Re: Challenger II advice?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:59 pm
. I have not touched yet. Now ya got me scared! 
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Re: Challenger II advice?
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 2:31 am
"Probably broken down on route." Yikes! Meter rat, I have a HengLong Challenger II carefully tucked away in my ridiculously, unconscionably large stash of RC tanks . I have not touched yet. Now ya got me scared!
. I have not touched yet. Now ya got me scared! Re: Challenger II advice?
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:29 am
Re: Challenger II advice?
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:53 am
Had a mate who was in the Royal Engineers during the Gulf War. They were still using Chieftain recovery vehicles. Apparently they were extremely unreliable..
With all the work done, mine is now proving to be, fast, quiet, and despite the large amount of grass tightly collected around the rear sprocket it showed no tendency to de-track, when I ran it around the garden. I have to say I have fallen back in love with it. It still needs some improvements to previous work. But in all it is now being a good model for my needs. And a massive learning curve that I can apply to other models.
Re: Challenger II advice?
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:59 pm
Yes. I hear the early Challengers were an absolute mechanical nightmare!Meter rat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:53 amHad a mate who was in the Royal Engineers during the Gulf War. They were still using Chieftain recovery vehicles. Apparently they were extremely unreliable..
With all the work done, mine is now proving to be, fast, quiet, and despite the large amount of grass tightly collected around the rear sprocket it showed no tendency to de-track, when I ran it around the garden. I have to say I have fallen back in love with it. It still needs some improvements to previous work. But in all it is now being a good model for my needs. And a massive learning curve that I can apply to other models.
Hopefully our own will be one of the better builds!