Happy RC'ing! Yeah, that's what this video is about, it was great! Been a while since I watched any of your videos and I'm happy I managed to watch this one! Yeah, it came through on video how smooth it sounded, very nice! I just built the Beetle which is almost the same although a bit lower spec, and I had it out for a run, I loved it! I have a 19 turn motor in mine, low gearing, also plenty fast. The steering is weird but lovely! Cool buggy!
I love mine, it looks amazing and runs great. I have a Tamiya GT Tuned motor in mine and it is about perfect for the buggy! I know it is a bit if cross contamination to run a Tamiya motor in a Kyosho buggy but it is what I had and it works great so I am living with it! LOL
Great run! Loving you fall head over heels with the Kyosho kits. I remember when you said the Optima Pro wou;d be the only one you would add to the collection. LOL Looking forward to the Turbo build. That one is going to be epic.
My favourite Kyosho🤤. As soon as it moved I could tell it was going to be a smooth runner👌. So glad it didn't rollover! Shame about the tyre decals but it looked like it was worth it Glenn. Thanks for sacrificing your clean buggy for your fans mate👊🦘🇦🇺
Iv got a kyosho beetle. Its awesome but after the first rollover i wanted to cry! Its getting carpet tyres and staying indoors from now on! Great looking buggy there, deffo brushed motor is the way iv put a superstock RZ in the beetle 💪
Wow Glenn 😊 I absolutely love this buggy and it was really fast only having a 21t brushed motor. I have ordered me one of these and it says end of July for delivery, thanks for sharing this cool run video of it ❤️👍😊🙏
Absolutely gorgeous buggy. I bet it was great to have it running but i bet it was equally great to get it home, clean it up and put it on display in your collection. A stunner!!!! Great video!!😃👍
Absolutely love this Glenn definitely going get some kyosho cars, the look, the build quality and seeing you drive this beauty…fantastic many thanks for the video best wishes
That looks like a very fun buggy to drive Glenn and it looks fantastic! I wish l had the cash to buy 2 of everything we own! Because l think most of us, we all really don't run the classic ones enough they just become precious display models! Great stuff mate😉👍
I think I just found a home for my 19 turn Kamodo brushed motor. Damn now I really want this and a Blockhead buggy. Hahaha 😆 thanks for being a bad influence.
You and your pulsing throttle…! Really love this car it’s a classic I too treat. Mine very carefully would hate to roll it especially on tarmac! If you have expo on your handset, experiment it make the steering and throttle much smoother and controllable… btw I’m using a Tamiya Super Stock type RR motor and it’s ballistic
That looked amazing, the white and blue really works. Interesting how that front end worked, could definitely see it was struggling at times. Cool car, so glad you didn't roll it!
Great looking buggy,runs smooth as anything,reminds me so much of the frog with the steering,think this is actually starting to sway me away from tamiya?Great vid Glenn😁👍👍
Superb, I thought you'd enjoy it. I love the way my Tomahawk runs, I went all in with the Kyosho brushless motor and it's too much, it's more fun with a slightly slower setup. It will wheelie on demand and is a bit of a handful. I've got the Flysky radio with a gyro and it definetly helps keep it straight. I also noticed that this has rear Hex's so I'm going to look into converting my Tomahawk to run these rather than the friction srtyle setup on the Tomahawk. Great video again, keep up the good work.
I love watching running videos especially with the older kits and Re're kits, the Kyosho looked and sounded brilliant Glenn 👍. I would have been tempted to use one of those modified motors behind you lol (better with 4wd).... It would be very interesting to see what the difference is between the motor makes Vs winds. 👍👊
Looks great. I bit the bullet and bought a yellow body and wing for the Javeiln late on friday night so there's no turning back now 😀 (I would have preffered either the red or white but no one seems to have them, I think i'll also get the Optima centre under guard for it as it seems a bit too open underneath for my liking) Paul
Lovely build! Did your front wheels have a lot of toe in when you first built it? Mine looks like it has a fair bit and I'm not sure if it's meant to be like that or not. I followed the diagrams to a T and double checked everything was lined up nicely. Waiting for the electronics to arrive so I can test drive it.
