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The CAN-AM RC Tank Club is a group of remote control tank enthusiasts that meet together to run our tanks on a miniature battlefield and conduct simulated battles using Infrared combat systems.
Have to try out this new company TongDe that Carson at DKLM has been selling so got this IDF Magach 5/6 (???). Told Carson to remove the stock electronics (apparently a Heng Long rebrand) and got his new CS-TK26 board which has been around for a while now. I guess they finally got around to consumer packaged it. TongDe has two M60A1 and they made this M60 with the IDF Blazer ERA which I am not too sure actually existed, but apparently there is a 1/35 Dragon kit they based this on. Magach 5 is M48A5, and Magach 6 is supposed to be only M60A1 and not M60, so I guess I am calling this one Magach 5/6.
Looks clean enough but more toy like than the latest Heng Longs. On the otherhand, I don't see any M60 from anyone else around anywhere so this is it.
Jarlath Field Marshal
Posts : 2459 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 51 Location : Kitchener, ON
I don't know my materials that well, but turret is definitely injection mold, and I think so is the lower and chassis but it has this translucent white colour to it, similar to some 3D printed ones I have seen ?
Subject: Re: Magach 5/6 ? Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:29 am
Happy to report that the Tk-CS-26 electronics from Carson is Tamiya compatible, will receive and take hits. The only issue is that I don't believe there is a LED for hit indicator, as the tank only shakes. At under $100 US with radio it is quite the alternative.
Of course as per Heng Long, no delay between hits, so basically a MG and can fire as much as you want, the only delay is between the other tank can't take another hit while still recovering from the last hit and time it take to fire again.
Quick video of the added recoil unit from Jarlath and sound. All of Carson's second batch of M60 was missing the ERA for the turret from the factory so no protection on the top right now !
dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3278 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
All done. Seems to have a build-in delay on firing so it wasn't as bad as I thought. Probably 3s so reasonable enough to battle others. Price wise you can't beat, and if you want cold-war tanks they are slim picking especially IDF. Of course that is going change with the pending influx of Centurions.......
dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3278 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
by Smittyburger Yesterday at 11:54 pm
Subject: Magach 5/6 ? 
