Premacon 960 SME Down Under
 

Hi Guys, the new 960 arrived on Wednesday,
I followed the tracking from Germany to Australia then picked it up from the airport.
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Most important cargo in a while:D
Should have bought a bigger truck:)
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The box is huge my car is a 200 series Landcruiser and I had to turn the box to fit it in.
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The finish on the model is fantastic and the service from Yvonne Hager, Berthold Oswald has be exceptional

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What a masterpiece it is http://www.defracto.eu/defracto/cms/...cto_modell.jpg I love the set up with the brixl transmitter and the pulverizer attachment

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Nice! What else did you get beside the actual excavator?

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Was About to send you a PM, to ask you if you recieved it. glad you got it.. Did it come at about the time you expected it to come?

Mine will look just about like yours in color. I thought you were building yours from a kit huh, guess I was thinking of someone else.

Did you buy your Radio from them?

David

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Only the transmitter, need to save up again :D

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Hi David,
I ordered in November last year, so it's about right for the delivery time quoted.
Normally I would have built it but we have a three day show soon so it was quicker to have it built.
The radio was supplied and setup, it is a Graupner mc-32 pro

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Congrats... Very nice! Does it have the hydraulic quick hitch?

Let me know if you need a hand with the Tx...

Cheers,
AP

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WOW! It really looks good in those colours! Very nice machine!

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Yes it does have the Quick hitch and the extra valves for the hammer, grab

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:bounce:

pricey I am sure...but the quality is immediately apparent. Way to go..!

Can you give an idea in AUD of total price inc. shipping? PM me? Am thinking of getting one....probably in kit form though :)

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PM sent

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Took a short video in between the rain today.
https://youtu.be/lo5h44y7hng

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Hi Titandigs, what a great model! Congrats! You have made a great choice. Premacon 960 SME is a great looking and well made machine. Does yours excavator came with with single or double hydraulic pump? ( I heard that premacon is using doubles on bigger models)
Regards; Setti

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Thanks Setti,
My understanding is that it has a single 900mls per min pump. It looks the same as another I have.
Paul

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Great machine, have fun) Out of curiosity, are there many people into the RC truck&construction hobby Down Under? Like some few hundereds, or several 1000?)

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Our club has about 20 active members, I would only be guessing, I would say less than 200 in total???:confused::confused:
If I am way off the mark I am sure others will let us know:)

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Lucky you! Enjoy it and post tons of videos! Did you add the sound module later or or did you buy it as an option?

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Thank You for the reply Paul. It moves so smooth!!! You just made my mind, I got have one of those!! Lol. Videos will never be enough for us. Keep send them ������

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The sound module was ordered as a fitted option, it has three switches to operate it. I am still trying to figure the correct positions for constant sound.

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Thanks, can you get an accurate weight of the machine with battery?

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With two 3500mah lipos weighs 22kg compared to the Wedico 345 12.6kg

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Thank you. I wonder if your scale might be showing less? Wedico claims 14kg and premacon claims 26-27 kg +
Either way that's impressive weight difference between the 2 machines. :)

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Hi Paul,
Very nice new toy! A bit light-weight maybe ;). Seems doggie was checking out you weren´t stealing no bones, or maybe wondering why you are allowed to dig :D
Stefan

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Hey Stefan,
Yes only had a very small lipo inside, 200g maybe, it can fit a battery up to about 900g. And the dogs are 7/12 month old Golden retrievers, man they can out dig anything I have and in very short time.

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Hi Paul,:)

my compliments, this machine is great like we saw in Friedericshaven last year together. The appearance and the smoothness of movements are the most evident features.
I am interested to see the translation ability with the wheels and the shoes full of earth, have you already done this extreme test?

Video, video!:D

Enrico

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Did you have to pay extra for the radio setup or is it included with the assembly of the 960 granted you purchase the radio from them?

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I think 50 Euros, will need to check the invoice

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Hello Enrico,
Its only been in the dirt twice :o, busy with making the D11 run.
More videos to come later.

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We had our three day show last weekend and this machine was used every day for at least 4 hours each day. Although the digging material was light the machine ran like a Swiss Clock, this has to be the finest machine around.
https://youtu.be/8XnmQ6vOp8Y

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Any more videos of the beast? Maybe digging harder dirt?

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Congratulations Paul on a mighty fine purchase!
The Premacon models are fanatstic.

I'm about to send you a pm;)

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What a beautiful machine, congratulations

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Thank you, I am very Happy with it.

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Hi there love the Leibherr. I just want to say I am going to join the club of owning one titandigs . How is your machine going?

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Be ready to wait for a long time, I have been waiting for 10+ months? They said they are waiting on my bristle transmitter to be shipped to them (Premacon)? I think titan digs got his right around 8 months, but mine for some reason is taking much longer?

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The Brixl is the 'top of the line' radio for functional models, popular in Germany for advanced modellers. There is now another option for a radio with the same convenient 3D sticks; Servonaut HS12. German made. More than enough channels for a excavator and most models, to nearly half the price of the Brixl.

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What about he spectrum series transmitters? I am looking for somthing to replace my xl4200, chinese transmitter?

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Yeah, the Spectrum series, with at least 7 channels, would do the job too. There are many using them for excavators I guess. An advantage with the original xl4200 radio is one got those quite handy custom made handle bars for the track motor channels, and they are connected to potentiometers, not 3 way switches if I remember correctly, (that gets you just max speed/off drive of the tracks)
On the more expensive radios with the big 3D sticks on just twist them left/right, potentiometer, for operating the track engines. (If I was investing in a expensive machine as Premacon I guess I would evaluate going for a high end radio)

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I guess it depends on how one would prefer to hold & operate the radio... I much rather use my thumbs vs thumb & finger, cant' do that with those tray radios.

If you're gonna go Spektrum, then go with the DX9; the 7 won't work for excavator & the 8 not very well.

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If I remember correctly I saw somewhere it's roughly 76 lbs RTR