Oh no! I did it! I bought a (used) Armortek Tiger 1! :-)

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Re: Oh no! I did it! I bought a (used) Armortek Tiger 1! :-)

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Max-U52 wrote:I think pretty soon you'll have to change that bit in your signature that says, "1/16 is my scale". :haha:
Ah indeed, didn't even notice that myself haha!
Max-U52 wrote:I know if I ever manage to score an Armortek one of the first things I'll do is scrap those lead acid batteries and go to a 6S lipo. That's what runs the Hetzer and it performs like a champ.
Well they need to be replaced anyway, but how expensive is that gonna be? Oddball from westcoastarmories shows in his youtube movies he uses Li-on batteries now, I looked them up, but they are 12v/20 289 USD a piece and you need two...
Max-U52 wrote:Are you going to keep the Futaba or upgrade? That's a 7 channel, right? It's always great to have extra channels for stuff like making the TC's head turn or arm raise. I'm using a flysky i10 and I like the three pots (I use two for paintball cannon control and one for volume) and it also has two shoulder slides switches that are pots.
It's a Robbe F14 now working on 40Mhz crystals and I hate it haha! I usually connect my tanks (if possible) to my Turnigy TGY-10i, basically the same as you have.
Max-U52 wrote:Have you weighed it yet?
Yes I did... :-P
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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17,3kg minus the turret roof

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3,5kg for the turret roof

Deck plate is 13,5kg

And the rest is 103kg

So... A whooping 137kg in total! 8)
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Re: Oh no! I did it! I bought a (used) Armortek Tiger 1! :-)

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Hmm..You appear to have a spare barrel there, by the chair. Did this come with a few spares, and extras? I did notice that your trademark MP40 had shrunk in the wash down to 1/16 scale..just to emphasise the massive proportions of the hull. :D
With 137kgs in the rear of your car, and passengers sitting either side of the barrel, your headlights will be pointing at the heavens! I pity your poor suspension :haha:
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The battery in the Hetzer is a 6-cell lipo, 24 volts, and I only need one, and they were about $90 each. I bought two so that I can just swap in the second one the first one runs down. When I get home from work I can send you a link to where I got them. They come without any connectors on them at all so you have to solder on your own connector and I found that the wires were thick enough that I had to go up to xt90s instead of xt60s.
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I tried finding something like that on Hobbyking but those are all 22.2v?
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Good afternoon,
Following along with my friend, Gary's, thoughts, I considered LIPOs and also a motorcycle battery for keeping the Stuart 12v gig going. It depends on which mfu I end up with. Following along,
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Yes, they're labeled 22.2 volts, but fully charged they're 24, just as a 7.4 volt 2S will read about 8.4 when fully charged. These are what I'm running, but they're out of stock and have gone up in price since I bought mine.

https://chinahobbyline.com/index.php?ro ... duct_id=87

A good alternative might be one of these

https://chinahobbyline.com/index.php?ro ... duct_id=75

Less Mah but also a lot less money.

Painless, the 5000 mah should run that Stuart for at least an hour, maybe two.
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1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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> scrap those lead acid batteries and go to a 6S lipo. That's what runs the Hetzer and it performs like a champ.

Problem is just the Tiger 1 tracks will weigh about the same as the Hetzer!

LiFePO4 is an obvious replacement for AGM technology but they're still eye-wateringly expensive to get similar running times.

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Max-U52 how much does your Hetzer weight? :-)
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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