ORIGINAL: YHR
ORIGINAL: Planedev
My personal experience with this unit is that the IR emitter seems to have a longer ranger than the Tamiya one as I was told that the emitter used has a better focus thanthat of a tamiya one. But there is a down side to this, so far what I experienced is sort of a disadvantage to users of original tamiya BU, as those using IBUs then to have a better 45 deg range than the original. That means that lets say at a fixed distance, lets say 5meters, the TBU ir may not be able to hit a target at 45deg while the IBU's ir can.
Thus what happens is that at teh same range you got no defense while the other (IBU) has. I know someone from impact is sure going to rebuke my statement but that was what happened for the lat few battles we had with a tank equipped with a IBU. I have told the owner of the tank that there is a disadvantage to the rest of the club members and hopes that there will be some changes to this, else war gaming will not be much fun in future.
Oh and I forgot this, IBU ir has more range than the TBU's ir emitter. So if youbattle in excess of 30meters, those with IBUs are at a great advantage. Aside from that, its a cheaper form of the BU that is used with a tamiya MFU, most likely impact started production of these units becoz at one point, there was a orld shortage of TBUs.
IR emitters are sold with different dispersion beams, and if you want complete equality on the battlefield then everyone should have the same emitter. However the fact that IR emitters do indeed have different properties allows the ability for some planned difference in tanks. A Firefly with a tighter beamed emitter would have a longer range then a stock Sherman with a stock emitter. No one has gone down this road yet, but wouldn't it make sense to have different tanks with different cannon firepower. The trouble with the idea is that Tigers would become invincable out on the IR battlefield. In the real world they broke down lots and had to be destroyed by their own crews as much as they were taken out by the enemy. So now we have to add a coin flip in the game. Every tiger owner has to flip a coin every five minutes, heads his tiger keeps running, tails he has to take it out of the game.!!!!!!!!
Remember EL MOd has that realistic battle mod already and you can die with one shot or if you get hit on the right side just your right engine starts to get weaker if your hit in the turret area only the turret gets taken out! It would be really cool to get a bunch of EL MOD tanks on the field at the same time and have a battle in this mode!
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