How far have you got on yours?Marc780 wrote:Rad_Schuhart, same thought i have had, as soon as I found out somebody made an R/C T55 i wanted it and just thought about it for a couple years before actually getting it. Your concerns are completely justified: The Hooben T55 is badly engineered, the kit doesn't even have the correct parts list let alone enough correct parts to do any more then a static model, and you'll spend more on the parts to make it R/C then on the model itself and 10 times longer then any other kit to re-engineer it just to make it function as well as an $80 Heng Long tank. That said, the kit is relatively unique and still has that raw Slavik design to it shared by all Soviet armor, and that the kit manages to convey very well. Is it worth the headache and expense? The strongest opinion i have is, the more you spend on doing to it, or having done - the less headache and vice versa. And anybody that invests (it is going to be an investment whether time or money it is you spend more of) in this tank should be aware of all this before sinking what'll probably turn out to be around $600-1000 in the end.
No idea where you're getting your costs from, mines got all the upgrades, tk60, OKMO T55am2 kit and no where near that. The barrel recoils a bit crap as with the supplied linkage that barrel twists but aside from that no issues. The gearboxes are excellent and with the wheel bearings now supplied everything runs smooth.
