FINALLY!!!!

[tc1cat]

I have wanted one of these for many years. Tried making one but was never satisfied with it.



Just need to add electronics to it and should be good to go. Entire suspension and drive are metal with bearings.

Hope to have a good start on it by Lebanon.

[TRUCKMAKER]

This will be neat to see, congratulations Lynn!

[Mustang46555]

Good to see it finally made it! Am looking forward to seeing it.

[frizzen]

That should be really wicked when finished.

Build quick, i want to check it out at lebanon.

[TheBennyB]

The El mod board is pretty good, only thing I hate is there are no parameters to control the momentum. Sucker drifts an extra foot after letting off the throttle (though I put in a 27T motor to get to scale speed not the recommended 55T.) Needs a drag brake setting. Also bring the axle cups out another 1-2mm further than manual states so the dog bones don't fall out on you and you can get full movement for steering. If your interested here's my build thread with observations. Some have been addressed with new parts now shipped with the newer kits.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-t...xing-pics.html

[tc1cat]

Thanks Benny. My kit is one of the newer ones. I will let you know how it goes.

[FabOne]

That's really neat Lynn! Keep us posted on the build.

-Terry

[tc1cat]

Well, the build came to a grinding halt tonight. Got to the 4th step and found out that I am missing one of the drive gear. Sent an email to the manufacturer to try and get one of the gears. Will see how long it takes to get here!!

Everything was going great until this.

[TheBennyB]

If you have no luck try Carson at DKLM. I bought mine from him and he deals with MO directly and seems to kick them in the butt a bit to get things relatively quickly.

http://www.dklmrc.com/

[tc1cat]

Thanks Benny. Got a reply to my email saying that they could not have missed the gear as they weigh every bag before they seal it. Only problem with this idea is that there was a straight tooth gear in place of the bevel gear needed for the drive line. No answer yet from them on my reply. Wait one more day then going to try your shop for help. Any idea if your friend has the turret rotation unit and sound system for the Puma?

Thanks again for the info.

[TheBennyB]

Not sure if he has the elmod board or turret rotation in stock. Give him a try, can't hurt.
Got my elmod board from xion.de who also does have the rotation unit.

https://shop.xion.de/SDKFZ-234/1-4-a...veaomgjpu207g1

[tc1cat]

Benny, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Ordered spare gears, rotation unit and the elmod kits from xion.de today. I really can't thank you enough for the links you have provided for me. I can get one of my dream R/C vehicles running the way it should be.

Didn't feel like waiting for the manufacturer to make up their minds about sending me the missing gear. Can't complain about the prices at xion.de either. Next purchase might be the 234/3. Would look nice setting next to the 234/2. Do you know what the upgrade kit for the 234/3 improves or is it just a gun upgrade to a larger gun?

Again, THANK YOU.

[TheBennyB]

No sweat. Believe it's just the open turret and 75mm.

[TheBennyB]

Will like to hear your thoughts on the elmod board.

[tc1cat]

Finally got a reply from Metal Origins about the gear. They want $12 for postage to send me a new gear! This is after they say that no one else has had a problem with a missing/incorrect gear in the bag. Mistakes do happen when people are involved. Since I have one coming from xion.de, I am not going to bother with Metal Origins any further about the gear.

[TheBennyB]

Yea, unfortunately it seems most of these kits are being built as static models or kitchen floor runners. Don't believe MO or Xion have really had any input from builders that are planning on running it as an actual r/c. I've tried conveying my thoughts on the fusion board to both Xion and Elmod and it fell on deaf ears. Both coming back to me with the same responses that no one else has complained of performance. For the most part you have to approach this offering as a motorized model and not a R/C.

[tc1cat]

Thanks for the added info. As I have not viewed your entire build of this model, did you make any kind of barrel elevation device in your model? Might seem like a small matter but to use this in a battle senario you need some elevation at times. Also any idea about infrared battle systems?

[TheBennyB]

The elmod fusion puma board supports IR battle, was going to use the elmod apple but don't like how it doesn't have the 45 defense like the tamiya apple. Especially on a "light" setting vehicle, need all the help I can take from getting hit. The kit is set up for elevation, just need to install a mini servo(all in the manual). Don't use a full size, not necessary and it's a tight fit.

[tc1cat]

Thanks, Next time I will read the entire instruction book

[tc1cat]

Just got an email that the parts have been shipped!