trumpeter t-34s

[boxerdog]

hello,
i have seen on ebay a trumpeter t-34 1/16 rc for about £63, it the white washed one, it says it has gun recoil ect, ive seen a vid on them and it seems as though when you push the button to make machine gun sounds the barrel goes up & down too? if so what is the best way to stop that? heng long boards?.. before i do buy one can anyone tell me if they are any good ect. are trumpeter the only make for a 1/16 rc t-34 ?

i realy want a t-34 

trev

[Woz]

WSN made a t-34 but they're getting pretty rare now. Both makes need an electronics swap.

All the T-34's out there are much the same.

[wibblywobbly]

There are two T34 variants, one has opening hatches, the other doesn't.

I am doing a build on one if you want to see what you get:

http://www.rctankwarfare.com/Forums/index.php/topic,3200.0.html

The standard electronics are ridiculously complex, and very toy like. You can rip everything out, simplify it and run it on an RX14 for about £15. I have gone the Elmod route as I had a spare main board, and can swap the sound module between my Tiger and the T34, so I only needed to buy an extra battle system.

You cannot change the muzzle flash as it is glued into the barrel. It will not come out.

The weak point is the plastic gearbox, and if this goes awol you can either but all metal gears to replace the existing ones, or fit HL gearboxes though this requires a bit of engineering.

They run on 9.6v using 280 motors as standard, and are very light, so strain on the gearbox is light too. Fitting metal tracks will as always, place extra strain on the transmisson, but it has to be said that the WSN plastic tracks are very high quality.

All in all they are nicely detailed, and everyone who has one says that they make great RC tanks. There are plenty of threads on them and the mods that people have done, Google is your friend.

Rob G

[Dragon245]

Sorry have to disagree with the muzzle flash, I carefully drilled out the LED and replaced with a white hi bright, i used a micro switch screwed on the gun to activate it any qs feel free to contact me  ;D

[boxerdog]

so which is better? the wsn or trumpeter?, i find it strange that heng long havent made a t-34 as of yet, i know other have but they all do a tiger so why not a t-34? if they do altest i wont find it so hard to get hold of one 

[Woz]

There's not much between them. I think the WSN version is slightly better (opening front hatch) but as it's been discontinued they tend to cost more.