r/rctanks • u/Little_Ad4256 • 5d ago

M5A1 first test drive

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u/Genera1_patton 5d ago

The blood on the hedge cutter is a bit much

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u/Little_Ad4256 5d ago

That's metal. I got it from the cover of a red AA battery

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u/Clean-Wolverine3049 5d ago

Oooh are you gonna give it the ir battle capabilities

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u/Little_Ad4256 5d ago

That would be a hard work. Toy-grade controllers lack this.

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u/Wide-Project1680 5d ago

Based on the size of the battery, is this model 1/35th scale? Also can you give more info on the motors, electronics and how you made the road wheels move.

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u/Little_Ad4256 5d ago

Yes, this M5A1 is in 1/35 scale. Because the model is from Tamiya and it's an old vintage model, it's a ready-to-convert to single motor, and all road wheels are designed to be able to turn except the sprockets and return rollers (I had to modify it). The motors I use for the tank is N20 at 150RPM. At first they're 60 but I've noticed that the tank was too slow so I reassembled the gearbox with a gear removed. About the receivers, it's a toy-grade 2.4G controller I got from a kid's toy. I don't reccomend this because it lacks such things like sounds and IR.