lmcq11. April 2021 Winner. M5A1 Stuart.

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lmcq11. April 2021 Winner. M5A1 Stuart.

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lmcq11 April Winner.

1/16th Classy Hobby static M5A1 Stuart conversion.

This is a 1/16 Classy Hobby M5A1 Stuart static kit converted to RC. It is a custom designed conversion using 1/16 industry components that he was able to fit inside without too many problems, and which provide very smooth control.
The recoil mechanism was custom built.
He found doing this conversion enjoyable and felt it was actually simpler than building the plastic kit itself, which has some difficult components to assemble.

The model has the following features
- Clark TK-60 control board
- Mato Panzer III gearbox
- Turret rotation with Heng Long rotation unit
- Main gun servo elevation with servo recoil, flash and sound. Home made barrel and recoil system.
- Coax machine gun with flash and sound, using converted brass Aber Browning
- Bow machine gun with servo horizontal mouvement, flash and sound, using converted brass Aber Browning
- Mato headlights and tail lights
- Heng Long speaker.

The build thread can be found here.
"1/16 RC M5A1 Stuart Light tank - build - RC Tank Warfare" viewtopic.php?f=23&t=30499

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Finally a short video of the model in "action"
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