Cruiser133

So I went to their website and noticed they have the M1A2 kits "in stock". I almost pulled the trigger on one but after the T55 track fiasco, I am a bit leery. Anybody order one of these yet and actually get one and if so, how is the quality? With shipping I am looking at around $430 which is pretty good for a decent kit but I am not interested in giving them an interest free loan....

Darkearth74

Ikr,i almost did the same,I contacted dklm-rc and asked him to let me know when they have one in stock,he told me it would have a torsion bar suppension and a high level of quality...,they seem to be reliable i orderd some miniture bolts from them without drama,so we'll have to wait and see.

TheBennyB

dklm-rc, yes. Hooben...not so much. They have a documented history of lack luster customer service and quality control. Hopefully the re-release of the T-55 and these other offerings will give us a new perspective on them.

karel47

one of my rag camerads bought the hooben 1/16 Abrams 1A2 Sep Full Function , its of good quality
with HD camera on periscope , very fine detail and digital sound it set new standard in rc tanks FO , i runs very smooth, rotating turretgun, gunstabilisator ... everythhing you can dream off

tamiya is beaten here , brand new electronics and dozens of soundsamples usable but yeah tamiya leo 2a6 is an engeniering project from 2004 while this hooben is 2016 about the same pricerange

https://youtu.be/_dFlufPtNAk

TheBennyB

Did your friend but it as a RTR or did he assemble it before the Dortmund show? Looks pretty good.

karel47

they did it in dortmund with a brandnew futuba 8ch transmlitter plus tablet you can drive it by camera

karel47

the sound is amezing digital recorded like the tamiya stuff but much louder and perfect

Crisaman

I just received my new Hooben T-55A from Carlson L of DKLM. Seven days delivery from China. Very reliable vendor.

mcovalsk

I have contacted to Fiona Zen at Hooben and she let me know that still there is not stock to deliver.

karel47

William from hooben brought it to dortmund , full option abrams 1a2 SEP

Cruiser133

Thanks for the heads up, glad my mind overrode my heart and forced me to put the checkbook away! Again, why do they show units in stock with nothing to sell???

karel47

Contact hooben on facebook he can help you
Or contact carson dklm rc he sells them too also on facebook or via google his shop
I think my friend philipp got the first full option abrams of hooben worldwide, its an amezing rc tank ... not for cheap tank lovers is in the pricerange of the new tamiya Fo tanks
It will be aviable in kit too as rc ready like their elefant and t55 kits so without all that expensive electronics and hd camera

karel47

With an new 8 ch futaba transmitter and tablet and tabletheld on transmitter so you can drive on camera an hd camera worth about more 600 euro the full pricerange is about 1500 euro with loader batteries everything in , its all firstclass stuff no cheap chinese stuff
Without all that it come approx on 900 euro for the FO KIT with sublime digital sound , rotating turretgun, rotating hd camera with sd card etc ... i saw it its worth every penny

karel47

The gunstabilisation works very fine like it should be very smooth , everyfunction has an off on switch for easy acces ... its much smoothere the my tamiya leopard 2a6 's ... yes tamiya has homework to do