DutchRC

Howdy people


Yesterday I received this HG P402 scaler from Gearbest.com, and I must say I'm quite impressed by it so far! It actually comes pretty close to a SCX10, and it actually has more features (such as a 2-speed gearbox) ..


Here is a link to the car:
http://goo.gl/0MvROh


And here is my unboxing of the car


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrRnmkdNCKQ
I'll do some driving video & a review of it pretty soon

RustedRC

I'm kinda wondering how well it runs with the motor sitting that way.i want to see the run video so post it when you can DutchRC.

DutchRC

Yessss that IS one of my conserns as well.. I was thinking wheel-weights to counter that..
BUT I'll first run it bone stock

Mike Flea

Chinese knock-off?, good luck finding parts, for the price though, it's pretty much disposable.

DutchRC

Yeah.. there IS that spare-parts thing indeed..
Ohw.. I've had a look.. and banggood has a slew of parts And metal upgrades..

Hmm might be interesting BUT I'll have look at how it holds up first

RustedRC

You know i think i might snag one up for my son. won't break my wallet and he could do some trailing with me. i have my trail truck set up to go slow so maybe he could learn on something like this and see what happens from there. if he don't get in to it i could always do something with it.



well i looked in to this a bit more and the shipping is kinda much so maybe i'll pass this time. i was interested when i saw the price but not knowing the site i went over to amazon and ebay and oh snap like 350 and up. not sure if it should be in the axial price range.

Neil2704

That's a pretty cool little unit. I'd like to see a video too

DutchRC

I'll try and shoot some driving footage tomorrow people And yes.. I hear the shipping costs are a bit steep in some parts of the world.. It's quite a big box.. that might be thw cause (and the fact there is a lipo in it)..
I'm really looking forward to seeing if the car holds up..

Mike Flea

I'm curious too about how that motor/trans works. When you can, post up some closer pics of the motor/trans/drivetrain, both top and bottom chassis shots

DutchRC

Well ehmm. would this actually help you out Mike?
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/HG-P401-P402-...item1a0094d249
The other side looks mostly the same, but without the swtich offcourse..

Mike Flea

That almost looks like the manual transmission off a 1:1 car

DutchRC

Yes.. but it's in sideways.. the axle at the bottom, is the output-drive for the rear...

DutchRC

Howdy people
Here is my first test-run with this HG P402 scaler from GearBest.com..
I'm actually really impressed by it's performance! A nice running car that proved itself to be durable.. I actually let it tumbel down a 40FT high hill 6 times.. and nothing broke..


Link to the HG P402: http://goo.gl/0MvROh


Music by Ross Bugden: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQK...qmVgVwYferltKQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qYsddrEi8E

RustedRC

well it took the roll really good. seems to run good. if i could find one on ebay for that less than 100 dollar price the web site has i would grab one up.

Neil2704

For the price point, that seems like a fantastic rig! It looks good, and is quite capable and obviously fairly durable. Is there any aftermarket support for them? This maybe the perfect backup rig to have in the back seat of my truck on bashing days when the r1 and buggy break. There's nothing worse than being completely halted on a bash session by broken parts which has happened to me 3 times in the last week lol.

RustedRC

i took a closer look at it and i think it could use parts from other manufactures.
As i was looking at it i saw that it is 4 wheel drive but with 2 trannys. a tranny on each axle. i wonder if these could be converted to MOA's? like the night crawler conversion. shafty to moa.
i'm interested in seeing the (centering motor system). it looks like a third tranny and looks like there is a switch on the side.

Neil2704

whats a moa?

Mike Flea

Motor On Axle

DutchRC

Johoo people


some friends, my brother & me did us some scaling again the other day.. This time my brother drove the HG P402..
I'll probably be editing up some more video's, but here is the first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZmcsxIEFtQ

Neil2704

It's pretty durable. That's for sure. Looks like some different tires would go a long way.

DutchRC

Yeah.. slightly softer tires Would help

DutchRC

Howdy people

one more video for this thread.. Not really about the P406.. more about an upgrade for scalers in general..
I ordered up a set of TFL Racing wheels + tires for my brother's P402


Link to TFL parts: TFL Racing parts


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgB2-6IhSM