Tank Terrain

[dubster70]

I now have 2 tanks a HL Walker Bulldog metal track version and a Tamiya leopard 2a6 up until now they haven't seen anything but the livingroom carpet,can they be taken on sand,mud etc without excessive damage??? i normally run scale rock crawlers which you can drive through anything without damage so am wondering what you guys run your tanks on/through and what after running cleaning you use.

cheers

Jacko

[tisaksen]

I have a few HL tanks, the only one i've tried to run "as a tank" is the Tiger. I drive it everyhere and no damage so far, only issue is the tracks falling off which happens all the time anyway.
I don't know about the tamiya but considering the price on those things I wouldn't drive it like i drive the Heng Long

[Glen B]

I have no problems as long as the grass is short, I cut the grass short where I run them at home and we do the same at the local tank club.

I always seem to have difficulty loading pictures here, I was hoping to do this to show typical outdoor operating conditions.

Instead, I have copied a link to our club because it has pictures and videos of typical outdoor operating conditions;

http://can-amrctankclub.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I don't care for sand or even mud, too dirty, too abrasive for my liking.

I find the larger tanks like my Tiger I (with 3:1 Mato gearboxes) and my Panther G and Jagdpanther with stock motors/gear boxes handle less than ideal ground better than my Panzer IV or Stug.

[Saxondog]

All terrain driving is a difficult question? I avoid wet surfaces, beyond that my Tiger has been driven through dirt, sand and grass. Long grass is bad just because it wraps onto the drive sprocket and tracks.I/ve never thrown a track on the Tiger(ASIATAM LOWER and Metal drive ) but the Jagdpanther has thrown tracks several times,last time breaking one of the adjustment pivots from the hull mourning plate.

Now the Tamiya King Tiger I have never driven off the pavement,to fragile and really don't think they are near a dependable as the Asiatam drives and hulls. Possibly the recent wheel upgrades have improved my King Tigers but just have not had them off road.

Last winter the snow driving was fun but do set the tank outside first as the warm tracks will collect ice,and then they star jumping the idler.

Glen,You guys have a very nice battleground set up,lots of neat looking buildings and plenty battle area's ripe for ambush. The other issue you mentioned about the pictures,either they are to big needing to be resized,or you could use photo re-size magic and post that way. Some guys use other types of off site locations as well.

[Phil]

I always seem to have difficulty loading pictures here.

Glen, to ad picture, find picture hold 'control' down (right click if on PC) select 'copy image location' then click 'Img' and paste in between

should look like this, but with img in the brackets, didn't put it in to show you how it should look.
[ ]http://images.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfi ... a34433.jpg[/img]



sorry to high jack this post.

[Wizzard033]

I've found my HL Tiger I (hevily modified) throws tracks badly when in very loose dirt and rotation draws gravel or larger amounts of dirt into the idlers. Other than that it seems to be pretty solid although I haven't tried it in the mud YET.

[woodspirit]

I have a HL Tiger with metal tracks & sprockets and a Panzer III with plastic tracks. I cut my grass on the highest setting on the lawnmower so it is quite long even after being cut.

I was amazed at how well the TIger handled in the grass - seems to be able to "plow" through it with no difficulty and even make reasonable turns etc. I was also impressed with the range of the tank/transmitter before it stops responding. The Panzer III is much lighter and does not fare as well in my grass- seems to spin and have difficulty getting a good grip to get going. I have not had any difficulty with either tank in terms of throwing tracks while outside.

From reading on the forums I don't think I will be trying my tanks on anything wet. Even thought we think of our tanks in terms of a tank - at the end of the day they are a plastic model with a lot of delicate electronics in it that do not like to get wet.

Have fun trying them outside - it opens up a whole new world in terms of targets to shoot at and places to run your tank. I hava a wasps nest in the ground beside some trees in my backyard and I had great fun this week running my Tiger over their nest and doing turns on top of it. Poor buggers went beserk of course but their sting could not hurt my Tiger

[Wizzard033]

^^^LOL did you pelt them with any BBs?