Came today. A lot of interesting things even just 20 minutes after unboxing. Essentially I powered it up, tested traverse, elevation, travel and the TOW.
Before I get started, I'd like to say that this is a real departure from other tanks on the market. It's the first I know of that is designed without Airsoft. it's a recognition of our hobby as opposed to the toy demographic I hope this concept is successful, because it majorly expands the possibilities for modelling armored fighting vehicles.
Ok, first observations. It's large. I posed it next to my M60 for length comparison:
The rear deck hatch holds the battery. Mine came with one installed and the wires disappearing into the interior. Charging is still supposed to be through a balance tap plug under the front hatch. That's where the on/off switch is also. I have Admiral brand 3500 mah packs that will sit there, and I can solder connectors to eliminate the in-tank charging.
As we'd surmised, the main auto cannon is activated by the machine gun switch. The IR emitter is in the TOW launcher. I'll be replacing their emitter with a stronger one in the future. The launcher can be raised and lowered, but it doesn't have an effect to firing, it's just cosmetic. Cool, though! Maybe I can hide behind a berm with just it exposed. There is no elevation capability for the launcher. Since we get up to a 10 degree horizontal spread with our recessed, high power IR LED's, I'm guessing we'll have the same spread in the vertical axis. Raising the TOW launcher up and down revealed another difference. To actuate it, one holds down the "V" button while moving the left stick up or down. The earlier transmitters don't have this capability! I bound the M2 to another Tx, and the launcher wouldn't move. What the heck? I looked at the back of the M2 Tx. Voila! Other than the TOW, the v.1 and now v.2 Tx's seem compatible.
Regarding the auto cannon, I believe it operates by a solenoid. It slams the gun back, hits a switch and rebounds forward. I have a Panzer II tank conversion from 35RCTANK that works like this. The means that slowing down the rate of fire may not easy or even possible. I'll leave that to the electronic wizards out there.
So there we are, vaporware no more. Let's talk!
Before I get started, I'd like to say that this is a real departure from other tanks on the market. It's the first I know of that is designed without Airsoft. it's a recognition of our hobby as opposed to the toy demographic I hope this concept is successful, because it majorly expands the possibilities for modelling armored fighting vehicles.
Ok, first observations. It's large. I posed it next to my M60 for length comparison:
The rear deck hatch holds the battery. Mine came with one installed and the wires disappearing into the interior. Charging is still supposed to be through a balance tap plug under the front hatch. That's where the on/off switch is also. I have Admiral brand 3500 mah packs that will sit there, and I can solder connectors to eliminate the in-tank charging.
As we'd surmised, the main auto cannon is activated by the machine gun switch. The IR emitter is in the TOW launcher. I'll be replacing their emitter with a stronger one in the future. The launcher can be raised and lowered, but it doesn't have an effect to firing, it's just cosmetic. Cool, though! Maybe I can hide behind a berm with just it exposed. There is no elevation capability for the launcher. Since we get up to a 10 degree horizontal spread with our recessed, high power IR LED's, I'm guessing we'll have the same spread in the vertical axis. Raising the TOW launcher up and down revealed another difference. To actuate it, one holds down the "V" button while moving the left stick up or down. The earlier transmitters don't have this capability! I bound the M2 to another Tx, and the launcher wouldn't move. What the heck? I looked at the back of the M2 Tx. Voila! Other than the TOW, the v.1 and now v.2 Tx's seem compatible.
Regarding the auto cannon, I believe it operates by a solenoid. It slams the gun back, hits a switch and rebounds forward. I have a Panzer II tank conversion from 35RCTANK that works like this. The means that slowing down the rate of fire may not easy or even possible. I'll leave that to the electronic wizards out there.
So there we are, vaporware no more. Let's talk!
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