Originally Posted by
heavyaslead
You do have the 1st generation gearboxes which Tamiya did later re-fit the kit with more appropriate gearboxes.
The scale speed of 1st generation boxes is about 31mph, which is too fast for a Tiger I.
You may be able to find a lower RPM motor (higher torque) to replace or as most do, add a gear reducer or replace the transmission altogether.
Thanks for clarifying the gearboxes. That maybe explains why my Pershing drives much better. Its has 480 motors in it.
I have talked with ETO and maybe I should just bite the bullet and put those in? It sounds like much better controll.
Right now the throttle seems very very touchy! Its hard to get the tank to creep and I can get one track to lock up, but its very very hard to.
It just wants to jump into overdrive. I'm going to mess with some endpoints on my radio maybe??? I could dial some speed down that way, but then I would loose power during IR battles, correct?
Thanks,
Shad