4:13 => I would IMMEDIATELY reduce the throttle range down 50% (or more) on my transmitter. I can only recommend you to buy a Flsky Noble tx with the "no antenna" rx !!! I also waited WAY TOO LONG to finally buy a decent transmitter. It just makes so much sense to invest 200 EUR into a high end transmitter when one has already invested > 10.000 EUR in the hobby. And now, my transmitter can even talk to me ;_)
NGL, the Noble is worth the money. However for Glenn, it’s easier to use a cheap radio because the receivers for the NB4 are still as expensive as the Futaba and Sanwa ones. To fit one of those Noble-spec receivers into some of the cars he has is a chore, not to mention the amount of cars he has… Even if he had just THE ONE receiver, it would be a pain to fit the same radio gear into every car he planned to run and that eats into the time he has to make content. Not saying he doesn’t already do this but the Tactics are usually considered “throw away” compared to that of the NB4 and receivers are easier to come by in the used market than anything for the NB4, especially the INR-4 gyro receiver! I don’t disagree with Glenn investing into the Noble but it’s only good IF you’re actively racing and competing. Other than that, the Tactic TTX-240 will do. In fact, it’s about the same spec as the Futaba 3PRK but again, with cheaper, more available used receivers.
Funny enough I’ve now got the Noble radio set with three receivers 😅. So once I’ve moved and set up in the new place I’ll be only using that set of radio in everything 😎👊🏻
@@taimaishu-nao1922 It only makes sense to put a Rx in every car that you own when you drive them many many times a year...I think that Glenn mostly has shelfies. So going for a decent Tx was the right choice. Important is though: Put 2 of the 3 Rx in your "daily drivers". The last one with enough velcro IMMEDIATELY on the Tx after disconnecting the battery !!! Otherwise you will be always searching for it and might even be loosing it...(BTW: Put velcro on both surfaces of the Rx. That way you have 2 options for positioning and not just one - AND you can use the rectangular "L-shaped" surface on front end of the transmitter´s display to secure it safely !
So Glenn, I’ve got to ask: when will we see you bite into the RWD RC drift scene with a Yokomo YD-2? Or even an MST RMX 2.0? Would be amazing to see a buggy and touring car racer try his hand at it.
Hey Glen, great video as usual, how do those 21 turn motors compare to a silver can or say a sport tuned tamiya motor? Where do you get them. Keep up the great work. Thanks
Hey James 👋🏻 Yeah this is actually just a cheap one off eBay but it runs great and I’ve not had an issue 😅 Sport tuned isn’t that much of a step up from the 540 tbh, the next Tamiya motor up is the super stock BZ which is a 23 turn, these run great and make a big difference but they are triple the price.
Do the Kyosho ribbed fronts get stringy like the Tamiya ones do? Every time I run my holiday buggy on the streets I get strings of rubber coming from the ribs
That’s just normal wear, mate. If you’ve never watched F1, the effect is known as “marbling” or when the tire wears in such a way that it forms “marbles” of used rubber on the contact patch. My only thought as to why it’s happening to you is that likely the compound is too soft to run on asphalt. A harder compound will likely not do that on the surface you run on. Same rule applies to plastic drift tires; too soft a compound on pavement and you’ll destroy your tires in just one run and those tires aren’t cheap to replace! Perhaps see if Marwan has anything for your situation. That could help to give you the performance you want while maintaining the factory look you need. Hope this advice helps mate.
Great car! I've never built a kyosho car so would be keen to try. How do you go about cleaning them after driving? I just finished my hotshot 2 blockhead motors and can't wait to take it for a spin tmrw. I'm worried it's not gonna look mint though. I also have a tamiya hilux hi lift with the surfboard. Nothing like 80s vehicles 🔥
I’d honestly love to get one but just can’t afford it unfortunately 🤕🤕🤕 I have an original in my collection but the re re would be to run. Maybe in the future I’ll be able to get my hands on one 🙏🏻
Great video and the young camera lady did a great job lol
Haha yeah I did get into trouble for that slip of the tongue 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for changing the tires and running this vintage car, really nice!
