Please advise:
(1) What are included in this Pack? Read in the forum before (but not available now)
about a modified final gears set. Is a upgraded Speed Controller Module included? Anything else?
(2) The double torsion bar suspension, is it still only for the Panther family, not for King Tiger?
Thanks in advance!
Lerh Chang
Last edited by Chang on Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
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The standard efficiency option includes a worm and wheel drive gearbox at 60-65% efficiency. The high efficiency option includes a patented offset spiral pinion drive (called Spiradrive) offering 95% efficiency. This is where the big difference lies.
This represents a 30% difference, which means that you get 30% more battery life because your motors use 30% less power to do the same thing. The speed controller is the same on both systems, but it does not have to work so hard when used with the high efficiency system. For the King Tiger, the gear ratio is higher than for other tanks, giving higher torque (turning and climbing ability) and less top speed than the other models.
The Panther family were the only original full size tanks that the Germans built using the double torsion bar system. (As far as we are aware). The others, like the Tiger, King Tiger and Panzer 111 all used a single torsion bar system. That is why this system is only available on our Panther family models.
The new King Tiger (2013) is designed to take the Recoil.
The original King Tiger (2008/9) was designed to take the Blank Firer, not the Recoil. However, please see post above re supplying recoils for older models (which includes the original King Tiger.)
