San Diego August 28th Battle and fun run hosted by 619th Tank Battalion

[Rubicon99]

That is amazing. I have a bit over 2 acres of land in Maine, but it is mostly woods, sloping down to a river. I would be hard put to find an uninterrupted 125 ft LOS at ground level anywhere on the property!

You are all using what what diameter opening and set back for the IR bulb?

Most are using the 8-9mm set back and opening roughly Tamiya spec or slightly smaller.

[oldwolf]

With improved IR receivers like the LegoDEI or Tamiya the range even with HL stock bulbs to “score hits” in bright SoCal noon summer sun is easily 125ft. More if the stock IR bulb has be upgraded to a HP bulb.

That is amazing. I have a bit over 2 acres of land in Maine, but it is mostly woods, sloping down to a river. I would be hard put to find an uninterrupted 125 ft LOS at ground level anywhere on the property!

You are all using what what diameter opening and set back for the IR bulb?

[SoCalBobS]

It did run great, no problem. It's gonna be my goto tank. I love the wide footprint tracks and the large diameter wheels. Due to the aggressive running in soft sand, one suspension arm bolt started loosening up, causing the track to "make funny noises". A few turns with a hex wrench onsite and away it went. The PzKpfw's weakness was with the rear roadwheels. The wheels are in two parts just pressed together, ok for mild driving. In speedy sharp turns in soft sand though, the outside half on both sides would fall off, which caused the tracks to ride outside the rear idler. Some Zap Goo will eliminate that.

[Rubicon99]

A short clip of a T-34 crossing "the bridge". This spot is great, with sandy tracks, hardpan, brushy clumps. It's a "test to destruction" location. I found two weaknesses on my tanks, a T-34 and a PzKpfw III, that I will now reinforce. Thanks Rich for sharing!

https://youtu.be/w50yY-w1LnM

Bob what happened to the T34? It should have run great there .

[SoCalBobS]

A short clip of a T-34 crossing "the bridge". This spot is great, with sandy tracks, hardpan, brushy clumps. It's a "test to destruction" location. I found two weaknesses on my tanks, a T-34 and a PzKpfw III, that I will now reinforce. Thanks Rich for sharing!

https://youtu.be/w50yY-w1LnM

[Rubicon99]

With improved IR receivers like the LegoDEI or Tamiya the range even with HL stock bulbs to “score hits” in bright SoCal noon summer sun is easily 125ft. More if the stock IR bulb has be upgraded to a HP bulb.

[oldwolf]

That is great terrain for it. The tanks look great. How well did the IR deal with the bright sun?

[RichJohnson]

[RichJohnson]

Dog gone people that dont even show up now all demanding photos.... Got to suck them out of my phone to the pc first....

[RichJohnson]

[Rubicon99]

Where are the photos!!!!

[RichJohnson]

Silica is very shiny as is the feldspar goldish looking flakes in it. Jerome thought it was gold and wanted me to bring back my gold pans.

[SoCalBobS]

Great tanking spot! Thanks for sharing it. I only hope the sparkly shiny sand I brought home on my tanks isn't, like, toxic or radioactive! (kidding) 👍

[RichJohnson]

OK.

[SoCalBobS]

Rich, I just realized this event is on a Saturday. Our r/c club has its monthly meeting then. If Scott and I go to NC it’ll be noonish. I can text you yay or nay.

[RichJohnson]

There is lots of varying terrain and bushes so its not going to a lot of distance, less than at the RR depot field.

[SoCalBobS]

We talking 100 yards, a 1/4 mile....?

[Rubicon99]

Wish I could be there it’s a fun area to drive tanks in.

[RichJohnson]

Ah nuts. Well how did I screw that up. I can’t edit the thread title.
it is scheduled for the 28th

[SoCalBobS]

Just noticed, you had August 21 in the header, and 28 below it.

edit; I see you fixed it.