Thank you for watching my friend 😊👊🏻
Epic vid Glenn what a great car.. you gotta love the Kyoshos 🤩🤩👍🚴
Thank you Pete 😊👊🏻
What another wicked looking car. Fair play Glenn you really knocked that out of the park lol 😆
Thank you Alex 😊👊🏻
Happy RC'ing! Yeah, that's what this video is about, it was great! Been a while since I watched any of your videos and I'm happy I managed to watch this one!
Yeah, it came through on video how smooth it sounded, very nice!
I just built the Beetle which is almost the same although a bit lower spec, and I had it out for a run, I loved it! I have a 19 turn motor in mine, low gearing, also plenty fast. The steering is weird but lovely! Cool buggy!
Fantastic well thank you for taking the time to watch this one my friend 🤩👊🏻
Nice to see another running video Glenn, looked fun! 👍😎
Thanks Rob 🤩👊🏻
Love the channel Glenn, Kyosho kits are top notch!
Thank you 😊
When I run out Tamiya’s there’s plenty of Kyosho rereleases you keep me going
Haha you’ll never run out of Tamiya’s Martin 🤣👊🏻
@@RCLegends2022 you are probably right, cannot keep up 🤦♂️
I love mine, it looks amazing and runs great. I have a Tamiya GT Tuned motor in mine and it is about perfect for the buggy! I know it is a bit if cross contamination to run a Tamiya motor in a Kyosho buggy but it is what I had and it works great so I am living with it! LOL
Haha Cross Contamination!
Love it 🤣👊🏻
I love my turbo scorpion and tomahawk. They absolutely rip over my local sands 👍
Yeah very cool cars indeed my friend 😎👊🏻
@@RCLegends2022 they sound so nice as well. I had a fazer which was really noisy but these buggies purr.
My only advice is thread lock! 👍😂
Great run! Loving you fall head over heels with the Kyosho kits. I remember when you said the Optima Pro wou;d be the only one you would add to the collection. LOL Looking forward to the Turbo build. That one is going to be epic.
Haha yeah I did say that didn’t I 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah the Turbo Optima will be my first build once I’ve moved 🤩👊🏻
My favourite Kyosho🤤.
As soon as it moved I could tell it was going to be a smooth runner👌.
So glad it didn't rollover!
Shame about the tyre decals but it looked like it was worth it Glenn.
Thanks for sacrificing your clean buggy for your fans mate👊🦘🇦🇺
Thanks my friend I’ve honestly got so much enjoyment from the last two running videos 🤩👊🏻
@@RCLegends2022
Good on you mate😁
Yep sometimes you have to just take one for a spin. Awesome hobby👌
She runs really nice and has good speed, love it. Makes we want one 😊
Thanks Andrew 😊👊🏻
G'day Glenn it does sound very nice looks sweet to drive what a car 👍👍
Thanks buddy 😊👊🏻
Very nice to see it running and massive bonus having mrs Glenn involved, my wife just rolls her eyes up at my tamiyas 😅
Haha it’s not easy to get the help my friend 🤣👊🏻
Iv got a kyosho beetle. Its awesome but after the first rollover i wanted to cry! Its getting carpet tyres and staying indoors from now on!
Great looking buggy there, deffo brushed motor is the way iv put a superstock RZ in the beetle 💪
Nice build there, goes great....
Gauranga 🙂
Cheers Matt I enjoyed this one 😅👊🏻
Don't know why but the retro cars always look better on gravel, dust flying 😜 looks great Glenn 👍👍
Thanks Paul 😊👊🏻
Looks great. Sounds great. Drives great. It'll go a long way 😉 Kudos!
Haha I do remember that advert from the 90’s 🤣👊🏻
@@RCLegends2022 Sadly it was from the 80s!!
Looked and sounded great Glenn👌
Thanks buddy 😊😊😊
What a top notch buggy…..they look so great running 😎 thanks for another great vid Glenn 👍
Thank you for watching my friend 😊👊🏻
Sounds so smooth. More than quick enough imo.
