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J.beazley

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Heng Long tanks
« on: April 02, 2007, 08:06:12 pm »
Looking at buying one of the Heng Long tanks for SWMBO to play with in the garden as she wants something R/C.

Has anyone got one or has seen one going as im undecided whether to buy one or not???

Jay
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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2007, 09:09:11 pm »
I have PM you
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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2007, 09:13:45 pm »
Cheers for that Bob will bear you in mind closer to when im going to get one.

out of interest what would be the best to get??? i was thinking about the tiger 1 and upgrading the tracks to metal ones.
do they have proportianal control on the motors???

sorry for the questions just trying to see if there worth buying or stear her towards a wifeboat  ;D.

Jay
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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2007, 02:51:50 am »
Hi JB
You should PM Hermill (forum member) he is a bit of an expert in this area.
He can't be viewing at the moment.

I have seen his, they are good quality. He has also done some upgrading and knows his track.

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2007, 07:51:58 am »
Cheers tigertiger will do this when i see him online next ;D

are there any websites for upgrading these tanks or hop up parts lists???

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2007, 09:22:52 am »
Dont know if this will help Jay.

 http://www.tankzone.co.uk/cart/henglong.htm

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2007, 01:25:07 pm »
Perfect site you found there richard cheers buddy

now which one to go for i wonder ::)

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2007, 01:51:05 pm »
I have the Tiger and my brother has the Pershing.  Both very nice.  They are not truly proportional but rather electronically "stepped".  You can just about creep along nice and slow if you've got good fingers on the sticks.  The quality is very nice for the money.  They don't really stand up to comparison with the Tamiya offerings but for a fraction of the cost the HL's  can't be beat.  In the US the best place to orderfrom is MATO Toys as they inspect and test each one before shipping.  QC used to be an issue with HL last year but I'm not sure that's improved.  The Airsoft mechanism looses a bit of zip over time but I sort of lost interest in the gun after a while so no matter.  I also removed the smoke system as I never used it.  I'll install it in a boat or something.

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2007, 03:05:37 pm »
Hi Mike,

What does the "smoke system" in a HL tank consist of?

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2007, 09:14:17 pm »
The leopard ws £84 in Frattons, I saw one being sold when I got my speed controller, plus your discount.

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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2007, 01:19:18 am »
I think they're great value. I have the Panther and the Snow Leopard and love them. I painted the Leopard, but the Panther is as she came out of the box except for the stickers, guns and driver etc. Pretty neat I reckon. They're tough too. I drove mine right off the table (Leopard) and it landed on it's feet like a good cat. The road wheels all have independant coil spring suspension, so no damage done. I get about half an hour running on the NICAD. I put a Lipoly in the Leopard and am yet to run it down so I don't know how long it'll go for.Here's a gif  of the Leo and a pic of the Panther.


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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2007, 01:38:00 am »
Quote from: Mayhem - Forum Admin on April 03, 2007, 03:05:37 pm
Hi Mike,

What does the "smoke system" in a HL tank consist of?

Martin.

Martin,
I'm sorry that I haven't responded.  I missed your question.  The smoke unit is a small internal device to which you add a few drops of the supplied smoke oil through the exhaust pipe.  It has a switch of its own.  I rarely used it so I removed it for another project.
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Re: Heng Long tanks
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2007, 08:54:27 pm »
You need to go here:

http://uktankclub.star-one.co.uk/default1.htm

All you need to know in one place  ;)
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