RoboticusPrimeRC

I took my Metal upgraded M26 and M1 for a little spin in the woods. A Perfect side-by-side of the capabilities between metal and plastic. Granted the M1 also has Taigen metal gearboxes, but the rest of the suspension/tracks are stock plastic.

Here's my fully upgraded Heng Long Pershing climbing a "wall" obstacle.

Here is my NEWQITA steam locomotive that I used to pull my Christmas train last year. The controls were rough, and the lights were blue. So, I upgraded to a cheap 2.4GHz TX/RX and new LED lights! The model itself is quite nice, with lots of little details. It looks to be a copy of a much more expensive LGB model.

The old HL electronics had a horrible track recoil that would violently shake the whole tank. You couldn't fire on the move and you ran the risk of damaging gearboxes and the electronics. I got around it in this vid by installing two of the original RX-18 control boards. One to run the turret and gun, the other to run the tracks. At the end I hit the "fire" button on the radio to show what the old recoil would do.

Clearly from the last video, the Pershing isn't very off-road capable stock. Here it is after I bought some Taigen metal tracks and gearboxes! The hill in that yard was 6' tall at a 45 degree slope.

Here is where it all started for me in 2015! My very first outdoor run of my Heng Long M26 Pershing! Listen to those plastic gears slip!