BRUSHLESS TAMIYA GRASSHOPPER!? Cheap Brushless Motor and ESC Test #2

I tested out the cheap brushless motor and esc combo on my tamiya grasshopper. I first tested this out on the traxxas slash but it did not do too well (it was slow). With this cheap brushless rc setup for only $30, we managed to get the brushless tamiya grasshopper to some really top speeds!

Quick review: The tamiya grasshopper is now very fast, making it a lot more fun to use! The cheap brushless setup is holding on strong! I managed to crash this poor grasshopper though ...

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[JacobusRC]

For every like this video gets ... the longer this grasshopper gets to live!!! (Also really sucks not having audio for most of my clips so I kept this one short for ya'll)

[walterbaldemor]

I still have an old-school tamiya audi quattro and i want to use a brushless motor 😊

[KaizerTest]

Nice! This is right up my alley so to speak...lol. I think the fastest Hornet is about 45mph. I got my Top Force to 71mph and my TT02 to 97Mph...hahaha😀 I like your videos brother...your editing is really good.

[ValleyRC]

No offence but the guy saying 540 brushless motors are for 1/20 is talking nonsense.

[NordicRC]

18T pinion. And the correct is 0.8 mod. But 32 can work ☺️

[benjimandover]

Ya know....I've seen the grasshopper 18 tooth 32 pitch stock gears with a brushed motor on 3s lipo go 42 mph...don't count out the 7x2 wind brushed motor on lipo... great video 😃👍

[rc-dom-uk]

That’s a fastest I’ve seen the hopper! 👍 subbed

[juliusdream]

Yes definitely good for a grasshopper uncontrollably fast it seems for most because it’s not set up to go near that fast. I like the idea of pushing it but know I’m probably going to crash it eventually. The shocks and just everything is meant for a 380 ripping threw sand dirt or whatever it’s rugged. I’m a rambling man cool video 👍🏼🇺🇸🍕

[pancudowny]

Stock 'Hopper comes with 10-tooth... and unless you have an adjustable mount, the only size that can be run with any motor with a 540-sized mount pattern is an 18-tooth. [:\

[shawnjohnston]

Dont feel bad about the body... my first rc ever was a grasshopper.. that was 45 years qgo... it broke in the same spot

[shawndenman]

Mate if you put lipo 3 in it it will be insane Iv got lipo 3 in my hotshot and it’s stupid fast

[natetinsley]

Well done, a grasshopper @ 26mph is definitely impressive 👏 👍

[prw]

hello & Good day. May i ask where you got your mags & tires? Thanks. Great video!

[andrewdavis]

Great video!! Seriously underrated channel man.

[kougerat]

Ahhhh you broke my bloody nose ha ha, it looked pretty quick though for only $30 !

[simong]

i have a monster beetle all stock motor etc, 3s esc and 3s lipo runs 20mph

[starfoxnerd]

Hell yeah man that's sweet consider me subscribed

[theodorathanasiadis]

I had a clone (academy of minicraft road runner ii), i put a parma cyclone 15x2 at start a kit of ball bearings it was really fast.Later i put a king power 16x2 and it achieved 35km/h, thats aprox 20mph.You know back in 80s we had only brushed motors and nimh batteries.

[cynix_]

What battery did you use with this car?

[jasonurban]

Do you have to run LiPO batteries with a brushless motor