The gun barrel bounces around.

[terrythegrey]

Hi
Can anyone help me.I have a heng long Tiger 1 tank with loads of upgrades.I have a Taigen recoil unit installed but I notice the gun barrel bounces around a lot when the tank is moving. Does anyone know how I can stop this from happening.
Thanks.

[MichaelC]

It has to do with the mount on the Taigen recoil. It is very loose when fitted to the HL Tiger I, especially if you have the metal barrel and/or metal mantlet. Mine got so bad that I inserted couple of plastic pieces between the mantlet and the turret just so that there is a filler, but it reduce the elevation which is not great to begin with.

I also put in an ATRC so that the recoil when it fires doesn't shake the barrel like a trig either.......

I guess you could move the pivot point back in the turret but that would be a pretty big job.

[Tankbear]

If you've a metal barrel it adds a lot of weight so when you drive alone it bounces as the plastic hull is weak and has no support for the weight plus force of induced by driving over bumps.

Try putting some reinforcement bars in the hull from side to side between the turret ring and the hatches with some strong glue. This should add loads of strength to the hull and help support the weight of the barrel.

Ian.