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MrChef wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 2:54 am Tank on the left is a bone stock Torro/Taigen V3 with factory barrel servo recoil flash and smoke. You can see how the barrel kind of hiccups a recoil.

Tank on the right is a Torro/Taigen running a Heng Long TK7.1 with Rich Johnson Servo recoil an HL Open Fire barrel smoke and flash. Such a smoother realistic barrel recoil.

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Jib wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 4:10 am I love Taigen tanks, but I hate their MFU. Their sounds are better, and you have the option of using your own radio (but you lose the machine gun).

TK7.0 was nice because it had better speed control, but then the 7.1 added ports for servo recoil, servo elevation, servo periscope, extra power port for their FPV or a gun smoke unit, plus if you have servo elevation they have a gun stabilization unit (I haven’t used this one yet so I don’t know if it’s any good though). If HL ever decided to implement using your own RX/TX and got more than four sound sets they’d have a really good card on their hands.

Deathcrusher if you have money burning a hole in your pocket you could look into getting an ElMod, OpenPanzer, or Beier MFU. Pretty much everything is going to be leagues better than either a V3 or a TK7.1. But then you’ll also need to get your own radio and transmitter on top of the cost of the MFU. But you’ll be able to use the same radio for all of your tanks that have an aftermaket MFU, so… that makes good financial sense, right?

Neat to see the recoil set ups side by side. The retraction seems a little bit slow in the HL unit in the right, but it’s still way better than the one on the left.

Funny, I have Taigen’s Late Tiger I Airsoft with barrel recoil, and although I haven’t had it out in a while, I remember the recoil being a lot better than the stock Taigen in the video. I did replace the V3 in it a while ago, so maybe I’m looking back on it with rose tinted glasses.

Jib wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 10:40 am Mato’s all come with a Clark Board, and I think they may come with a FlySky RX/TX (not completely sure on that, but Clark does require you to have your own RX/TX like the others). A lot of people like it, I think it’s cheaper than the options I listed, still gives you a lot of functionality.

From what I remember the downsides are you have to order it with the sound files pre installed (all of the others I listed come with multiple sound sets you can select yourself), I think there might be some soldering involved if you are installing it yourself, and you have to use a particular Sony remote to program it (ElMod and OpenPanzer use a Windows/Mac program).

I am very familiar with ElMod and OpenPanzer. If you want to know more about those, I’d suggested opening a new thread and I can answer questions about them there.

Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 4:02 pm Three cheers for Bix's great generosity of time!