TESTiNG the Tamiya Boomerang 2008 1/10 4WD Buggy (Tamiya
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Time for the final result and the final testing of the mechanical and electrical parts of the Tamiya Boomerang Re-release 2008 (2017 reissue) before taking it out for a run and some fun in the sun! Just in time for it's 10th Anniversary!
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For me, this is simply one of the most beautiful and iconic 4WD buggies from the 1980ies! So happy Tamiya re-re-released this again last year, 2017.
Check out the previous episodes of my current Tamiya Boomerang series:
Part 0 "New Arrival": • One more box from Tami...
Part 1 UNBOXiNG: • UNBOXiNG the Tamiya Bo...
Part 2 BUiLDiNG: • BUiLDiNG the Tamiya Bo...
Part 4, first run in the sun, coming up very soon!
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Tamiya The Boomerang 2008 (#58418) Specifications:
- Original released in 1986 (Tamiya #58055)
- Drivetrain: Hotshot Family Shaft Driven 4WD
- Chassis: Boomerang/Super Sabre ABS Resin Bathtub Frame
- Body/Wing: Boomerang Polycarbonate
- Length: 385 mm
- Width: 234 mm
- Height: 153 mm
- Weight (dry): 1160 g
- Tread: Front=196 mm, Rear=194 mm
- Tire Width/Diameter: Front=30/88 mm, Rear=38/88 mm
- Tire Hotshot Family Spiked
- 3-Piece Steering Tie-Rod
- Front and Rear 3-Bevel Differential Gears
- Gear Ratio: 8.7:1 or 10.04:1
- Gear Box Metal Ball Bearings/Metal Bushings
- Wheel Axle Plastic Bushings
- Metal Drive Axles (dogbones)
- 4-Wheel Double Wishbone Suspension
- Front Suspension Stabilizer
- Oil Filled CVA Shocks (mono front/dual rear)
- Mabuchi RS540 Type Brushed 27T Motor (Silver Can)
- TBLE-02S ESC (included in the 2017 Edition)
- Optional Polycarbonate Chassis Cover (new re-release feature)
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Optional/additional parts used for this particular Tamiya Boomerang Unit:
- Tamiya TEU-105BK 60A ESC
- Tamiya TP-S3003 Analog Servo
- Tamiya TP-R132JE 27 MHz 2-Channel AM Receiver
- Tamiya Adspec GP (TRU-03) 27 MHz 2-Channel AM Transmitter
- Tamiya PS-1 Polycarbonate Paint (body)
- Tamiya Plastic Paint (driver)
- Carson 15T 0.8 Mod Steel Pinion
- Additional 1150 and 850 Ball Bearings
- 7.2v Battery & Charger
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Nordic RC Visions Statement:
This video features homemade footage of my own radio-controlled unit, the Tamiya Boomerang (Tamiya 58418), from my personal RC model collection. All rights reserved.
Very nice. No dirty! 😂👍
Thanks! Sterile Laboratory Test ;-) Dirt coming up next :-)
@@NordicRC oooooh ok!
The Boomerang is still one of my favorite old school Tamiya RC’s. My parents bought me one of these brand new back in Christmas of 1986. Don’t even remember what happened to mine, but I wish I still had it. They’re going for $700 and up on Ebay. If I only knew then what I know now, I would have kept it pristine and never got rid of it. I think I traded it for a Clod Buster if I remember correctly.
Uhh, yeah, one of best looking vintage buggies around if you ask me. Nice you had one back then. Luckily they are available as a re-re. Think I got mine for around 150 €/$
Beautiful , that is a very well finished boomerang 👍👍👍
Thank you so much, Richard. This was a special build, slowly taking the steps on evenings when there was time. Pure joy :-) Thanks for watching.
Very nice model 👍👍
Gotta love the Boomerang. Such a classic 1980ies buggy design. Thanks for watching, JG RC!
😃👍Nice video.
Thanks for the support, Steve!