Yeah I’ve just watched the video back myself, that’s a perfect set up for this car my friend 🤩👊🏻
Man that’s a gorgeous buggy. Another great video Glenn
Thank you 😊😊😊
Very nice Glenn. They do drive well, well at least my garden variety frankenstein on does. Great to see you are happy with it.
Thanks for watching my friend 😊👊🏻
So fun, Happy Days mate!
Happy Days indeed my friend 😊😊😊
Wow Glenn 😊 I absolutely love this buggy and it was really fast only having a 21t brushed motor. I have ordered me one of these and it says end of July for delivery, thanks for sharing this cool run video of it ❤️👍😊🙏
That’s fantastic my friend 😊😊😊
Absolutely gorgeous buggy. I bet it was great to have it running but i bet it was equally great to get it home, clean it up and put it on display in your collection. A stunner!!!! Great video!!😃👍
Yeah the second part is my favourite bit 😅👊🏻
Especially if there’s no damage 😇😇😇
Absolutely love this Glenn definitely going get some kyosho cars, the look, the build quality and seeing you drive this beauty…fantastic many thanks for the video best wishes
Excellent Peter I’m sure you’ll love whichever car you decide on my friend 🤩👊🏻
That looked like so much fun! Very cool sounding motor too 😎. Thanks for showing it run and taking it to the dirt.
Thanks Jon 😊👊🏻
You deffo need the Kyosho Beetle for your collection :)
Yeah but the next one HAS to be the Ultima 😅
I've been impressed with all the kyosho kits I have built they are another level
Yeah I’m loving them Christopher 😊😊😊
That looks like a very fun buggy to drive Glenn and it looks fantastic! I wish l had the cash to buy 2 of everything we own! Because l think most of us, we all really don't run the classic ones enough they just become precious display models! Great stuff mate😉👍
How very true my friend, too expensive, too much effort put into the builds to go out and damage them 😅👊🏻
@@RCLegends2022 too right🤩👍
Love the look of the turbo scorpion. Great build aswell, really enjoyed building mine 👏 👌
Thanks for another great video Glenn 💪
Fantastic thank you for watching my friend 😊👊🏻
I think I just found a home for my 19 turn Kamodo brushed motor. Damn now I really want this and a Blockhead buggy. Hahaha 😆 thanks for being a bad influence.
Haha sorry Kyle 🤣👊🏻
Looks awesome, I love my Tomahawk bit always been tempted bt the Scorpion.....I wonder how they compare! Awesome video as always 👌 👏
Thanks Paul I believe they are different in places but never had one . The Tomahawk is a great looking car though 😍
I was looking at the optima mid but know i’m thinking about this, absolutely love the looks & a 2wd reminds me of my 1st rc car the grasshopper.
Awesome Power right there Glenn, and superb box art finnish my friend - love it
It looked great up and running, looked so much fun!! Nice one!👍
Another awesome run video Glenn, and a huge 👍 to the “young camera lady” for the excellent running footage!
Thank you 😊
I’ve had my turbo scorpion for over a year, I think it will be next on my build list.
You and your pulsing throttle…! Really love this car it’s a classic I too treat. Mine very carefully would hate to roll it especially on tarmac! If you have expo on your handset, experiment it make the steering and throttle much smoother and controllable… btw I’m using a Tamiya Super Stock type RR motor and it’s ballistic
Thanks Neil 😊👊🏻
Hard to believe they had a car with that kind of performance so early on - great run of a special car Glenn 👍
Thanks Wade and yeah I totally agree my friend 🤩👊🏻
That looked amazing, the white and blue really works. Interesting how that front end worked, could definitely see it was struggling at times. Cool car, so glad you didn't roll it!
