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This HSP Brontosorous is well know all other country. I found out other brand same as this Brontosaurus, is from REDCAT RACING with their Volcano. There some cosmatic change the body, wheel and front rear bumper. Below volcano S30 miner change but for volcano EXC is same as brontosaurus only different body.
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| Redcat Volcano S30 |
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The truck
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| The chassis |
Before i buy this new i always look for cheap second hand Bronto but most saler sale Rm500 to Rm600 due to up grade parts. After buying, go back and study the weeknest on this car. I found out few
1. The shock tower is soft and also all the lower arm.
2. The dog bone too many free play. Thare is no rubber o ring to reduse the knocking sound.
3. The wheel hub using plastic if tighten the wheel hard the wheel will not turn.
4. The front lower arm lhs and rhs too many freeplay.
5. The main chassis look like soft plastic , when tighten the screw hard the will a deap press mark on the plastic.
6. No ball bearing use in wheels. Only front and rear gear box.
7. The body hole not aline for back hole.
8. There is no hand grip to carry the truck, must carry the truck on the front or rear bumper.
9. The main gear is plastic, i heard from most player it eazy worn off.
10. The instruction manual not very detail.
11. The center shaft also didn't add a rubber at each end so knocking sound.
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| Inside |
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| The red colour truck body |
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| The instruction booklet |
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| The body sticker |
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| The 2.4 simple remote |
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| With blue stripe. |
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| The 7.2 v Nimh battery charger |
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| All the thinks in the box The car, 7.2v battery, Remote, charger and Manual |
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| The red truck |
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| Rubber tyre and white rim |
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| The front end with grill and head lamp sticker |
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| The back view |
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| With out the body |
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| From top view |
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| Front side |
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| Rear side |
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| Front and rear with adjustable linkage and use dogbone |
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| The center aluminium cross member, battery location, steering servo, ESC and motor. |
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| Both wheel use 2 shock absorber. Non adjustable spring but given the spacer. |
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| Using same size shock tower and impack bumper front and rear. |
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| Front same as real |
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| HSP ESC can use Nimh or 2S Lipo battery |
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| The steering servo |
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| The 2.4 HSP 3 chanel receiver |
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| From top view |
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| It come with Nimh battery, but the shop owner change with a batter battery |
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| Using a alum shaft not belt system |
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Bottom chassis plastic material.
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| Rear bottom view |
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| Front bottom view |
Below is after looking into some problem i star to remodified, ractified and change some option parts. The gear box i remove and add more grease, their grease become harden.This model are RTR, the instruction did't show parts assembly only over view . I slowly dismental some parts and study it. Not all parts i will change to aluminium, if every parts is alum when involve in jumping or over turn the parts can break eazy. Some parts need maintain plastick like suspention arm so it can absorbe the impack by twisting the plastick parts. For my truck i use blue and black part .
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| The ori shock tower is too soft. But the best parts is front and rear same. |
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| The drive gear plastick to hard metal. Many say it worn off eazy. I thing because they change to more power Battery, Motor and ESC. |
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| Alum steering arm. With spring that can handle the impack will not damage the steering servo |
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| The is the wheel spacer for 1/10. Ofter fix can become wider like truggy 29mm long. |
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| The short alum wheel hex, stand by if i make it short wheels |
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| All the option parts i first change. |
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| New alum shock |
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| Remove front and rear complete axle. Same as hsp buggy, add grease into the gearbox. At same time i study the inside parts. |
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| Change the metal gear and i add some greese and cover. Some they didn't use cover to protect sand going in. |
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| The alum steering and change coper bushing to ball bearing. |
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| Add the long wheel spacer. |
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| It 3.9 mm long |
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| more wider look like truggy |
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| closer view |
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| Change all the wheel bearing. |
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| I modified a cover at front bumper. Some time when i put in the body cover i miss fix, back and rear because the front and rear bumper and tower is same, need to look at the steering location. So to solve this problem i add a cover from HPI 1/8 buggy. |
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| Front look |
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| Bottom with one screw need to change nut and bowl. |
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| Change to brush 23T motor. My self never use brushlesh motor before. |
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| Add a 6 V low battery checker if i use lipo battery |
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| The ESC conector change to D plug |
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| Add a cooling fan at ESC |
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| Modified a handle bar so can carry the truck eazy. Using bar from Thunder Tiger TS4 |
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| Hold by stoper bracket both side |
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| The clip secure with 1 line |
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| Add a alum wing at back |
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| Side view |
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| Back view |
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| On the body roof, i add a steering bar so that it like bar to carry the car around. But when look it like a roof rag bar. |
Make a decision want to change all parts to aluminium that recomended from HSP. Not to drive fast just to show what the difference. I have another 2 secondhand units brontosaurus that not fully aluminium can use for run/jump. Colour all blue.