Awesome, such a classic style
Yeah, she's such a beauty :-) Thanks for watching, Michael.
It's alive.....it's alive!!!!! Awesome Boomerang!! Great vid!!👍
Ha ha, yes, Frankenstein's Boomerang :-) Love turning the builds on for the first time and watch the tires and drivetrain spin :-) Thanks a lot and thanks for watching :-)
Great to see the features of the buggy, close-up and in detail - nice overview, Mikael! The suspense waiting for that first run is killing me!!! =)
Ha ha, I might have overdid it with this one. The plan was actually to have both the build, test and run in one video originally. But the editing would take so much of my time that I would have a week or more with no videos to show. But the boy is sleeping now, the Mrs. too, so I'm sitting and editing the Boomerang run right now :-) Thanks a lot for following along, my friend.
He he - but I don't think you overdid it Mikael! I understand about the editing and time! Good you are still motivated to edit while the family are sleeping, it will be worth it :))
Turned out beautiful. Makes me want one more and more.
Yeah, I would have liked a few details a little better (the body trimming for an example) but overall I'm happy. Love the Boomerang. Can't go wrong with that one. Now that I have one, I want a Hotshot more and more too. Ha ha, it's neverending. Too many classic and beautiful Tamiya icons :-)
Nice video, I like the boomerang but even more the hotshot which represents for me the tamiya vintage rc car
Thanks, Syl Carl! Yeah, the Hotshot. it started all this. Gotta get me one some day :-)
Hotshot for shelf, yes. Driving it? Not really...
Run with battery connector hanging out the side! That's how it's done! :-)
The front of the body should be full slots, so the cut needs lengthening, body will slide in easier then...Nice to see close ups of the features!
Thanks, Taffer74! Ha ha, yeah maybe that's the way to go with the battery connectors :-) Ahh, yeah, cutting could do the trick. Just a bit afraid of loosing some paint now, if I try it. Thanks a lot for watching, bro. Such a pleasure to have Boomerang-experienced friends watching these videos. It's my first experience with her - but I love getting to know her :-)
Another beauty Mikael! Great video and looking forward to see the rig in action :)
Thanks, Charlie! Working on it right now. Love watching the Boomerang in action. Just re-watched Matteo's video :-)
Looking good!
Thanks, Omar!
@@NordicRC I was just doing the same thing with my Super Hotshot. Feeling the suspension, checking the parts for stress etc. Lol
Yeah, it's a nice routine to go through, both with a new build and for revisiting old buggy-friends :-) Ahh, you need to build that Boomerang and finish the Bigwig, so it can join the Super Hotshot. It must be lonely without it's family ;-)
@@NordicRC I also have NIB Hotshot, Egress, and Avante BS to get too. I keep telling you, I have too many projects lol
Ha ha, you got the whole 1980ies Tamiya racing buggy line-up waiting for you. Wow, Egress and Avante. Some day me too hopefully :-) I have four or five Tamiya NIBs waiting too. And some upgrade/mod projects. And too little time too, he he :-)
Nice video dude 😉 i think so ur vids about tamiya are probably the best of ytb
Thanks a lot RC Patapouf! That is very kid of you, but personally I think there are so many great channels with Tamiyas on youtube. Take a look at my "channels"-section. Lot's of goodies I am proud to be a subscriber of :-) But thanks a lot for the kind feedback and for watching and all the support you've shown my little channel.
Looks good bro, Can't wait to see it go!! :)
Thanks, Chris. Sitting and editing it right now. She's a beauty running in the sun :-)
Great stuff Mikael, very nicely explained. I hadn't noticed the front anti-roll bar before.
Thanks, Rob! Sometimes I wish my spoken (broken) English was better so I could explain it better. But yeah, anti-roll bar/stabilizer in the front :-) Quite cool for a 1980ies buggy :-) Thanks for watching, my friend. Run up later today!
