Why to Always Keep an Extra Bag of Gears for your Grasshopper or Hornet

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The Tamiya Grasshopper, Hornet, Grasshopper II, and Super Hornet radio-controlled model buggies, both vintage and rere (re-release) are famous for having gearbox failures. Among other fixes for this, we recommend always having at least one bag of all the gears and axles? Why? In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we go into why this is a must have part of your R/C hobby workbench toolbox.

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