HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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BarryC
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HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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Hi Guys,

Are the road wheels on the OOB HL Sherman sprung? I am getting mixed thoughts in reading different posts!

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Re: HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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Do you mean the suspension? If so yes it is. The Mato plastic ones just pivot.
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Re: HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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How does the Mato one cope with uneven ground then?
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Re: HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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Hi,
Not to bad. What I done is take the wheels from the Mato units and fitted them to the heng long units so you now have separate springs and wheels with rubber tyres :crazy: soooo much better... Brian...
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Re: HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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tomhugill wrote:Do you mean the suspension? If so yes it is. The Mato plastic ones just pivot.
Yes like the Mato metal sets. Each swing/wheel have a spring allowing them to move independently of one another.

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Re: HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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BarryC wrote:
tomhugill wrote:Do you mean the suspension? If so yes it is. The Mato plastic ones just pivot.
Yes like the Mato metal sets. Each swing/wheel have a spring allowing them to move independently of one another.

Barry
The Mato ones have two springs so work prototypically, the henglong ones are sprung and can move independently but don't use two separate springs like Mato.
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Re: HL Sherman road wheels; Sprung?

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tomhugill wrote:
BarryC wrote:
tomhugill wrote:Do you mean the suspension? If so yes it is. The Mato plastic ones just pivot.
Yes like the Mato metal sets. Each swing/wheel have a spring allowing them to move independently of one another.

Barry
The Mato ones have two springs so work prototypically, the henglong ones are spring and can move independently but don't use two separate springs like Mato.
Got it, thank you!
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