I think we in the UK may be the only place to use the words Anti-roll bar Mikael. Yeah my original Thunder Dragon came with them as well.
I've seen both terms used a lot for the same, but never really noticed who used what :-)
Suspension looks cool:)
Definitly is! Very 1986'ish but works out surprisingly fine off road :-) Thanks for watching, my friend.
Great built 👍👍
Thanks, buddy!
Beautiful 😎🤘
Thank you my friend! Love her! She's a real beauty.
Top stuff 👍👍
Thank you very much!
Nice your videos are awesome
Thanks a lot for the kind feedback, Paul. I love my Tamiyas :-)
Nice! 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks, Luis!
Very unusual the way it's built how times have changed but it is a beautiful thing fantastic Tamiya RC brother and great video , thanks for sharing 👍😊👍
Thanks, Tony! And thanks for your splendid videos too! Yeah, time has surely changed, but without these models the RC scene of today would have never existed. Thanks a lot for watching, my friend.
@@NordicRC you are so right mate, great buggy my friend
Great video my friend, I got extremely excited when I saw this video haha 👍
Thanks and thanks for watching, Gav! So nice to hear from you again! Ohh, excited? :-)
Nordic RC Visions thank you, we had a new addition to the family a while ago so that's keeping me busy...Yes I love the boomerang it was one of the first tamiyas I fell for that and the striker...much nostalgia 👍
Gav G Many congratulations on the new addition! Being a father myself, I can relate to the sudden rush of business in such times! Many best wishes to your family. Ahh yeah, so much nostalgia surrounding these buggies. For me, the nostalgia has a lot to do with me admiring all the Taiyo Jet Fighters in the toy stores in my childhood- and getting one for Christmas one year. I didn’t know about the Boomerang back then, but it was such a pleasure discovering it, the ‘real deal’. It is so pleasing to my eyes. And finally I can admire it at home and even run it 😀
I get the Hotshot family and the Grasshopper/Hornet family, but where does the Frog fit into all of this? Is it very different?
Ahh, yeah, the Frog is from the ORV family. It's family members are actually not buggies though, so I can understand your question. The Monster Beetle, Blackfoot, Subaru Brat are it's closest relatives :-) Would love one some day. Only got the Monster Beetle from the ORV family.
Great video, I really like this model and chassis. At 2:45, above/under the blue battery holder I can see holes - can the blue battery holder be positioned more outwards using those two holes? That would give around 1 cm more space for battery length? Am I correct or am I missing something? I am considering to buy me a model with this chassis type and I would like to use one of my lipos for it. Thanks in advance.
Tamiya style
Definitly! ☺️
When I see the Boomerang, I think of the Hotshot 2 because the dampers are the same!
Yeah, the Boomerang seems an evolution of the Hotshot and the Hotshot II seems an evolution of the Boomerang. Such beauties all three of them. Hoping I can build a Hotshot re-release some day. Thanks for watching and the comment, Wilson.
Actually the boomerang was a little more budget orientated then the hotshot, eaven though i dont know the original catalog prices from 1987. Anyone got them? Hotshot - Boomerang - Supershot - Hotshot 2 ?
I'm glad I saw this cause I had the original and this new re-release looks way too different from the original. If they are gonna release something, they should've made it exactly liked the original. Maybe just a better batt compartment.
Ahh, I think I disagree. I really like the rereleases being a little different, like the decals and other small things. That way it can easily be identified as a rerelease, and not a modern thing trying to pose as a vintage one ☺️ And since all my Tamiyas are runners I really prefer the rereleases (no brittle old plastic).
Looks like a nice car. I'm not sure about the mono front end though, is that a style thing? How does it handle compared to a normal two shock front?
Horrible and bouncy I would say :-) But like the Grasshoppers, these strange designs add a little extra to the unique experience of running these old Tamiyas :-) I don't think it was meant for style/design originally, as the Hotshot pretty much was the first "real" high end 1980ies racing buggy from Tamiya in 1985. So I believe Tamiya actually thought it was working great back then. Lot's of Hotshot family models adopted it from the Hotshot: The Boomerang, Hotshot II, Thunder Shot etc. But even back then there was dual shock after market shock towers available.