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| Front |
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| Rear |
After install new parts last do wheel alaiment, only camber can be adjust front and rear. Toe only front, but the rules too short, so just adjust on the turn buckle both measure to same length and the wheel should toe in 1 or 2 degree.
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| Front adjustment only camber toe the rules too short. |
Change the servo from 3.4kg Hsp E6001 to 9kg MG996R.
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| Original from HSP 6kg. |
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| Buy from lazada for Rm20++ Metal gear 11Kg |
On 4/5/2018 Add another pcs adjustable linkage front and rear hub to make it two. More stronger to hold the hub.
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| Add double adjustable linkage to hold the rear hub. |
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| Add double adjustable linkage for front hub |
Make decision to change the front and rear axle mounting from plastic to aluminium. The side mounting for holding the pin easily break. If break i need to open every component especially rear gear box, so if change to aluminium only the plastic suspension arm break easily to remove. Parts reach on 7/6/2020 from china buy for Rm23.
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| Nylon bracket eazy loose when tighten too hard. |
Aluminium parts need to change if money enough
1. All the adjustable rod.
2. Chassis
3. Gear box.
4. Battery stopper.
5. Body post.
6. Servo bracket.
Another 2 item i change to aluminium. Rear suspension arm and battery side bracket. Buy for Rm55 + post. Order a week reach 31/10/2020. Now another 2 item left the chassis and servo holder.
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| Nice packing from China |
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| Rear Suspension and |
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| Battery side holder |
24/11/2020 another aluminium parts i buy from China battery holder bracket.
Another aluminium alloy parts reach on 26/12/2020. 04001 blue chassis for brontosaurus. Buy for Rm23.51 + pos Rm6 = Rm29.51 from lazada.
The lasted weight for this brontosaurus is 2.475kg 2/10/2021 after 100% fully upgrade aluminium alloy parts from original +/- 2.250kg (No battery)
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| Good plastic bag packing |
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| Inside no scratch |
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| Outside no scratch |
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| Firstly fix the small parts |
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| Then the front section |
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| Rear section |
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| Center parts |
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| Center beam, brushless motor, steering servo and gear cover |
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| The 120Am ESC from surpass |
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| Under carriage |
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| Another extra parts |
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| Almost blue parts |
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| All in |
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| On the battery location i put a black flip to protect the battery, no metal to metal contacts. |
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| For the esc fan, i cut out a wire mesh to cover it up from small sand entering. |
2/1/2020 another aluminium alloy parts reach, servo holder bracket. This parts seldom people buy, event in shoopie only 2 company sell it. Luckly a got it the last set blue colour, Rm26.
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| Laters image no battery 2.385k With battery 2.620kg |
I change all the shock absorber ball end to stell more stronger and longer parts from HoBao 87031.
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| Crome original |
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| All 8 pcs steel |
16/1/2021. Buy for Rm9.50 2 pcs short aluminium adjustable linkages.
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| Blue 2 pcs. |
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| More strong then using plastic linkages |
17/1/2021, got my aluminium alloy body post blue, buy for Rm10.
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| Front post |
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| Rear post |
On 19/1/2021 my order another 3 parts reach, Blue hex wheels extension, blue suspension and steering linkages and blue shock absober. The hex extention i change to 20mm long, shorten then the silver. All linkages change, more stronger then the original plastic end. For suspension i fix one pcs, before i add 2 each side. Problem for the shock absorber order for brontosaurus come Crawler 1/12 size. Need to reoder with other company.
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| New 20mm the silver longer 29mm make the wheel wobble |
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| More nicer all blue |
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| The black plastic end soft. The blue linkages thicker and stronger. |
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| Front |
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| Front need to readjust prevent the dogbone came out. |
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| Rear |
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| Same adjustment for rear wrong position hole dogbone will come out. |
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| Steering full aluminium parts |
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| Wrong shock absorber small and short. Lhs the real size for 94111. Need to reorder from Malaysia |
Now the weight 2.495kg (14/2/2021) Another blue aluminium parts, axle case from China on 9/2/2021.
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| The blue colour axle case, got it on 9/2/2021. Buy for Rm82.60 for two. |
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This case different from the plastic. The maint gear can put on RHS only. But the plastic case lhs/rhs. Add new greese.
