It came from Heng Long... Raptor's Tiger
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:05 pm
Hello all, Raptor here (Michigan, US)
This site has answered so many questions for me, its such a great place.
I have been into modeling and rc for most my life.
I purchased a Heng Long Tiger I off ebay about 6 months ago. As I have always fancied WWII era armor models, I figured, "Hey, why not get a huge tiger model that I can actually drive?" It arrived with a striped idler wheel, which the seller sent a pair of metal ones. "Score! First upgrade!.... and... now it could use this..." (repeat as neccassary). I will keep this story short and make a list below. After MOUNTAINS of research, It has gone through extensive torture and modification by my hands and by the hands of my lvl 3 half-squat, but it has been a fun and incredible little machine. It has been repainted 3 times, and the internals have been constantly changing to hopefully come together as some sort of an uber Frankenstien'd beast of a "toy".
--Ugrades--
To the best of my knowledge in order
Idler Wheels
Metal Sprockets
Metal HL gearboxes
Metal Tracks
Tarr MkII smoker
Clark TK40S MFU
Bits like volume knob, fuses, voltage alarm, etc
Flysky FS-i6X Tx + FS-IA6B Rx
3s Lipo 6000Mah
Taigen Lower hull (torsion bars)
ETO Armor Transmission
The only items still stock are skyward of the upper hull.
--In transit--
5w speaker
Amplifier
30mmx30mm fans
--Down the road--
Recoil
IR System
Metal hull and turret
Since I have had the time as of late, i took EVERYTHING out and tried my hand at wire management and also applied grease and loctite to applicable areas.
I think it was an overall success and gave me plenty of real-estate to build a speaker box.
However....
The brute has picked up a few bugs along the way that need be slain.
Looking forward to our chats,
Raptor
This site has answered so many questions for me, its such a great place.
I have been into modeling and rc for most my life.
I purchased a Heng Long Tiger I off ebay about 6 months ago. As I have always fancied WWII era armor models, I figured, "Hey, why not get a huge tiger model that I can actually drive?" It arrived with a striped idler wheel, which the seller sent a pair of metal ones. "Score! First upgrade!.... and... now it could use this..." (repeat as neccassary). I will keep this story short and make a list below. After MOUNTAINS of research, It has gone through extensive torture and modification by my hands and by the hands of my lvl 3 half-squat, but it has been a fun and incredible little machine. It has been repainted 3 times, and the internals have been constantly changing to hopefully come together as some sort of an uber Frankenstien'd beast of a "toy".
--Ugrades--
To the best of my knowledge in order
Idler Wheels
Metal Sprockets
Metal HL gearboxes
Metal Tracks
Tarr MkII smoker
Clark TK40S MFU
Bits like volume knob, fuses, voltage alarm, etc
Flysky FS-i6X Tx + FS-IA6B Rx
3s Lipo 6000Mah
Taigen Lower hull (torsion bars)
ETO Armor Transmission
The only items still stock are skyward of the upper hull.
--In transit--
5w speaker
Amplifier
30mmx30mm fans
--Down the road--
Recoil
IR System
Metal hull and turret
Since I have had the time as of late, i took EVERYTHING out and tried my hand at wire management and also applied grease and loctite to applicable areas.
I think it was an overall success and gave me plenty of real-estate to build a speaker box.
However....
The brute has picked up a few bugs along the way that need be slain.
Looking forward to our chats,
Raptor