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Where I spent years running and racing boats, I'm not really up to speed on the re-re cars and why they were popular, so I'm playing catch-up. 😂
I have a friend who still insists on nimh and brushed motors. I do have a re-re Optima though and I love that. 😁
That's a beauty too, the re-re Kyosho Optima. A bit more high end, just like the Tamiya Avante, Egress, than the members from the Hotshot Family.
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The Optima was a present on a significant anniversary, so it's special not just because of it's high end status. It only has a 1060 and a Team Powers Cup motor, just so I can trundle it around every so often. 👍
I think it is wise not to do any overkills with the electronics on the old cars, even the re-releases with fresh plastic. They where just not designed and tested for modern speed. I have the stock motors in all of my Tamiya re-releases. Even the 380 motor in the Grasshoppers :-)
How do you keep the long battery door plastic pin from falling out?
Hmm. All stock. Never fell out for me.
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Thank you very much, Ariza!
Looks great brotha 👍😎
Thanks, bro!
That is a nice tamiya buggy. Got a question... what tamiya buggy would you recommend for a starting vehicle?
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For a starter kit, I would always recommend a Grasshopper or a Hornet. Especially the Grasshopper is such an easy and quick build. Generally a 2WD and if one needs something a little more “modern” compared to the 1980ies design, a DT-03 (Neo Fighter, Racing Fighter, Aqroshot) is a good choice. All Grasshoppers, Hornets and DT-01/02/03’s can be found quite cheap too, so nothing is lost if one finds out it wasn’t for him/her in the middle of a build 😃
Nick Lang exactly what Nordic said, grasshopper was one of my first builds n besides putting the tires on the rims being a nightmare it’s a easy starter build.
Sadly the front stabilizer mounts are so soft that the stabilizer does have little impact. Thats a pitty since with the one damper setup front it is so important.
Yeah, it does seem very bouncy even with the stabilizer. I'm not sure how much it does while actually running, but when testing the stabilizer hand-held, the general principle of the stabilizer seems to work. But yes, this thing will never be as effective as a normal set-up with dual front shocks.
I have the same car built this year in May. Still have not run it! Didn’t want to get her scratched!😅
Nice! Yeah, these are beautiful on the shelf too. I just can't not run them :-)
I've decided to watch this series in reverse! This does look like a nice bit of kit and they aren't too dear either. I don't really understand why they used to do that odd one shock front suspension. Looking at the running video it does seem to work ok. I've got an old M01 Mini that has the same sort of thing although that is so low to the ground that it doesn't make much difference. Anyway nice video, I'll now go back to when you built it 😀
Nice, Pete! That could actually be a pretty cool idea for a video, going in reverse, from a final result/run to parts in the box. Might just do that some day :-) And yeah, I don't really understand it either. But they must have thought it was a good idea for performance back then, giving that the Hotshot was promoted as a top of the line race buggy, and one of the first from Tamiya. But it does work yes, but I think dual shocks work better. It feels a bit bouncy in the front and more stabile in the front. But I suspect the front stabilizer also helps out a bit. Ahh yes, the M-01. I believe it has both mono shock in the front and rear, but yes, as long as they are oil filled and hard, I don't think it makes too much difference for an on road car. Thanks for the nice words and for watching, Pete!
That's it? Couldn't see it drive around anymore than that? That's bogus?
Bogus? Very strong word to direct against a hobby channel that is made for fun and for the RC community. This is a series. I always deliver. Are you a subscriber? Running video is up next.
single Front shock is not efficient imo. Needs dual shocks for proper dampening
Definitely! But it’s such a cool 1980’s design to look at ☺️
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Thanks, Chevy Caprice!
@@NordicRC you're welcome