Trimmed M5A1 Stuart

[PainlessWolf]

Good Evening!
This reminds of when the Heng Long T34 was released. It rode too high on the suspension unlike the Taigen Torro model that came after that had torsion bar suspension. One of the members of the Forum fixed this issue by placing a spacer on each bogie that only allowed the spring to decompress so far. Kept the height of the Tank running gear correct and didn't affect movement of the bogies when the Tank was being operated. That might work on these Bogies as well since there is a pin under spring resistance which sits at the bottom of that slot when there is no weight on the Tank. Put a spacer under that pin on each Bogie so it can only decompress so far and there would be no need for weights to be added. The Weights that you are using Ecam. If there is no strain on the motors or gearboxes, they should do the Job just as well as a Spacer. Just my 2 centavos, Sir.
regards,
Painless

[Ecam]

Painless, as usual you are right on the money (centavos) and I considered that at one point. But then my mechanical side (Mr. Hyde) showed up and I thought of losing the droop and decided on the weight. Watching some of the videos of the Coolbank Stuart, it is a bouncy beast out of the box. My curiosity had me wondering if the weight might help with the bounce as well. If things don't go well, a static Stuart (or Famo) is alright with me. Many of my builds have just a couple minutes of run time and then get parked - some day, some day.....

[PainlessWolf]

Ecam!
It is Bouncy. The weight will be very useful to cancel some of that out. Cool Bank went a little light on the suspension stiffness just to have noticeable suspension action on this light a vehicle. I'm looking forward to seeing yours on some obstacles or out in the rough!
regards,
Painless

[Ecam]

May have to figure out slow motion to catch the Jack Rabbit on camera!

[Ecam]

Not too much to show, light guards

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[Stormbringer]

Love the metal light guards

[Estnische]

Nice work with the guards and springs. I'm forever thankful that Heng Long and TongDe leave so much room for improvement LOL.

[Ecam]

I'm forever thankful that Heng Long and TongDe leave so much room for improvement LOL.

What a terrific way to put that! I always liked them because they are cheap (like ColemanCollector and myself).

[ColemanCollector]

I prefer "financially prudent".
Sooooo, it's about the square sided bits of copper guarding-- are you sourcing that somewhere, or are you fabbing it up yourself with a press of some kind?
Looks righteous and financially prudent!

Mike.

[Ecam]

14/2 or 12/2 Romex household electrical solid wire with cover and wire insulation removed (giving three wires) and run through a bead roller. This build I used the smaller 14 ga. most of the other builds get the 12 ga. 12 guage was just too thick for the diminutive Stuart. Three pictures from page 13 of my M32 build:

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And in the future, financially prudent it is! I'll reserve "cheap" for myself.