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| Front case |
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| Front inside the gear is at rhs, ori at lhs |
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| Rear |
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| The gear is at rhs ori lhs. So both front and rear gear must put opposite each other not in same roll. |
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| I buy a switch bracket. Not given when buy this 94111 |
Total course buying only blue aluminium parts
1. Steering arm set = Rm50
2. Shock tower front/rear = Rm50
3. Steering hub front,rear and Front C hub = Rm120
4. Front suspension = Rm15
5. Rear suspension = Rm23.25
6. Battery side holder = Rm16.75
7. Battery holder post = Rm10
8. Chassis = Rm29.51
9. Servo bracket = Rm26
10. Steering servo linkages = Rm9.50
11. Body post = Rm10
12. Wheel adaptor 25mm = Rm26.57
13. 12pcs linkage arm = Rm50.98
14. Axle case front/rear = Rm82.60
15. Rear shock tower bar = Rm17.00
16. Front shock tower bar = Rm17.00
17. 8 psc shock absorber = Rm116
18. Motor mounting = Rm8.10.
19. Antena mount = Rm13.01
20. Pinion gear case x2 = Rm32
21. Rear anti squit plate = 5.98
Total = Rm729.25
14/2/2021, 2 more aluminium alloy parts 18035 front, 18036 rear shock stay bar. Buy Rm34 from China.
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| Front tighten both side |
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For rear bar not for brontosaurus, just add tighten on the shock stay only. Bottom screw hole not aline with gear cover screw
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18/2/2021 the first set 2pcs aluminium damper got it. Buy from Johor Bahru for Rm29. left another set order from kepong KL. Both shop out of blue stock. Order from China 2 time, get wrong parts advertising for 94111 hsp truck. I fix at front, came damper without oil.
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| Look bigger then the original, adjustable spring stiffness. |
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| No damper oil. |
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| Fix at front. |
Set from RC shop kepong reach today 19/2/2021. Same pattern. Fill up damper oil.
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| Fix to rear. One units problem leaking heavy on bottom 0 ring only 2 pcs. Add two more new o ring now 4 close the bottom cap compress to stop leak. |
27/2/2021 another 4 more aluminium shocks absorber. Rm55. Order from Johor.
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| All need to add 1 more o ring on bottom housing prevent leak. The first 4 begining just fill up oil next few days one by one leak. |
Done 95% aluminium parts, another 5% not sale in Malaysia even in lazada and shoopie. International yes. The antenna holder. From original weights 2.250kg, now final weight 2.510kg no battery.
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| All my 3 units HSP Brontosaurus. Lhs basic, center partly aluminium, last full aluminium parts. |
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| Because of blue parts i use this blue body. The red body to my second brontosaurus |
20/8/2021 i rematch another brontosuraus body. This body have gold strip on body to match the gokd rim and dark blue base body with chassis. This body is nicer then the original flat surface, from roof to back with body wave and have wheel arch. Also have front and rear bumper pop out.
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| Roof and rear body with body wave |
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| Pop out wheel arch |
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| Pop out front bumper |
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| Pop out rear bumper |
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| With yellow and gold strip match the rim |
Always find in lazada or shoopee from 2018 at last on 31/8/2021 this aluminium Antenna mount sale, from china only 3 companies sale. The first sale for rm12.83, second rm29.53 last rm55. In malaysia sale for rm100++. Order 2 set blue/purple.
Found another aluminium parts the motor mount Rm8.10 after discount next will order. (GOT IT ON 2/10/2021)
14/9/2021 i got the parts Rm13.01 1 pair. I buy 2 pair blue/purple.
The last option aluminium alloy parts for brontosaurus 94111 got it motor mounting Rm8.10.
No more upgraded parts. The parts no aluminium alloy.
1. Front / rear bumper.
2. Battery holder.
3. Gear cover
4. Switch Mounting.
9/7/2022 saw this pinion gear box aluminium cover from china bought 2 for Rm32. Will buy aluminium new parts if HSP come out new product.
28/9/2023 i reorder front lower suspention arm blue that same patent with rear. Rm26.90
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| Front old suspention diffrent patern know front and rear same |
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| Done Front / Rear same patern |
Finaly 100% option parts for this HSP Brontosaurus fitted. The parts no aluminium alloy parts is = Gear cover, Battery holder, front bumper and switch mounting.
Front i use UJ both drive shaft.
27/11/2023 rear bumper i remove replace with blue aluminium alloy anti-squat plate
18/12/2024 found sale the aluminium alloy servo nut washer. 4pcs Rm4.53
Enjoy RC
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