Unofficial Coolbank M5A1 Stuart 1/16 Scale Light Tank Discussion Thread

[RichJohnson]

I bought one but didn’t have time to open it yet, and I have a really nice one I built from the clsssy hobby kit.
i was quite impressed with the club members tank I drove around. They need some tweeking but look like a good tank.

[Roaming Gnome]

Been flipping coins about getting this tank, I have enough to go through this winter as it is, but an unexpected xmas bonus seemed like a sign to go ahead and see, been watching videos left and right so i have a clue what to expect, it think, but really it will look cool on the shelf with the other US tanks

[DavidN]

Has anyone figured out any other functions or features from all of the buttons and knobs on the controller?

[Max-U52]

Don't think you will see a Hetzer from them anytime soon as like 6 months ago they used a pic of the Warprints Hetzer in one of their Facebook posts and got caught by Warprints. When confronted they made up some excuse why they used someone else's product in their photos of upcoming projects.

Kinda surprised they needed an excuse. Can't they just say, "We're Chinese, that's what we do"?

[PanzerLoco]

I see Coolbank is now offering the Stuart in a couple of camo schemes as well as a weathered green version.
Not too bad. Great little tank for the money.

Steve. 😄

Coolbank miss a opportunities to squeeze money out of my pocket for a second Stuart tank.
Only if their Stuart camo tank had the ''Chris Curran'' turret version. (since i'm to chicken to removed the machine gun shield by myself)
Another type of track maybe also,..

[tank_me]

No doubt that RC Tank enthusiast are excited with Coolbank tank.
This company seem to establish their ''niche'' in releasing light tank.
But i would prefer a Panzerkampwagen 38(t) or/ Hetzer instead of the Soviet BT-7.
PL.

Don't think you will see a Hetzer from them anytime soon as like 6 months ago they used a pic of the Warprints Hetzer in one of their Facebook posts and got caught by Warprints. When confronted they made up some excuse why they used someone else's product in their photos of upcoming projects.

[PanzerLoco]

To avoid confusion w/ the previous post.
List of soon to be released product by CoolBank Models

[PanzerLoco]

I see Coolbank is now offering the Stuart in a couple of camo schemes as well as a weathered green version.
Not too bad. Great little tank for the money.

Steve. 😄

No doubt that RC Tank enthusiast are excited with Coolbank tank.
This company seem to establish their ''niche'' in releasing light tank.
But i would prefer a Panzerkampwagen 38(t) or/ Hetzer instead of the Soviet BT-7.
PL.

[Sureshot]

I see Coolbank is now offering the Stuart in a couple of camo schemes as well as a weathered green version.
Not too bad. Great little tank for the money.

Steve. 😄

[Sureshot]

I am aware that not all tanks smoke while running, from watching videos. Some smoke at start-up and some smoke all the time.
My goal is to have all the functions working on the tank. The smoke function is on a switch so you can use it or not, your choice.

Steve.

[Max-U52]

Once warmed up, these tanks don't really make smoke. They had Cadillac engines, which were of very good quality. You might get a few puffs at start up, but once she comes up to temp she runs pretty clean.

[Sureshot]

I finally got my cannon elevation working again on my Stuart. After opening it up and checking connections and wiggling wires with no luck, I got desperate and read the manual (OMG!) I read through all the combinations of buttons and I decided to do the "reset to factory defaults" option to see what would happen. After I did that the tank was completely dead!! I read the manual a bit more and decided to try re-binding the TX to the tank. After going through that sequence eureka it started working again, and best of all the elevation was back!
Everything works now with the exception of the smoke, but I think until the low voltage problem is fixed (2.6v) I will have to live without it.

Steve. 😀

[Houtje24]

I'm figuring out if I can the 2 esc's from Robbe connect to the front external device interface and make them work on the right stick. There's a lot in the manual about the combination of keys. Got a steering servo working following step 13. on page two

[tank_me]

Most people don't realize just how heavy construction equipment actually is. Even a Bobcat skid loader is 10-12,000 lbs. You can lift the rear end of a 1 ton pickup just getting the Bobcat off the trailer.

[Houtje24]

I have this oldie for the 1/6 scale. Mixer on right stick so it acts the same like the 1/16. Busy with the multiprop to work with Arduino so i can use servo's

Bruder is a copy of a D11 btw. still a big one.

[Houtje24]

Bruder is 1/16 scale. Started today to convert it to rc. They sell a Huina bulldozer that is supposed to be 1/16 scale. It will be difficult to change the 1/6 Stuart to run with the Coolbank transmitterr.

Very happy with Little Stuart btw.

[tank_me]

This tank is imo.not 1/16 scale. The Caterpillar is from Bruder

From what I can tell, it is the proper 1/16. The M5 is a really small tank. The gun is only 37mm in real life. It's extremely cramped inside as I've crawled around in a real one. If the Bruder is a D12 Dozer then it is a lot bigger than a Stuart.

D12 weight...124 tons
Stuart weight...15 tons

[keilau]

This tank is, imo. not 1/16 scale. The Caterpillar is from Bruder

What is the scale of the Caterpillar from Bruder? How did you draw the conclusion? IMHO, the scale of the CoolBank Stuart RC tank seems to be consistent with other 1:16 scale RC tanks.

[SoCalBobS]

When we placed it side by side with the Classy Hobby 1:16 static kit, the Coolbank M5 was nearly identical in dimensions.

[Houtje24]

Stuart Little and Big