Continued testing both the tank and IR battle system to find what a fair balance in IR battling against Tamiya (Clark, IBU?) system would be. During the testing drivers did switch tank types (HL T72 vs Tamiya M51,Abrams and HL M41 with Tamiya electronics) and fought with all on the setting combinations below.
When the 6.0 Heng Long T72 is run in High Power/Speed mode within the 50 foot "even hit ability range", it's lack of "damage speed reduction" gives it a marked advantage over Tamiya tanks set on med and heavy. Against the Tamiya light tank setting it is about even and the advantage goes to the more skilled driver.
The 6.0 Heng Long T72 set on the Low Power/Speed mode within the 50 foot "even hit ability range" coupled with the 3 second immobile "hit dance" it becomes a sitting duck for Tamiya tanks set on light and the engagements become more weighted toward a Tamiya tank win. The Tamiya may loose speed due to damage, but unlike the 6.0 Heng Long T72 it can continue to maneuver and during firing it has 1 second of invulnerability, which used tactically on a light tank that can fire every 3 seconds leaves only a 2 second window in which the 6.0 Heng Long T72 could engage IF the turret is aimed correctly. Given the 6.0 Heng Long T72 3 seconds of immobility after being hit and being able to receive hit after hit it becomes clear how fast the 6.0 Heng Long T72 can be killed by a Tamiya tank set on light with its ability to fire fast and potentially very limited 2 seconds of vulnerability.
The 6.0 Heng Long Low Power setting vs a Tamyia set on med. is the most fair fight all things considered. Our testing showed it was clearly driver experience that largely won the engagement. We will be conducting more testing with are larger cross section of drivers for the 6.0 Heng Long T72 at this weekends LA Tank Battle meet. It will be interesting to see if and how the results may change.
6.0 HL T72 just prior to getting set up to fight Tamiya Abrams (apples not in yet). The Abrams shown is easily twice as fast as the T72 set on the 6.0 HP setting and was the only tank set on HEAVY to win consistently against the T72 in HP mode. It could matched speed for speed even after 5 hits.