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Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:48 am
by earpm1
Hi
Just purchased 2 new Heng Long tanks over the last couple of weeks, a Tiger and a KV1from different suppliers. Totally new to RC as a hobby but have been into WWII wargaming for 20 years so I know my tanks. As I say I'm new to RC, my problem is when using the tanks on my patio control range is only about 10 ft is this because of the close vicinity to the house and hence RC interference?
Cheers
Martin
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:53 am
by FireflyKeith
Hi Martin, welcome to the forum, im sure your knowledge of WWII will be a great contribution to the forum
as for the range, i would say yes interference from the building is probably the course, a standard Heng Long tank will normally go 40-50 feet easy, so take it out in the open and see what happens then.
Keith
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:54 am
by FireflyKeith
Oh, and make sure you have good batteries in your transmitter
Keith
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:24 pm
by earpm1
Cheers bud
Think I'll bring them into work tomorrow and try them out in the carpark out back.
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:53 pm
by [ICE]monkey
hi and welcome to the forum,
regards, ice
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:21 pm
by mt 1
Hi welcome to the forum
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:15 pm
by BREL
welcome to the forum
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:15 pm
by Matdragon
welcome to the forum
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:00 am
by Saxondog
Hello and welcome,I have some experience in Avalon Hill war games some years ago.Are these similar to the type of war games you have played? Saxondog
Re: Very New Tanker from Gloucestershire
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:51 am
by earpm1
Not really though I have done some of that. Being a child of the Airfix age I use models and miniatures in various scales. For WWII 20mm or 1/76, 1/72 is very popular in the UK, so I have shed loads of that, but I also have a Russian Tank corps in 1/300, a Japanese infantry battalian in 1/100, and Germans, Russians and French in 1/56 scale. Not to mention all the other periods that I wargame from the Wars of the Roses to Afghanistan today. I've had to convert my garage to hold all my gear along with an 8ft x 4ft gaming table. Like RC tanks the hobby combines my love of modelling, military history and gets me out meeting people (though I haven't met any other RC tankers as yet). I'm a member of a club that meets every Wednesday here in Gloucester. There are clubs all over the country.
Martin