You nailed this one , this is going to help so many newbies go deeper into the hobby.

I just bought my first and cant wait for my hornet to come in the mail. But dang, that Porsche looks nice

Yes! This is what I was looking for. Thanks!

Thank you for this. I am getting back into this with rtr's for now.

As a newbie (back after 20 year's) this is an awesome video. Thanks 👍

Great Video, well explained! I think a buggy is good for beginner. Fast and for multiple undergrounds. But I think the Neo Fighter or the Sand Viper is the better choice because you get more for the money. Don't forget to buy ball bearings (Sand Viper package includes ball bearings). Best wishes from south Germany!

Awesome video as always. Thanks buddy

SUPER amazing explanation for a newbie like me. Thank you very much.

Wow great video I haven’t purchased one yet but this helped me so much

Cheers for the info really helped👍 Just getting back into RC cars approx 25 years ago and have felt verry over my head with the esc, pistol controllers and lipo batteries

This is an awesome piece of work…. love your style and content my friend…. you are great 👍

Bravo ! Très bonne présentation, Claire et essentielle pour comprendre le fonctionnement de l'ensemble rc. 👏

It's RC Sicks atm. Very informative video 😎

Thankyou for making this video I've been building model kits for many years and have been interested in building an RC This video covered everything I need to know (I didn't realise you needed so many extras on top of the kit) Very informative and encouraging Thanks again I will hopefully buy a rally car style kit in the next few months

Who is the idiot who gave this a thumbs down? Great video very helpful

I got a tamiya TT-02 as my first hobbie grade RC car! I love it! Already looking at upgrades! (Oil dampers, bearings, aluminum steering arms)

Love my Grasshopper 👍🏻

Great feedback thanks..

tank you ! I want to get into this hobby :D

I've started watching your channel thanks to Tamiya Legends and you make quality vids.

good video for newbie 🙏🙏

Thanks a lot! Very helpful information for an absolute beginner. It just saved me from buying a package with lipo an brushless. But I think I'll be much happier if I start smaller! Exact the video I needed.

Nicely done. Ty for the video. :)

Great video Gavin... :-)

I use lipo and brushless for years. I can say that they are much lighter to reach the same performance and booth my car got a much better handling. I think it was a very good decision to change.

Thank for guideline

Great vid

that was helpful...

Excellent bit of information Gavin!! 👍👍 I'm a few Decades from Novice.... but I found this so good, that I've added it to my Video List "RC Tips and Tricks". 😃 Servo selection can be dizzying! I knew a guy who built his first, a Hornet. Good choice.... but he thought if a standard Servo was good - a 25kg Crawler Servo must be better!! 😳 He brought the poor Buggy to me, after RIPPING APART the Steering Knuckles!!! (He also wasn't aware of end point adjustments!) 😖 So with people just starting out in this day of massive choice and minimal information... I would add, PLEASE try to find someone who knows enough to guide you in the right direction! Carmine ✈🚂🚙

0:25 I wonder if the ASSHOPPER was a coincidence :D

Great video Gavin!!!. Lots of good information there. I think the grasshopper is perfect for a first kit. I also believe........... The grasshopper is Tamiya’s greatest ever kit.... pound for pound I mean. It’s the one that got so many people into the hobby. Think of how many they have sold over the years!!!!. It’s easy to build it’s easy to maintain and it’s cheap. But most of all it’s just pure and simple great great fun!!!!. And that’s what it’s all about!!!

Very good Gavin. Such a big topic to cover. Get well voice.

No need to apologize for the voice when you’re standing right next to a giant word that says “ASSHOPPER” We are all giving you a like!

Gavin,,, Great little video you put together....

Going to say the esc . Some if its a brushless one could be a case of only having forwards.. and no reverse.. something that might need a program card. The same for like as example a hobbywing 1080. Used in crawlers. That it can be programmed to run a certain way. More power or less . Electronic brakes..

Nice video for the beginner 😎👍🏻🇦🇺 Even us Advanced guys don’t need crazy fast brushless set ups. 😎👍🏻🇦🇺

Have a look at al's hobbies they are great

Like howling on OG box art same as on Buggy its self, any place you know of with some thing like a gallery of models for the wonder years

Can't help noticing one slight omission. Not an essential of course but something to think about. Paint. Now I already owned an FTX Vantage buggy which came ready to run so I already had a transmitter so I just bought another receiver for it. Not a memory based TX so you do have to bind them before racing but since I can only drive one car at a time, well ........ lol. So, £12 for a receiver and £8 for the steering servo and £15 for a battery. Not expensive at all. The kit I bought (having watched your build first of course) was the Tamiya Lunchbox. It came with a Tamiya ESC in the box so one less expense and the ESC it came with supports both brushed and brushless motors so a neat upgrade path already included. One other thing I bought (because most build channels I follow suggest it is by way of an essential if you are serious) was a set of proper metal bearings! Can't argue with that, cheap enough if you go unbranded, the set of 10 for the Lunchbox cost me about £8 with postage. The build was easy enough since I've been an electronics hobbyist for 40+ years and the included instructions are easy to follow. It ran perfectly straight away so definitely one for a beginner because you do want a successful build. Then we got onto the bit I really didn't care for. Painting it. The wheels were a horrid yellow so they had to go. Now they are a nice metallic blue. The extra paints to complete the model are quite an expense even if you are not going with the box art. Just a little something to think about if you are starting out. Painting isn't essential of course but if you want a nicely finished car ...... One last thing - I bought everything (except for the upgrade bearings) from my local RC hobby shop as it is important to support these shops as they will give you the after sales service essential if you are serious about the hobby.

