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I hear the Mato metal Sherman suspension is among the best out there?

Plus saw this video and it does look smooth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYJqV5gySw

Greetings Tao...I think that video should be preceded by this one...looks like that is a "modified" Mato Suspension

Personally I like the Heng Long suspension better...the arms are independent...the stock Mato isn't and pretty much just rocks like a see saw...can't say much about Taigens though...haven't seen one of those in pieces yet

ALPHA

hi aipha
the mato plastic one rocks ..the mato metal work as they should independent like the heng long ones
dave

The mato metal suspension is actually slightly better than the HL as the top arms actually slide on the lower ones...also the wheels are slightly smaller than the massive mato plastic ones..

...also the tyres do have a tendancy to stretch a little...but thats a small down point..

I have some of the metal suspension fitted to my British Sherman 11A and have to say that it works brilliantly.
In fact it is one of my best running and most reliable tanks by far.
Cheers
Tim

forgebear wrote:hi aipha
the mato plastic one rocks ..the mato metal work as they should independent like the heng long ones
dave

Thanks Dave...that's good to know ....as I have acquired both for my upcoming Firefly build....tinkered with the plastic ones which I found totally unacceptable ...Stripped the wheels off of those and tossed the rest into the Junk box....got a metal set...didn't tinker with those as the breakdown looked so very similar ...was planing to just strip the wheels off of those and go with the HLs as they have worked great in the past

I'm actually glad now that Tao brought this issue up...a lot of good info from people I respect...thanks for the input Dave...Metal Matos for me Firefly ...Happy days


ALPHA

frankie wrote:The mato metal suspension is actually slightly better than the HL as the top arms actually slide on the lower ones...also the wheels are slightly smaller than the massive mato plastic ones..

...There ya go Frank...now I will have to caliper the wheels before choosing which ones to use lol.....might make extending my chassis a bit easier or a lot trickier ...guess we'll see

ALPHA