Thanks as always for watching my friend 😊👊🏻
That goes great! Sounds similar to a madcap to me.....maybe a little higher pitched.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment my friend 😊👊🏻
Great looking buggy,runs smooth as anything,reminds me so much of the frog with the steering,think this is actually starting to sway me away from tamiya?Great vid Glenn😁👍👍
Fantastic thanks for watching Jay, it’s massively appreciated my friend 😊👊🏻
I’m really becoming a fan of the Kyosho buggies. They look such nice quality.
Definetly high quality kits, not much need to upgrade them from the box!
Yeah I think that’s the difference! They are more expensive but the quality is really high and then the added bonus of not needing to upgrade them 🤩👊🏻
Superb, I thought you'd enjoy it. I love the way my Tomahawk runs, I went all in with the Kyosho brushless motor and it's too much, it's more fun with a slightly slower setup. It will wheelie on demand and is a bit of a handful. I've got the Flysky radio with a gyro and it definetly helps keep it straight. I also noticed that this has rear Hex's so I'm going to look into converting my Tomahawk to run these rather than the friction srtyle setup on the Tomahawk. Great video again, keep up the good work.
Fantastic thanks for watching and commenting Tony 🤩👊🏻
It looks pretty quick for a 21 turn motor . Makes me want to go get one .
Thanks Eric yeah I don’t think this needs any extra power, she’s perfect as is my friend 😊👊🏻
Looked great out there running, I’ve never really owned any Kyosho besides a big brute, I can see why you are liking them so much!
Hey thanks for watching my friend 😊👊🏻
Congrats. I'm still thinking of getting one. Though I have the 2014 Scorpion already which is very similar.
Nice, vary smooth running. Vary lose , probably tires will fix that. Plenty of power.
Thanks for watching Kash 😊👊🏻
Good run with this. I believe the front uprights(?) can be swapped out with the ones from the Tomahawk(?) so you can use modern 2.2 wheels.
Oh interesting I didn’t know that 🤩👊🏻
I love watching running videos especially with the older kits and Re're kits, the Kyosho looked and sounded brilliant Glenn 👍. I would have been tempted to use one of those modified motors behind you lol (better with 4wd)....
It would be very interesting to see what the difference is between the motor makes Vs winds. 👍👊
Thanks Wayne 😊👊🏻
Please give thanks to the "Young" camera lady.... always appreciate the videos :)
Haha I’ll pass that on my friend 😅👊🏻
Looks great. I bit the bullet and bought a yellow body and wing for the Javeiln late on friday night so there's no turning back now 😀 (I would have preffered either the red or white but no one seems to have them, I think i'll also get the Optima centre under guard for it as it seems a bit too open underneath for my liking) Paul
Fantastic Paul enjoy my friend 😊👊🏻
I defo want one of these but it’s like a wild one
Think looks wise this is my fave Kyosho for sure but would pick the Javelin because its 4wd!
Lovely build! Did your front wheels have a lot of toe in when you first built it? Mine looks like it has a fair bit and I'm not sure if it's meant to be like that or not. I followed the diagrams to a T and double checked everything was lined up nicely. Waiting for the electronics to arrive so I can test drive it.
4:13 => I would IMMEDIATELY reduce the throttle range down 50% (or more) on my transmitter. I can only recommend you to buy a Flsky Noble tx with the "no antenna" rx !!! I also waited WAY TOO LONG to finally buy a decent transmitter. It just makes so much sense to invest 200 EUR into a high end transmitter when one has already invested > 10.000 EUR in the hobby. And now, my transmitter can even talk to me ;_)
NGL, the Noble is worth the money. However for Glenn, it’s easier to use a cheap radio because the receivers for the NB4 are still as expensive as the Futaba and Sanwa ones. To fit one of those Noble-spec receivers into some of the cars he has is a chore, not to mention the amount of cars he has… Even if he had just THE ONE receiver, it would be a pain to fit the same radio gear into every car he planned to run and that eats into the time he has to make content. Not saying he doesn’t already do this but the Tactics are usually considered “throw away” compared to that of the NB4 and receivers are easier to come by in the used market than anything for the NB4, especially the INR-4 gyro receiver!
