke6ixx Thanks so much!
And of course 😊 the camera operator is brilliant 😀👍
She says thanks!
Thanks so much for sharing. 😎👌🏼
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the view.
What an awesome video! It was done wonderfully. I just came across your channel, Subscribed and am looking forward to some more great content. Keep up the great work.
Wow...thanks so much! Honored to have you guys subscribed. We are HUGE fans of your channel!
You have inspired me to build a track in my backyard. I'll have to tear it up with my brat. And frog. Until I can get my hands on a sand scorcher.
Nice! The world can always use another RC track!
The super-champ and frogger were the first two RC cars I built back in the early 80’s, I wish I still had them now.
Both are unique cars. I am blessed enough to own them and got to say they are both equally as fun to drive in their own way. The re release Frog is very close to original if you ever get the itch to build one.
Man LOVE your track! I started on a Bolink Digger, then a Wild Willy, Super Champ was my 3rd, fun to build but stiff turning radius was an issue, but VERY fun and powerful on the beach, something no other electric rc car could do at the time
I have had my Scorcher on the beach. Beyond fun! Wild Willy was a fantastic R/C wish I had one now...would be fun to try and get it around the track. Hope you like the new spot we have. Not as rustic but has some unique features and will only get better. Thanks for the nice comment!
@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC TY! I'd send you my vintage Wild Willy if I could:) Im afraid to run him cause hes irreplaceable, a Japan company manufactured EXACT repro tires which Im thrilled to have. I may buy a newer Willy, but its just not the same! Perhaps I'll get a set of the repros for it too and see how close it is:) keep up the great vids!
@@Leesion73 Haha..no worries bud. I would never take away anybody's vintage love. It's one of those iconic cars that is dear to the hearts of many Tamiya enthusiasts. I'm sure I will stumble upon one at some point.
That was real cool to see this pair face off👍 very enjoyable.
Great vid! great soundtrack
Thanks so much! Takes a bit longer to make the music but it's all part of the fun.
What a great video, why didnt i see this before 👌👍
Thanks for answering a question that I always had about the effectiveness of the super champ rear suspension setup vs the earlier Rough Rider buggy which i had (same buggy body but same platform as the sand scorcher). I am resurrecting the old SRB buggy now.
Would like to have one of them as well (great buggy). The single shock looks cool...but not as good for sure. Good luck with the resto!
Awesome video! Just got a Fighting Buggy to build, always wanted the Super Champ as a kid but started with the Grasshopper, then the Hornet, then the Hotshot etc but never the Super Champ or The Frog sadly. Got a rere Frog which is ace and can't wait for the autumn when the build of the Fighting Buggy will commence 👍😊
That's awesome! Would like to get one as well. Can't abuse the original one like that again...lol. Enjoy the build! Love all these ReRe options.
Enjoyed your videos! I so regret selling my original Tamiya lancia back in the late 80’s in favour of the Tamiya supershot (also 1st edition) which I sold about 5 years ago. Really wish I had kept them both. Just getting back into RC cars now after some 30 odd years!
The Tamiya re-issue kits are fantastic...and will take you right back to those days gone by! I really enjoyed building my Frog Re-re.
I have tamiya hotshot 1985 original buggy for sell plus a few kyosho vintage contacts me if you want to buy
Good video. It would be nice to get a recap of lap times of all the cars you’ve run on the track at the end (re Top Gear). Keep ‘em coming.
Great idea! Will need to keep a similar layout though.Sounds like the plan for when the warmer weather comes back.
Just went that way with the new video!
A big part of the rear suspension in the bug aswell, torsion bars suspension, has the second least amount of recoil oscillations of any common 1:1 suspension method. The method with the least is air bag suspension.
I think the upgraded rear shocks I had on the scorcher also helped a little. Good to know on the torsion bar "science"...was not aware of that. Might do a run switching out the bars for coil overs and see how she drives.
I have to wonder if the rear tires had more to do with the lap times than the rear suspension.
The knobby tires actually work better on the track. Might be a fun thing to try for sure.
The Beetle handles a lot better than I was led to believe. Not too bouncy and well poised on the track, way better than the Super Champ. Also taking the Super Champ from the shelf was a brave move but at least your pleased as well as your audience including myself. Excellent video, showing some superb vintage RC cars at their best. Thumbs up!!
Yep...I was shocked as well. Thanks for the positive comments! We will pick up with some more shootout videos in the spring. Have lot's of cars to fix for now.
The sharp cornering of both impressive considering neither had a diff. gearbox!
The Super Champ was my firs REAL R/C car. Bought used in around 1983, I'll always remember it.
Such a feat of engineering. One of my favorite cars to display. Took a few years off it's life (and mine) beating it up like this...but it was worth!
You have a great channel I have just subscribed
Thank you so much!