Helo ,,In my local hobby shop, there is only one rc left and that is leonis ,, do you think i should get it? Im kinda new to this,, i like a fast all terain vehicle,, what you think , thanks ,

I will buy dune tunder,what you think?

I am new to the RC car world and I was thinking of getting the Grasshopper 2 as my first build followed by the lunchbox or monster beetle. Would the grasshopper then lunchbox/monster beetle be a reasonable cars for a new starter? Followed later in the year by Thunder Dragon?

My first and Best Buggy I owed around year old had that connection but I not seen it on the wall and I have described it too you Yellow with Wolf ar Bear🐻

Have not long had a XV-01 Lancia,now fancy a buggy for rougher terrain. Thinking about the Dark impact OR now the Top force. You must know about about both : )Looking to run low end absima BL combo with LiPo, any thoughts or tips please on both kits?

Sure, I'll take an Asshopper 👍🏻 2:40

Can u please suggest an off road rc car ( on the basis of speed and off roading) on banggood under 3000rs.

Where can I buy the asshopper that’s in the middle. I want that one

Is that Tamiya battery connection a good way to identify models

Good starter car too

Hi rckicks! Im new to rc and im thinking of getting into the hobby, although i heard that rc is expensive. I saw a few rc cars with tt02 chassis at a tamiya store a few weeks ago, and im just wondering if its an easy to build chassis. I have a bit of building experience as i have played with mini 4wd before.

Love your videos and Good day. I was wondering if you had a good idea for a new chassis build to go with a body that I acquired. The body is an Austin Healey 3000 that I want to make look like my grand fathers car(which my parents still have). I am thinking either a rally car or street car(not a drifter). I am not sure which chassis would be best for it do you have any good ideas? Thank you

Is the frog a good kit for a beginner? I just love the unique design of the chassis.

I like how you use the term "Lots of Fun"....

Any tool kit suggestions?

I don’t remember it being this complicated when I was a kid.

Hm yes the best buggy, the tamiya *A S S H O P P E R*

Ass hopper lol... u are so right why I stick to mt's big wheels for the country dirt and tall grass we needed this video at least your not trying to sell us toys u got a good head on ur shoulders hobby shop comment so true I use a venom dull charger it cost 80 well worth the money I thought u would have a dull charger I used to have a I max b6 trust me dull charger is way better no name tag or iconic songs u play lol I was weighting and just got white noise lol I still heard it cuz I wanted to lol great video I use connecter adapters mostly I try to buy Dean's but when I can't find Dean's I use adapters.. losi, Dean's ,and mt's, truggys favorite situations gavin please get a Japanese shirt so it looks authentic land of the rising sun Ngk rx7 what body I want to do next or a1968 fire bird I also wanted to do a datsun 280z or a datsun Chevy luv Ngk rx7 lol all rotary but thay go well on the red idea

Another great informative video from Barry White..... Oooops sorry... From Gavin 😂😂

I support my local hobbie shop. Lucky them I dropped a few k since the bug bite me again

2:00 where did you buy that f1 car from Ayrton Senna

Tools????

I like how you said the Stick one is a bit Harder....

Where exactly can I get an ass hopper

There is a rc circuit like 8 km away from my house

Is there any rc cars that are under 100 au

Just give me a bag of part, i'll get it going.

It really annoys me that there are many cheaper kits but then a transmitter costs mor than the car

You forgot to mention that the 2.4 Transmitters don't interfere with each other like the old days of having only a few available frequencies

Stage 1 over

Wait so everything you need is not in the god dammed box??

ps. whatever you do…. BUY BALLBEARINGS,,,,,

I want a faster motor Just like the STIG... I want to Go Fast.

Bomb proof lol

Steering time.... We are still waiting for your Servo test Video........ (insert picture of skeleton here)

Just make sure you disconnect the battery from the 12 volt cigarette lighter before it catches on fire

Charge that 7.2 Nicad directly to a car's 12 cigarette lighter with an adapter, just wait 4 to 6 minutes and it's charged.

You should tell everyone not to purchase a Servo from people on line, but to get it new.

You forgot to mention Associated

I'm going to Join a Group.... It's called Tamiya And Vintage RC Car's Anonymous, They better have a 12 step program in how not to Spend all my Monies on Vintage RC shit....

we have 2 local hobby shops where i live.... One is a great shop, the other is a Chain Shop that is more of a Joke of a Toy Store......Oh and the Chain place rips everyone off.....

If your new to rc you should get a traxxas slash rtr you can run the piss out of it any ware !

Trickle charge will take 24 hours.

I want to go fast, i want Brushless so i can go like my neighbor was chasing the mail man when he came home early one day.

What the Hell is a LiPo..... Can you stick a screw driver in a LiPo?

Grasshoppers were cheap.

Yeah, Tamiya Connectors suck...... BUt what ever works.

Chinese ESC's 10 bucks now...... It's not the Brains.....its just a speed controller

I would never suggest any tamiya as a first RC. They are so expensive and fragile compared to the contemporary marketplace. Calling any tamiya "bomb proof" is a hilarious and disingenuous statement. People new to RC need to understand this is what a fanboy looks like. I'm not saying it's bad, when I want to see a certain tamiya car I watch this dude. He knows tamiyas inside and out. When I want objectivity I do not watch this guy. I'm just looking out for newbies. If you buy a tamiya for your first RC you won't have a good time 9 times out of 10. Once you get it built, probably after breaking several fragile pieces on assembly, it's fun for about 30 seconds then it requires more money. Then you end up with an upgraded car that explodes if a stiff breeze hits it.

If you can't drive that F1, then send it to me.

I bet you like a Stick in your hands.

I like the look of RC Cars But not the Big Stuff..... i'm not into fat girls.