Hobao h2 pro
 

Hi all, I have just bought a hobao h2 pro for £135 from a local model shop and wanted to say that I am staggered with the quality of the parts of this car for the money. What a bargain. Anybody else bought one ?

I don't think you will be the only one in the west mids. I've seen some pics of it and it does look good value for money.
Look forward to seeing them in action in the coming weeks.

i have not bought one yet but am seriously tempted as pics i have seen look good and most hobao stuff seems to be good quality, would be nice to see some pics on here other than pre production ones on other sites

I have bought 1 and like you im well impressed with the quality and the value for money,i have put pics of mine in the thread in general chat,im looking forward to giving it a run out at telford on the 30th.

I know of at least 2 others that will be raced in the midwest region:thumbsup:

I noticed that in some pictures the rear shocks are mounted on the rear of the shock tower and in others they are mounted on the front of rear tower. It looks like they can be mounted either way. Just wondering which way people are going with this ?.

Yes they can be mounted either way round,i have gone with mine at the rear of the tower plainly because that's what im used to with my 2wds,i have also reversed the shock tower as that makes the shocks straighter

Good tip there mate. When I build mine ill try reversing the tower. Don't like the colour of the anodising on the shocks tbh but what a car for the money.

Really liking the look of this car.

Seriously tempted at the price

Out of interest - what's the wheel fitment ?

I was going to go for the new Yokomo b-max 2mr but this hobao also has me tempted.
I'm going to have to decide soon... :)

There 12mm hex fitting front and rear,im guessing losi 22 wheels will be a perfect fit

Nick this car is seriously worth every penny,it has everything in the box i really dont think you could go wrong with it:thumbsup:

They must be good because they seem to be sold out everywhere ive looked :)

Does anyone have any built pics with electrics installed that they can upload ? :thumbsup:

We have just recieved our second batch and still have several avialable if you need one ;)

Here is mine guys,not the std electrics layout as i have cut the side pods to allow me to use saddle,stick and shorty lipo configuration,

I have also reshaped the battery strap to make getting the cells out easier with this configuration.

The shell is a penguin custom shell,cheers steve really appreciate how quick you turned this around for me,keep a watch for other variations of shells in the coming weeks:thumbsup:

I must also add thanks to dms who got the car to me so quick,much appreciated

Just a thought here,is it just me or does the wing seem very low compared to other wing heights on other cars,i have just put some other wing mounts on which has raised the wing a few mm and it now looks closer to the majority of other 2wds.

As mentioned, the rear shock tower can go on either way.
Because it is swept back it gives the correct off-set for mounting the shocks on the front of the w/bones or the rear.
The only thing if they are mounted on the front is that you won't be able to use the inner hole on the shock tower as the left shock will hit the gear cover.

Not tried other manufacturer's wheel on it. Part of the axle is not threaded so just need to make sure any wheel chosen will fit over that.
The Ho Bao wheels (and other spares) are in at CML so if needed they will be available. Certainly have white wheels and ordered yellow too so they should also been in. (sorry, the shops probably haven't got them yet as they only arrived last week and it was rather busy!). Will make sure they are available if anyone needs them.

The wing does sit a little lower then other cars. Personally I like but obviously it's down to personal taste and if you've managed to adjust it to suit you that's good :)

Thanks for that Darren, just ordered ;)

Good choice Nick:thumbsup:you wont be disappointed

Cheers Keith for the head's up on the wheels and spares,saves me a job looking for wheels to fit.

I agree i like the look of the wing low down,it just looked really low but keeping with the kit wing mounts and having a new designed wing to balance it out:thumbsup:

[QUOTE=jasonrcb;724732]Here is mine guys,not the std electrics layout as i have cut the side pods to allow me to use saddle,stick and shorty lipo configuration,

Is the std electrics layout mean't to have the speedo and receiver installed on top of battery? I take it a normal size 7.4v stick lipo would fit in, but the end of the lipo would be nearly touching the servo?