I don’t disagree with Glenn investing into the Noble but it’s only good IF you’re actively racing and competing. Other than that, the Tactic TTX-240 will do. In fact, it’s about the same spec as the Futaba 3PRK but again, with cheaper, more available used receivers.
Funny enough I’ve now got the Noble radio set with three receivers 😅. So once I’ve moved and set up in the new place I’ll be only using that set of radio in everything 😎👊🏻
@@taimaishu-nao1922 It only makes sense to put a Rx in every car that you own when you drive them many many times a year...I think that Glenn mostly has shelfies. So going for a decent Tx was the right choice. Important is though: Put 2 of the 3 Rx in your "daily drivers". The last one with enough velcro IMMEDIATELY on the Tx after disconnecting the battery !!! Otherwise you will be always searching for it and might even be loosing it...(BTW: Put velcro on both surfaces of the Rx. That way you have 2 options for positioning and not just one - AND you can use the rectangular "L-shaped" surface on front end of the transmitter´s display to secure it safely !
Nice
So Glenn, I’ve got to ask: when will we see you bite into the RWD RC drift scene with a Yokomo YD-2? Or even an MST RMX 2.0?
Would be amazing to see a buggy and touring car racer try his hand at it.
Haha I’ve no plans to get into drifting tbh, but you never know lol 😂
I love the enthusiasm for rc. but I'm the same and like a big kid
Hey Glen, great video as usual, how do those 21 turn motors compare to a silver can or say a sport tuned tamiya motor? Where do you get them. Keep up the great work. Thanks
Hey James 👋🏻
Yeah this is actually just a cheap one off eBay but it runs great and I’ve not had an issue 😅
Sport tuned isn’t that much of a step up from the 540 tbh, the next Tamiya motor up is the super stock BZ which is a 23 turn, these run great and make a big difference but they are triple the price.
Do the Kyosho ribbed fronts get stringy like the Tamiya ones do? Every time I run my holiday buggy on the streets I get strings of rubber coming from the ribs
Hmmm no not yet but I have only ran this once so far 🤔🤷🏼♂️
That’s just normal wear, mate. If you’ve never watched F1, the effect is known as “marbling” or when the tire wears in such a way that it forms “marbles” of used rubber on the contact patch.
My only thought as to why it’s happening to you is that likely the compound is too soft to run on asphalt. A harder compound will likely not do that on the surface you run on. Same rule applies to plastic drift tires; too soft a compound on pavement and you’ll destroy your tires in just one run and those tires aren’t cheap to replace!
Perhaps see if Marwan has anything for your situation. That could help to give you the performance you want while maintaining the factory look you need.
Hope this advice helps mate.
Awesome Glenn. Been on the fence about getting one of these for a while. How small is the ESC space in the chassis?
Hey 👋🏻
There’s plenty of room for electrics my friend 😅👊🏻
It's probably a bit more work, but you should buy a white paint pen for automotive tires, and use that instead of decals.
Great car! I've never built a kyosho car so would be keen to try. How do you go about cleaning them after driving? I just finished my hotshot 2 blockhead motors and can't wait to take it for a spin tmrw. I'm worried it's not gonna look mint though. I also have a tamiya hilux hi lift with the surfboard. Nothing like 80s vehicles 🔥
Hi Glen, are going to get a Kyosho Optima Mid car? They seem hard to get but are available. Thoughts?
I’d honestly love to get one but just can’t afford it unfortunately 🤕🤕🤕
I have an original in my collection but the re re would be to run. Maybe in the future I’ll be able to get my hands on one 🙏🏻
@@RCLegends2022 Unfortunately you are right. The car is very expensive.
Trimming steering is tricky kyosho says maximum -20 to -40% otherwise the inner wheel can lock in Position while turning.
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It's got a 21 turn brushed marter.. 😆
I did not Use my original Stickers vor The rear Tires, it would be a pleasure for me to see Them on your Car. I could send to you If you Like...
Oh wow that would be incredible my friend 😊
Here’s my email address 😅
Tamiyalegends@gmail.com
Give it full beans.lol
😂😂👊🏻
This is one car I must get. Even though I’m crap when it comes to applying decals🫤