Nice video I. Love the srb line I've got them all
YES THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WITH A ROUGH RYDER & SAND SCOCHER IS THE BODY. LOL BRINGS BACK MEMORIES, THANKS. 🙂👍
Appreciate it brother.
I had the Super Champ but did not like that oil bottle. And it also had a balloon to protect some electronics, did not work good as the balloon ripped to often. And it was back heavy. I liked more the Sand Scorcher, the electronics looked more well protected in that plastic box. Two friends of mine had the Sand Scorcher so we raced in the streets with these cars. But the best was the Tamiya catalog. Could read and look at the images all day long 😍😄
Excellent video 👍
I love sand Scorcher
I finally put a mean twist on my torsion bars, to level the rear control arms, get the bounce out, and it does MUCH better on the low jumps and handling.
Good tip. Might give it a shot.
All cars will be re run once new track is finished.
Wow great video i like the slowmotion AND 3 rounds! What if You did Not count the slowest? THANK YOU!
Great Video
Baller comparison video! 🙂
While the hornet is my all time favorite buggy, these are undeniably the best of the tamiya buggies. The sand scorcher is so cool.
Zip ties on the back help a lot lol...sad but true
Nice vídeo man👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much! We appreciate it.
Love the Slomos.
You mentioned people used to mod the Super Champ rear suspension in the day - do you have a video on that?
Awesome content. These cars are wasted only sitting on shelves, they were designed to be used as fun things 👌
Could not agree more!
I had two of these But best of all I had all the parts in nylon!
I had one years ago with the nylon bits. Sadly sold it when I was in my "box stock" phase. Wish I had it now. Those bits are very hard to find.
Nice vehicle, nice video
Awesome
Let's get along with friends with the same hobbies.~~
잘 지내봐요.~~
😁😁😁😁😁
Good video 👍
I had parts of this rc .. didn’t even know what car it belong to . But now I do know a bit more .. I had many Rc iconic rc . 1/10 scale &1/12 … I have only two left I gave the rest away .. I have nitro rc Traxxas ../ revo 3.3 & nitro 4tec 3.3
Wow the same scorcher couldn't have done that on tarmac it would have rolled.
When i had mine as a youngster the shell got so bashed up it must have had around seven or eight coats of paint as it kept needing scratches repaired
It performed MUCH better than I expected! Good thing about ABS is you can fill and paint for sure...lol. Appreciate the support.
Had one with a 2 stick futaba.
My 1st Hornet had a 2 stick. Think it was a Futaba Attack.
It seems that you are running the Superchamp with the original MSC (?) That's awesome. Nothing beats the sound of that orginal speed controller acceleration!
I still have a gear box alloy if you ever want it please let me know thanks
This is the exact comparison video that I was looking for. I've always liked the 70s-80s look and thinking of the chassis design, don't know which one of the SRBs are better and always liked the Super Champ over the Bettle. Oh and I've also always wondered if the rear oil bottle was functional on the Super Champ, I guess it does. Might get one in the near future, thanks and take care!
Thanks so much...I am glad you enjoyed it. I would like to get the re release Super Champ. I was cringing on every landing...lol.
Awesome vid!
Super Champ bounces a lot in the rear, on jumps it bottoms out while Scorcher stops oscillations after 1st rebound.
I tried a few things with shock oil and rear spring on the Champ...nothing worked..lol. Needs two shocks.
Nice video
Thanks so much! Appreciate it.
Don't forget the sand scorcher has a posi rear end has no diff action so it gets good traction in the straight line for sure.
Yay! Another video 🙂
Awesome buggies
Really good interesting video. Love the Sand Scorcher. You are brave jumping these. I always wondered if that Super Champ rear suspension was any good and now I know! Top stuff! A sub from me :-)
I like the looks rough rider way better than the super champ, but I love to have that rear damper oil on the RR.
Zero roll resistance with that mono shock.
Agree!
just found this i have both to build
Have you tried putting a functioning shock on the rear of the Super Champ? Those of us that have one know that even with oil in it its a pogo stick that does nothing.
Bone stock. 100% agree dual shocks are the way to go. It looks cool...but that's about it...lol.
@@VINTAGEBACKYARDRC the mono shock works great with a working shock. Dual original dampers are jot any better.
Sand scorcher seems to have the aid of more weight over the front end
personally lve always preferred the Rough Rider to both
I was jamming on my guitar with the track. Cool music 😹
Haha...that's great! My favorite part about doing these!
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Heck yeah! I really like old-school stuff like this. The Sand Scorcher is still in production too
Thanks so much! The ReRe scorcher is very close to the old school original one. Would like to pick one up at some point for an old vs new shootout. Glad you enjoyed the video. Once spring hits we will be back in full swing with a boat load of new cars and ideas.