I'm closing in on a final design on a substitute apple. The prototype has 45 degree and slope defense at distance but takes hits from all sides from about 12-15 feet and closer (these are indoor results).

According to the Tamiya directions, it's supposed to take hits from all directions up to 5 meters,which is inline with my results, but when I test both my TBUs, they only take all direction hits from 10 or less feet. Actually, I wasn't even aware of the close proximity exception until I looked it up when trying to figure this out.

I know Cleong was toying with me with his Panther and the 45 when we were battling it out and I was in pretty close, but that was in brilliant sunshine.

Do you guys depend on 45 defense in close or assume it isn't an option?