1/16 Hoobin kit

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Re: 1/16 Hoobin kit

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Kiaser, a bit of a video of my Elefant running at the tank meet today.

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Re: 1/16 Hoobin kit

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Very cool Tom :)
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Kiaser wrote:8O tomhugill thank you sir that looks awesome :clap: :clap: it runs like a mustang :D , what can motors have you got under the hood .
Yeah its got a turn of speed but has bags of torque! Standard 385 motors I think, driving a pair of 5:1 gearboxes.
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Re: 1/16 Hoobin kit

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Kiaser wrote:Thanks sir now I am drooling , I like your big unit 8) the sound is fantastic in the metal hull .
You chaps have to many enjoyable gatherings :'( I hope you had a good day :thumbup:
Gary did the speaker box and ibu mount, I'll get some shots of it as hes done a top job!
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Re: 1/16 Hoobin kit

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Tom, I plan to run the IBU2 in my elefant as well. I just got my board and replacement suspension and the sd card doesn't have the sound file for the elefant. Do you know where I could get this file from?
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Re: 1/16 Hoobin kit

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I have built both Hooben kits and found the Elefant to be more pleasant of a build that the T55. The suspension is a bit of a pain but you can look through my thread in the link to the build. It may help you out a bit. I encourage the metal tracks for it as well. Much better all around performance than the stock ones.
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Re: 1/16 Hoobin kit

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My dream kit is & was the 1/16 Ark elefant; The main problem with being in the US is the price to get one here and I was also wondering about any flaws since I will be running mine after it's built; so thank you for all the pics. So do you guys think it's worth it in the long run? It looks like I could order it direct from Hooben's own website for $260 (+$23 for the metal barrel) USD plus S/H. (The only other site I have ever seen it for sale was Heng-Long-Panzer.de and I'm not sure they will even send it to the US)
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