Orlandoo Hunter

This is the Orlandoo Hunter 1:32 scale trophy truck, OH32X02. In earlier videos, I've documented the build and worthwhile upgrade parts. I've driven it more since and I love it. In this video I will provide a more comprehensive review.

The biggest feature of the truck is its tiny size. It's no larger than a smartphone. Despite its compactness, Orlandoo managed to squeeze a lot of scaled details and performance into the truck. Like a real trophy or desert truck, it's got double wishbone in the front, and 4-link trailing arms with long travel in the rear. Also like the real thing, each corner is supported by a coilover shock and damper. The result is a plush suspension that feels impossible in a small RC truck like this.

This is a RWD drivetrain powered by a brushed N30 with a 1:10 gearbox, transferred to the axle with a telescoping drive shaft. In the solid axle is the optional gear differential. This truck is easy to steer and rotate. Orlandoo provided ball bearings for the whole drivetrain.

It's a bit difficult to see here but obscured within the double wishbone suspension, there's a functioning anti-roll bar. It's amazing to see Orlandoo Hunter including this scaled detail. It looks nice and improves the handling performance. Steering is controlled by a small 2.2g servo and the optional servo saver. There's so much steering that I need to dial down the dual rate. As you can see, there is a lot of sophistication in the design here. Both the steering and suspension work wonderfully. Before the build, I thought the 2.2g servo might prove to be a weak link. I was wrong. It gets the job done.

Let's look at the rear setup. If you have run crawlers, this standard 4-link geometry will look familiar. A trophy truck relies on this type of rear suspension to absorb jump landings or traverse rough terrains at speed. It's replicated on this tiny truck in a fully functional manner. There's also a sway bar here to maximize cornering performance. The coilover and damper setup provides a long and well dampened suspension travel. It's fun to see this suspension in action.

I must mention that while the build was mostly smooth, the bottom chassis plate did not line up with the cage. And this has been reported by others too, so please be ready to work around the problem.

The TS0002 ESC doesn't have the most amazing throttle granularity, but it gets the job done with the N30 brushed motor. Though in the future I want to try a different ESC with brake. Please comment below if you have any recommendation!

Let's drive the truck on a few different surfaces. First, my standard hardwood surface at home. Hardwood is considered slippery, and especially so if there's even a little bit of dust there. The trophy truck works fine here and it's quite fun to drive it around with some oversteering. It's fast enough to be fun, but not so fast to be out of control. There's more than enough steering even for indoor. Plus, the truck will not traction roll on this surface. And the pin tires work just as well as the street tires.

Next, let's test on outdoor flat concrete slabs with gaps. Here, the truck gets enough traction to traction roll quite easily. This reminded me of driving the GT24 Subaru. I could dial down the dual rate, but in a way it's fun to try cornering within the limit. I recorded some 25% slow motion footage as well. There's enough punch to wheelie on startup! In slow motion, we can see the suspension working to maintain tire contact over the gaps and bumps. When turning fast, sometimes the car lifts on one side driving on two wheels. But of course it can easily flip over too like this. I didn't record anything on short carpet but the behavior was similar. A ton of traction and propensity to roll.

How about a loose gravel surface with obstacles? This 1:32 truck exceeded my expectations! If we translate the size of each gravel stone into 1:1 scale, it's 1 meter long each. Keep in mind this is a 2WD truck, not even AWD. It really demonstrates the effectiveness of the suspension action and geometry. These autumn foliage leaves, while beautiful, prove to be a nuisance though. The truck can get stuck with them.

All in all, this Orlandoo Hunter trophy truck checks all the boxes for me. It looks cool. The chassis is mechanically sound. So far the only durability issue is the front bumper. Pound for pound, the driving performance is amazing. I couldn't have expected it to drive so well.

I would say the build is more geared towards people who have built a few other micro RC kits already. Orlandoo Hunter also needs to make sure to fully address the bottom chassis cover alignment problem. Excluding the transmitter and receiver, the kit and numerous upgrade parts were around $190 in total. Not super cheap but I think it's totally worth it.

I hope this video has been informative and interesting. This is Sammy and thanks for watching!

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