Restoring A TRUE NITRO RC LEGEND: HOBAO HYPER 7.5!

This is my new (ish) Hobao Hyper 7.5

Hobao/Ofna are well known for creating some of the best RC Cars to date including the Hyper 7, Hyper VSE and of course the Hyper SSTE!

These trucks and buggies are sometimes underrated especially by people who primarily run ARRMA and Traxxas vehicles but truthfully these guys can keep up with the best these companies are currently offering!

I bought this cheap Hyper 7.5 from eBay and the previous owner told me it had been sitting for years in a garage but when it was new it barely had any use and after one crash it was put away for many years!

I had been looking for a cheap hyper for months and I finally stumbled upon this!

I offered the owner £80 which is around $99 for it in its current condition and he agreed!

It was a deal and I raced over to collect something I haven't seen since my childhood!

It needed a good clean-up and some new parts and of course I needed to see if it would start and run.

In this video I show you the Hyper in the condition I bought it then I show you what changes I have made and finally we see if it will start and run!

I have also featured some other Hobao cars on my channel check them out here:

Let me know what you think of my new hyper 7.5 in the comments!

See you on the next one!

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[beyondRC]

This was one of my most enjoyable RC experiences this year! Getting this road worthy again was so much fun! Parts are still available as well as upgrades and even though this may be classed as a vintage buggy now it still performs like a lot of its modern rivals! Want to see more old school nitros on the channel? Epic fun! 👍😎

[luccrouset]

Hobao is really underrated. I hope you have the opportunity to showcase more of their cars. I will definitley be sticking to Hobao for future rc cars.

[electricnitrorc]

Love to see those old engines starts after 10+ years. Don't know why but it's really satisfying for me. Feels like a time machine were I been transported to the best days of my life 🥰

[marionetto]

I used to race for OFNA who imported them to the USA. Hyper 9E electric was the last competive chassis 1/8 scale buggy we ran.

[BuzzBuggiesRC]

I had a hyper 7 about 18 years ago I've just recently got a caged version I've not run it in yet can't wait to use it.

[chelmswoodjunction]

hello
you cant beat the sound the smell and the power of a nitro engine.
you got that car for a steal myself i am buying second hand electric and nitro cars and its the fun of stripping them down cleaning and restoring them to their full potential.
great video more like this please.
peter

[garygallant]

No doubt Nitro is king for me. I still have several Hobao and Kyosho nitro buggies in my collection but because of noise ordinance I am unable to enjoy them as much.

[Gavs_rc_hobbies]

One thing you should also do is replace the fuel tube and inline fuel filter as well.

[mikesrccorner]

Nice to see an older OFNA roar back to life! My hyper 8.5 been converted to BL. I love the nitro too but I'm glad to have done the conversion so I can run it in front of my house where I do 80% of my RC play. Well done, it brought back memories of my nitro days, I spent the time racing my hyper 8 but I had one of those old HSP 1/10 that were for nitro speed rips! lol. Cheers and keep up the good work!

[TomTheSurgen]

Got my ss hangin* on wall for 5 years and debating running or selling. For got how slow they are in comparison to brushless

[OmarGreeneotraPedroVerde]

Very cool. I love restoring old nitro's!

[davyarthurs]

God that thing was screaming!!
Obv with 1/5 scale rcs you’re best running a proper fail safe that kills spark as servos do fail. I had a Killer RC on my 1/5 scale and one on my Losi 1/8 nitro buggy too and that fail safe would cut fuel.

[s_workz-racer]

I've got a s workz nitro and a brushless 7.5

[Ubergamer]

Good ol’ OFNA…. “Oh F..k, not again!”

[BangForYourBuckRc]

dude this is cool! I've never owned or driven one of these nitro, s! Don/t think a few of my neighbors would like this very much!😂
Just goes to show what a little TLC can do and for not much money at all! really love how this turned out. those brilliant white wheels and knobby tires finished it all off nicely! very well done! And you didnt even need to time travel!🤣

[stugas]

Just got one off eBay 2024, can’t wait to get working on it.

[gazzap]

Hi, Im picking up a hyper 7 roller, I have a hobby wing rebranded 120amp esc and 3100 kv motor, I have also bought a Dumbo fd350 transmitter and receiver, , looking forward to my first proper tinkering about. Can I ask what are the wheels you have put on the Nito model you bought back to life? Thanks

[Pablo]

Nice work. A fair chunk of my collection is old neglected cars that I’ve resto-ed and brought back to life. I find it rewarding.

[alexmaus]

Hello, I have the first version of the Kyosho Graupner kart 10 NR 4939. NIB for sale.

[catcancrunch]

Great purchase mate and looks great also! Thanks for your upload 👍🙏🐱