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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 10:46:43 PM

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That's pretty cool.. they should make a tutorial on that.. would be fun to see!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:02:30 PM

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SilentBob,

I just called Futaba, and they gave me the same part #s..

Not that I don't trust you, but you said you have the 4YF, so I just wanted to make sure...

I wonder if I can order it through Hobby Town USA?! I will check w/ TEX..

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LB I have the part numbers if you need them. In the mean time I made my own using the stock arm as a template.
HSP78901 ST-53 SWING ARM for $.37
HSP67450 SPRING for $.45

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:04:59 PM

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yep, you cant do this one silver!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:07:10 PM

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Maybe metallic green like The Frog?!?!

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yep, you cant do this one silver!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:11:25 PM

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Full name is rcarmornutsarmorhut or something close to it. I can give you a link once I get home. I don't recommend anything other than something close to the stock silvercans for motors. Definitely not advanced timing. The Leo DMD is an all in one unit. unlike all the other tanks. There's no known way to separate dmd functions and esc abilities. Especially not brushless. You are welcome to try at $350+ a pop for the DMD though

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:17:03 PM

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I think the Sport Tune will be okay, but I don't plan on doing it...

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:26:00 PM

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The plan I got is
1 - Get the new Tamiya GT motors and set them to zero degrees.
2 - Get the lowest powered trinity monster 550s and set to zero degrees.

GTs are 27T
Trinity monsters on 7.2V and zero degrees should provide very little stress to esc. Fitting might be an issue though. The other mod I'm thinking is a battery brace to fit a 3x3 configuration for the batteries in the front lower hull. This way turret is less crowded. Less stress on the rotation unit too.

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/26/2007 11:27:21 PM

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Post some pics of your tank, Secretsg!!

I think I will stick w/ silvercans for now.. it is really not meant to go super fast anyway...

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/27/2007 1:10:34 AM

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Good luck, my Hobbytown could only get me the spring and not the arm. If you can get both pieces would you mind getting double and shipping me one. I'll reimburse you of course

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ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer

SilentBob,

I just called Futaba, and they gave me the same part #s..

Not that I don't trust you, but you said you have the 4YF, so I just wanted to make sure...

I wonder if I can order it through Hobby Town USA?! I will check w/ TEX..

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ORIGINAL: Silentbob343
LB I have the part numbers if you need them. In the mean time I made my own using the stock arm as a template.
HSP78901 ST-53 SWING ARM for $.37
HSP67450 SPRING for $.45

lol at some of the plans to put in after market motors. Most of the tanks guys regear these so they are slower and more accurate in terms of speed. THey try to make them as 1:1 as possible. You guys are crazy. I mean that in a good way.

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ouch

You haven't even seen price for the 1/6 scale tanks yet. Go browse the tank section and prepare to have a heart attack.

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/27/2007 1:25:05 AM

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Futaba said that they got the parts in stock.. maybe we just need to suck it up and pay that $8 shipping... !!!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/27/2007 1:31:51 AM

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ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer

Futaba said that they got the parts in stock.. maybe we just need to suck it up and pay that $8 shipping... !!!!

Well, if they have them in stock i'll shoot another email to Karen at AAF and see if she has them yet. Weird thing was Hobbytown couldn't even order me the arm because it wasn't in their system, only the spring. Perhaps Tex will have an answer and maybe I was dealing with somebody who just didn't know their way around the hobbytown ordering system.

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/27/2007 1:37:24 AM

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Yeah, I sent an e-mail to TEX, so hopefully he will let me know at the weekend when he goes there..

If you hear back from Karen, please let me know as well.. I'd want a couple of sets as well.. Thanks!!

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/27/2007 1:43:30 AM

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as for details you could also look into modling mags. many diffrent ways to mask it off. One article i read showed how to use silly putty for masks on complex surfaces.

Saw that in I think was the Oct issue of Scale Modeller. I also saw how to make silly putty as well, I did and it works pretty well.

LB I dunno about spray can camo. I tried it and it goes all over the place, since it is hard to mask. I'd probably use liquid mask or silly putty if I were using spray paint.

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RE: LB gone Wild - Tamiya Leopard 2 A6 tank thread.. - 3/27/2007 1:45:41 AM

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