SteelBird
Colonel
Wonder we have any rc tank model hobbyist here at SDF?
It's the first time I get my hands on an 1/16 scaled RC tank model. It's a Heng Long 1/16 German Panther.
However, soon after I got this rc tank home, I found out it is a joke in the rc tank model world. The tank has an upper hull of a German Panther (I can't find a photo of any version of the Panther which look exactly the same as this model) but with a chassis of the Tiger! So people give it a nickname "Pantiger".
This is an all plastic model except the motor and the inner barrel of the main gun.
What this tank has: 320⁰ turret with main gun that fires 6mm ball bullets. The BB gun claims to have a range of 25 meters. I have tested that range yet but the ball bullet is too weak that it can't even penetrate a piece of paper. It has a smoking unit that imitate real engine when running. However, the smoking unit fails most of the time with some users report it fails out of the box. A speaker that imitates engine and gun sound. The engine (electric motors) seems to have excessive power when running on pave roads but too weak if goes off road especially on sand. The under hull is not well-sealed that sand get into the hull easily and everything gets stuck including the tracks. The tank use a 27Ghz radio controller with crystal sockets for changing frequency so that multiple players can play without interfering each other. This controller is short-ranged and very hard to control the tank at low speed.
I have learned that people upgrade their rc tanks with metal components so I do the same. My metal components are on its way which include:
- Metal high speed gearbox costs 298 RMB
- Metal tracks, sprockets and idlers, cost 230 RMB
- Heng Long's 2.4G remote controller costs 200 RMB
So, the total upgrade package for me is 728 RMB is roughly translated into 115 USD. It's about the cost that I paid for the tank.
Side-by-side comparison of my 1/16 Pantiger and a 1/24 Tiger.
It's the first time I get my hands on an 1/16 scaled RC tank model. It's a Heng Long 1/16 German Panther.
However, soon after I got this rc tank home, I found out it is a joke in the rc tank model world. The tank has an upper hull of a German Panther (I can't find a photo of any version of the Panther which look exactly the same as this model) but with a chassis of the Tiger! So people give it a nickname "Pantiger".
This is an all plastic model except the motor and the inner barrel of the main gun.
What this tank has: 320⁰ turret with main gun that fires 6mm ball bullets. The BB gun claims to have a range of 25 meters. I have tested that range yet but the ball bullet is too weak that it can't even penetrate a piece of paper. It has a smoking unit that imitate real engine when running. However, the smoking unit fails most of the time with some users report it fails out of the box. A speaker that imitates engine and gun sound. The engine (electric motors) seems to have excessive power when running on pave roads but too weak if goes off road especially on sand. The under hull is not well-sealed that sand get into the hull easily and everything gets stuck including the tracks. The tank use a 27Ghz radio controller with crystal sockets for changing frequency so that multiple players can play without interfering each other. This controller is short-ranged and very hard to control the tank at low speed.
I have learned that people upgrade their rc tanks with metal components so I do the same. My metal components are on its way which include:
- Metal high speed gearbox costs 298 RMB
- Metal tracks, sprockets and idlers, cost 230 RMB
- Heng Long's 2.4G remote controller costs 200 RMB
So, the total upgrade package for me is 728 RMB is roughly translated into 115 USD. It's about the cost that I paid for the tank.
Side-by-side comparison of my 1/16 Pantiger and a 1/24 Tiger.
