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Strato50 General


Posts : 2098 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:53 am | |
| _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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Jarlath Major General


Posts : 1688 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 48 Location : Kitchener, ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:05 am | |
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Jarlath Major General


Posts : 1688 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 48 Location : Kitchener, ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:08 am | |
| $135 CDN plus $33.75 CDN shipping. Ebay.ca is $172 CDN shipped.
Plus duties/brokerage fees... |
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Strato50 General


Posts : 2098 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:51 am | |
| Yea they're ridiculous but handy when you have 12 tanks. I was donated mine  Wish Clark would step up and manufacture them. I'm more than vocal about how shitty the quality control among Taigen / HL apples is and crap range :\ _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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Stince General


Posts : 2303 Join date : 2012-03-21 Age : 46 Location : Windsor, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:11 am | |
| _____________________________________________ HL Panzer III | HL Tiger | HL Jagdpanther | HL Panther | Mato Sherman Hooben Elefant | HL Pershing | HL Bergepanzer IV | Tamiya Leopard 1A | WSN T-34 HL "Golden" Pan-Tiger | M16 Halftrack | HL Panzer IV | Tamiya KV-1 | Tamiya Tiger
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dgsselkirk General


Posts : 2387 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 61 Location : Kitchener ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:51 pm | |
| _____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
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Jarlath Major General


Posts : 1688 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 48 Location : Kitchener, ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 4:27 pm | |
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Airbrushler Field Marshal


Posts : 2547 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 56 Location : Windsor, ON
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Strato50 General


Posts : 2098 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:53 pm | |
| Well they work. We might as well be charging with lances in some cases.... Russel knows all about that  _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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tomzag Second Lieutenant

Posts : 630 Join date : 2013-03-18
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:34 am | |
| I have one, $145 for sale. |
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Jarlath Major General


Posts : 1688 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 48 Location : Kitchener, ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:12 am | |
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Jughead Staff Sergeant


Posts : 351 Join date : 2015-12-20 Age : 55 Location : welland
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:39 pm | |
| What makes those tamiya apples so expensive ? The impacts seem reasonable , I'd like to change over a couple of my tanks , if it makes a difference, on hits or giving hits , I certainly didn't have a problem taking a hit from a tamiya , SLU , IBU , or another clark , if the board itself makes a difference, that's with my basic henglong setups , I even leave my apple rings chrome without painting , to receive the shot , not deflect it , I tried painting the rings to see if it made a difference , and with leaving the tanks in same position , it would no longer take a hit , strange but true , lol , these are things I've tried since my emmitter and apple problems at beginning of year |
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Strato50 General


Posts : 2098 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:45 pm | |
| Never paint the sensors  They're expensive because Tamiya, they limit supply and everything with their name on it costs twice as much as it ought to... they are the best and most reliable sensor though. It's nice that they have proper bright LED's too so hits are obvious. Most aftermarket towers lack lights or they just suck and showing up in daylight. Daylight seems to be the main issue with HL or Taigen sensors, it's probably the quality of components that are crap at filtering out natural IR and tanks end up with a 5 foot hit range. _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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Jughead Staff Sergeant


Posts : 351 Join date : 2015-12-20 Age : 55 Location : welland
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:20 pm | |
| I agree , the latest blue rings from rcta are even worse , they have orange leds around them , and can't see at all , as for hit range I'd like to do some testing at next meet to what works and doesn't work , I'm sure you guys done this before, but be interesting to see for us new guys within last year to examine , I understand about the quality of the henglong equipment, but you have to think about the newbie who just bought your 400 dollar tank , pop your apple out , then tell him that's an extra 100 bucks if he wants it , lol |
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Jarlath Major General


Posts : 1688 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 48 Location : Kitchener, ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:36 am | |
| Speaking of IR hits and such. I know that I asked this of Dean and Mike, but with IR bulbs, what is the consensus of what are the best emitters? Wavelength? Any required resistors? |
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Strato50 General


Posts : 2098 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Thu Sep 29, 2016 10:46 am | |
| Resistors no, and I think the wavelength is 940nm. You want to mount the bulb in a tube / barrel that is at least 8mm long on the inside.
I ordered 100 of these puppies http://www.jameco.com/z/LTE-2871-Lite-On-Technology-Corporation-Infrared-LED-Emitter-High-Intensity-Narrow-Beam-940nm-T1-3-4-Modified-Package_2162548.html _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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Stince General


Posts : 2303 Join date : 2012-03-21 Age : 46 Location : Windsor, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:26 pm | |
| - Strato50 wrote:
- Resistors no, and I think the wavelength is 940nm. You want to mount the bulb in a tube / barrel that is at least 8mm long on the inside.
cough, cough........ it's 9mm. _____________________________________________ HL Panzer III | HL Tiger | HL Jagdpanther | HL Panther | Mato Sherman Hooben Elefant | HL Pershing | HL Bergepanzer IV | Tamiya Leopard 1A | WSN T-34 HL "Golden" Pan-Tiger | M16 Halftrack | HL Panzer IV | Tamiya KV-1 | Tamiya Tiger
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dgsselkirk General


Posts : 2387 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 61 Location : Kitchener ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:30 pm | |
| Ahem... 9mm _____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
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Jarlath Major General


Posts : 1688 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 48 Location : Kitchener, ON
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:52 pm | |
| I'm just looking to see what would be a good IR emitter to stock up on and there are far too many variations... Lots of info that I have no idea what is pertinent.
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Strato50 General


Posts : 2098 Join date : 2012-03-28 Age : 35 Location : Hamilton, On
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:24 pm | |
| Well I have about 91 left  I'll try to remember my parts bin. No wonder I've been killing everyone!!!  _____________________________________________ Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r) M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant
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Stince General


Posts : 2303 Join date : 2012-03-21 Age : 46 Location : Windsor, Ontario
 | Subject: Re: TBU's in stock @ Tower Hobbies :O Fri Sep 30, 2016 12:21 am | |
| _____________________________________________ HL Panzer III | HL Tiger | HL Jagdpanther | HL Panther | Mato Sherman Hooben Elefant | HL Pershing | HL Bergepanzer IV | Tamiya Leopard 1A | WSN T-34 HL "Golden" Pan-Tiger | M16 Halftrack | HL Panzer IV | Tamiya KV-1 | Tamiya Tiger
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