RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

Hi fellas,
I have three tanks now and have modified all of them......born fiddler thats me....but as yet I have only run one of them on the lawn...the others are in pieces still. However, my grandson wants a tank now.

My questions follow.
How rugged is a standard HL tank with plastic tracks?
And, how long do the plastic cogs last on a tank with metal tracks?

If the tank is just used in the garden, or around the local woods and not on concrete.....do I realy have to wory about the tracks. Tankzone sell tanks with metal tracks but they have plastic cogs...so do I realy need to wory about the tracks and cogs?

If not, I will have more cash to spend on another tank or alternative mods. Your advice and experience would be appreciated......

Thanks...........Mike

The biggest problem I've found is that long grass tends to get wrapped around the drive sprockets. The plastic boxes have a slipper clutch that allows the motor to turn without blowing the board - the matal boxes will carry on applying torque until either the tank moves or the control board melts >:(

thanks for your reply.

I have had metal gearboxes and tracks with all tanks but could save money if I bought models with plastic tracks but upgrade gearboxes. Maybe it will be cheaper to continue to buy the tank upgraded as I have done so far. I wondered how tough the plastic tracks are.

Cheers ....Mike

i think the plastic tracks are fine, but i always try to get metal gearboxes, and if i had metal track and was running on grass, i would defiantly get metal cogs (drive sprockets) and gearboxes,

cheers,

Matt

Many thanks for the advice....I will therfore continue as I have done to date. I would be daft to save a few quid and wreck something ...


Cheers.......mike

its always easier to take the tracks off later than the other way around