The std layout is for the speedo and reciever to be on top of the battery plate,a normal stick lipo sits in and sits up against the cradle that fixes the servo into the chassis.

Std electrics layout is very easy to fit and can be made to look very neat,i just wanted to try a different layout,if it doesn't work then 5 minutes and i can put it back to std.

Thats good news because I don't want to have to buy more lipos!

Thank you for the quick reply

Never had experience with shorty lipos but could you get the speedo and reciever in front of a shory lipo in these cars?

Yes Danny you can,with the electrics layout im using a shorty lipo drops straight in:thumbsup:

Does anybody know if hobao has a team to run and develop this car. ?

Where can you get spares from? and can TLR 22 body fit on it?

can the rear wheel hex be replaced with 14mm hex from Durango? I got 10 sets of rear wheels id rather not have to try and sell if i can use them on this

not sure if it does nr not but the stock 22 shell doesn't have much head room so its prob not the best choice

Spares are at cml now so i would assume that once the couriers are back working then they wont be long till the shops have stock.

The durango 14mm hexes will fit the rear with no problems,but not the front.

As said the kit 22 shell is a bit low so you wouldn't have much room,the kit shell is fine for now,penguin custom bodyshells will have a couple of versions ready after xmas and a new version of the kit shell should be ready in the new year

the hexes look to be a different type. They looms like the push over pin ones. The Durango ones sit behind the pin with a slot along the hex.

are they push overs or just reversed slot types, so just run the Durango ones the other way round?

The kit hexes just push on and go over the pin,so as you say reverse the durango hex and fit it just the same.

Sounds like Ansmann/Team C wheels should fit then... (maybe subject to drilling the wheel hole slightly ?)

BTW, I could be mistaken but it looks like there is no extra holes on the front hubs/carriers to alter the roll centre, only on the chassis end ?

You can use any of the 12mm hex type wheels,you will on most have to open the centre hole up a little,the hobao wheels have a slightly different offset so you would need a small spacer or the option of using thicker hexes.

There is only 1 adjustment hole on the hub end,you do have the option of being able to raise the ballstud or you could lower it by shaving some of the plastic off,then if you wanted you could use spacers to raise the heights again.

cant find any spares on cml site?

If you look at the KROB post in this thread he says they had arrived but not out to the shops as they were rather busy so im guessing they will be out to shops and listed once people are back at work

The Ho Bao wheels (and other spares) are in at CML so if needed they will be available. Certainly have white wheels and ordered yellow too so they should also been in. (sorry, the shops probably haven't got them yet as they only arrived last week and it was rather busy!). Will make sure they are available if anyone needs them

Anybody know the gearing for a 6.5 and a 10.5 in for the h2 pro ?

Im starting on 24/76 on a 6.5

h2
 

looks ace:thumbsup: intresting to see how it goes on the track

I'll try and remember how I had it set for the Silverstone meeting :blush:.
It was indoors on their very grippy astro.
I didn't actually build the car so I think it was done as per the instructions.
It was 4-gear mid motor. Having never run a geared diff before I just packed it with AE black grease.
All four shocks had the 4 hole pistons. IIRC front oil was 30wt and rear 25wt.
Didn't have the kit springs to hand so ran Yokomo green on the front and pink on the rear. I think the kit orange front springs will be good but the rear might be a little hard. For any future runs I might do with it I will use the AE big bore springs as I at least have a rating for them.
Middle hole in the tower front & rear. Putting the shocks on the outer hole in the wishbone was much better for that track. I think for outdoors I would probably move them back to the inside.
The camber link started on the inside hole front and rear but I moved it to the outer hole to give a bit more roll (I think...)
No idea what size the spur was - sorry - but I had a Novak 7.5 with a 23t.
pinion.
Ride height was driveshafts level and front wishbones a bit below level.
Hope that helps a bit - hope I haven't missed anything.