Adding stiffness to the rear of the tank, that should put more force on the front end, thereby improving traction, interesting. As you know when I did my teardown/rebuild back in June, I added fishing weights to the front and improved the balance and traction of the Leo, it climbs and handles much more like a modern MBT, making the rear of the tank stiffer should accomplish the same thing WITHOUT the added weight, resulting in longer run times.

Although keep in mind, I've notice very little difference in performance (the actual running of the tank), its still fast, so fast I have to use the throttle trim to keep speeds realistic, those twin 540s don't mind the added weight at all. Just the penalty in actual runtime is down by roughly 15 minutes, due of course to the added weight.

Will