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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 4:02:12 PM   
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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 4:05:55 PM   
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The kit arrives this Wednesday...

No radio has been ordered yet.. LOL.. still doing some research...

Bearings (76 of them, LOL!) will come from Hong Kong.. so that's probably a couple of weeks..

Don't plan to do any hop-ups really.. it has everything as is..

It will be a slow project, I am sure.. I still need to figure out what to do w/ the paint job..

On the other hand, the Scalpel Pro kit comes in today.. BUT, I am missing the 3PKS, since I plan to put the 2.4GHz RX in the Scalpel...



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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 4:29:12 PM   
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I see.. I don't think 4YF can be had w/ the surface frequency, though... unless you sent it back to Futaba to have it modded... that's why I am thinking about the 4EXA.. hmm...

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEFJ4**&P=ML

If you look under frequency availability they list 11-60 for air and 61-90 surface.

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 4:32:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice.. didn't realize that.. I guess I was looking at the 4EXA because it has 4-model memory....

So that's good for 2 tanks, a F-350, and a semi..

Hee hee...

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 4:59:50 PM   
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2 motors eh?
i think twin mm7700 lol

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 5:08:30 PM   
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Nah, this is for scale / realistic fun.. No point of using any BL setup.. silver can or Sport Tune would be plenty.. although I'd prefer something that has no advanced timing...


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looks nice LB,
2 motors eh?
i think twin mm7700 lol



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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 5:20:35 PM   
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With the Leo's drivetrain, it is setup so one motor powers the forward / reverse, and the other motor does duty for turning.. (I'd need to study how they do that, LOL!)

So you can probably put the BL for the forward / reverse duty...

LOL.. it'd be pretty hard integration w/ the DMD, though.. split the signal so it controls the BL ESC somehow.. LOL!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 6:08:11 PM   
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I will do that w/ a Blizzard EP, how's that?! I'd put a BL in that.... but not the Leo 2 A6!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 6:39:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, when you chose a tank to try you certainly chose the best Tamiya has to offer! That thing flies compared to the WWII tanks (naturally) and the barrel fully traverses in 9 seconds (you probably know that). A guy at my tank club drives one and they are incredible. The best upgrade, other than bearings is the barrel stabilizer, IMO.

You should post this in the tank forum too, since they will be a great source of information. There are also other Leo builds and modification threads there if you feel like searching for them. I'm looking forward to your build!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 6:42:46 PM   
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Yeah, I will most likely add the barrel stabilizer / gyro thing.. (I figured it is probably some kind of gyro in that setup)..

Thanks for the tips! I didn't even realize we have a tank forum!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 6:59:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		This is a pretty sweet purchase. This is one build thread I'll be watching to see how it progresses. Good stuff, LB!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 7:03:33 PM   
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Ha, thanks! Yeah, it should be pretty interesting... I need your tiger painting skill now...

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 7:30:16 PM   
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Ha, thanks! Yeah, it should be pretty interesting... I need your tiger painting skill now...


BE the paint.....be the paint....

(something like that)

I did a google images for tiger stripes, printed, and traced sections of that (mixed w/freehand) to get that. You could do something similar! Although for camo, I have no idea what "real" paint skills are needed (airbrush, etc) - the only skill I needed was in the prep work. My painting "skillz" still kinda stink.

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 7:35:55 PM   
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This Wednesday....


lol i bet you can't wait, how much is that setting you back?

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