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Have not had any problems with my gearbox so far, although I've not pushed it too hard,just running up and down smooth surfaces and going up ramps. When moving off I always apply a little throttle first before I push it to the max.

John Clarke wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:30 am

Dreadful news Charles .mixed emotions about this.
The cold beer should be in the left hand and the control of a wonderful model in the other, driving back to base should be the norm. Having to push the heavy lump back should not or be a very rare case.
On my reckoning of the known seven running Armortek Chieftain hulls that have completed, three have had running problems.
I'm a long way from running my model around, but I'm starting to think I need lots of access to the mechanical bits. Once the rear deck is tied down welds run and painted, the last thing you want to do is tear it up to get at the rumbling bits.
I'll be looking forward to the autopsy report to see what can be done,

May be set up a toten pole investigation.

Hi John the good news is that you can remove the motor/gearboxes without removing the smokers or rear deck. They can be removed from the engine bay access hatches just about. Don’t ask how I know!

Ahh Mark, The Question from an owners point view, should we have too? Do I need wing nuts for a quick motor gearbox release? Explosive bolts to jettison the rear armor plate (of course worst case scenario)

I never had to worry about the KT, JT might be a different matter if weight is the issue. Or is it the tracks? I'm sure all will be revealed in time.

if the failure rates keep creeping up to real life historical percentages, it does become concerning , maybe the next Armortek model should be a FV 434

I was going to have a flattened rear deck mod done to be more in keeping with a Mk5, I've got a super duper smoker going in my baby, so I think I may have to put more thought into that. I hope Charles it's sorted fast sorry to hear this news.

Hi all
Motors are going south tomorrow a.m.

Manny, we were operating slowly as we need to adjust transmitter throttle travel, as mentioned elsewhere n this forum. We prefer this as slow is safe and we are learning. If the tank were to be operating at full throttle movement, I wouldn't like to presume what further damage may have occurred.

So hopefully we will get a post mortem report soon.

Cheers for comments.

Sorry to hear your news Charles. There seems a lot of failures starting to occur now that some are up and running ( well sort of ). But seriously, it’s got me thinking now that I need to divert from doing the planned mods on the rear deck, turret tray and ‘t’ piece and instead, to start getting the drive system installed and running. I don’t really want to do that yet but it seems as if I have little choice!

Thank you Richard for replying.

I hope an answer to this issue will soon be forth coming. I appreciate that most Chieftian owners are modifying/detailing their models to a high degree.

So I hope the pause is only temporary.

My son has complained, that during lock down, I spent a lot of time on the rear end of the tank. I can only blame the forum for this, thank you gentleman. Phil, John, et al.

Just looked at my last post: It's meant as a complement .
Cheers Charles

Today the motors reappeared.

Hopefully, tomorrow, they will be installed and tested.

Fingers crossed garden trails after that, if that is successful I will task my lad to sign up for U tube. He has assured me it's straight forward; watch this space.

Cheers all
Charles

Super Looking forward to the results.

Fingers are crossed Charles!!

Raining, but never mind.
motors fitted and working. unfortunately I can only go back and forth, carefully, on the bench.

Hope to have drive round garden over the weekend.

How strong should the bailey Brdg. be, scale wise.

Take care all.
Charles

Nice, Nice road wheel travel too Charles.

Look forward to test report and references of the thrash round the garden.

Drag turns, Neutral turns, reverse and forward should all be tested. Churn that grass, don't hold back!

Don't forget good hill climb and what about a car drag for good measure. Standard Armortek practice, "Have you got an old Rolls Royce Armortek style to yank?" or you could make do with an old Renault Kangoo?

Remember what ever the Famo can do, I'm sure the Chieftain Kangoo better.


Famo Tow

John, I don't think it will be a thrash, more a sedate wander, for now at least.

Thank you for your ambitions for No.34.

Cheers Charles

Just this then. Good luck tomorrow

Nope. More like this