This really cant be accepted as the gospel either. Tamiya has been in the buisiness in Japan far longer than HL in China. The numbers here are mostlikely the exact opposite from what you are saying. you thousands of HL's and hundreds of Tamiya's. I don't think that fly's. The IR Tamiya tank has been around many years longer than the Airsoft HL. HL is getting biggwer. but they have not sold more tanks than Tamiya at this point.
True, but I am not talking about about distant history but more of current history. In the UK at least, I would definately say Heng Long has outsold Tamiya by a long shot, at least in the last few years. I am not saying that more people use Heng Long for your club battles, most likley the opposite. It has nothing to do with the 'better' tank but to do with market share. On average a Heng Long tank is less than 10% the cost of a similar Tamiya tank. It is cheaper and therefore more accessible to people of all ages. With the amount of units they are shifting Heng Long can afford a great deal more investment and hopefully that will lead us to more tanks with improved hardware.
Imay be wrong, but aren't these aftermarket electronics aimed at non-Tamiya owners anyway and isn't the IR system but a small part?
It will do none of us any good if we have 20 new battle systems if there are no standards of atleast Shot and Hit compatibility. I realize the SLU has this but the point remains, it can be altered to work differently than the TBU and that will prevent it from being accepted at the established contest/ events that are sanctioned by a governing body.
Or more to the point, if it is such a serious contest, you should have officials checking the tanks were not modified out of regulation anyway. If that was in place then I cannot see why the SLU would pose such a threat. For normal club battles amongst themselves it doesn't really matter they should sort it out amongst themselves.
If the potential problem of this system, or any new system, is that it can be altered outwith the normal parameters then checking and holding the tanks upon entry into an event or competition is a fairly easy solution. In my experience that is generally the norm for any event, whether it be horses, cars or gaming.
STO_118, SLU is that kind of system that can be sold without IR, you can contact Tim. He will give your more detail.
Good news, that helps
