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As an introductory offer I will make these full kits with 3D printed RS540 motor plates and short supports added to the kit. Drives will be set up for RS380 motors.

This listing is for a set of Fastmike Heng Long Worm Gear Drives, ready to run, set up and assembled in Army Green. Use your stock RS380 motors and controllers in the tank. Comes with instructions and all of the fasteners needed for the install, please see the list below for what tank the gear drives will fit. Let me know what tank you need it set up for, if not, it will come set up with the bearing arms for the Tiger. Will have the bearing buttons and clips for the M41 included. Cases are 3D printed, I use only USA made ABS filament, printed on glass plates with hair spray. The 3D printed cases and mounting hardware files are on Thingiverse #2725197. Also see other listings for gear and bearing kits if you want to print your own cases.

The Tiger and the M41 Bulldog kits fit the following Heng Long Battle Tank numbers:

3818	German Tiger	Tiger	short axle
3819	Panther	Tiger	short axle
3838	M26 Pershing	M41	long axle
3839	M41A3 Bulldog	M41	long axle
3848	Panzer III	Tiger	short axle
3849	Panzer H	Tiger	short axle
3859	Panzer F2	Tiger	short axle
3868	Panzer F	Tiger	short axle
3869	Jagdpanther	Unknown	long axle
3879	Panther G	Unknown	long axle
3888	King Tiger	Unknown	long axle
3889	Leopard - KV1	M41	long axle
3898	M4A3	Unknown	short axle
3899	China ZTZ99	Unknown	long axle
3909	Soviet T34	Unknown	short axle
3918	M1 Abrams	M41	long axle

More info and pictures on my website fastmiketanks.com

The gears and 3D printed parts in the kit, are manufactured in the USA. Bearings and fasteners are mostly manufactured outside the USA.

Please note that some modification of the tank (post trimming) or trimming of the 3D printed kits may be needed on some tank models. Not so much on the short axle kits, but more likely on the long axle kits. Smaller size drives will allow retention of internal components on most tanks.

This is an alternative gear drive for the Heng Long Battle Tanks that is lighter and has less drag on the drive train than the stock drives. Very noticeable improvement in turning ability and power. A savings of about 6 ounces in total weight over the stock metal gear drives. Very easy to install and use. Also have the ability to run RS540 motors and controllers in your battle tank with 540 motor drive plates and short motor supports. Please see my other listings for 540 kit with motor plates for the RS540 motors, motor supports and 38T 48P aluminum spur gears, you supply the 16T-20T steel 48P pinion gear for motor.

This gear drive set also allows you to change gear ratios by changing the aluminum spur gear. The 28T gear that comes with the kit matches (39.22 to 1) very closely to the stock HL gear drive ratio (39.37 to 1). I have 26T, 27T, 29T and 30T gear sets available in other listings. The 26T-27T will gear the tank up, faster speed but less power, the 29T-30T will gear the tank down, slower but more power. Please let me know and I can substitute any spur gear in the kits. With the weight savings the tank will handle the next faster gear without much loss of power.

Kit comes with (2) matched sets of 304 stainless steel worm gears, made in my shop. CNC cut from solid stainless steel bar for solid care free use. These have very close tolerances because of the bearing fit on the shafts, no sloppy fit like the stock drives. These are very hard to manufacture (reason for the price) with the tolerances being so small (.0005"), but the benefits are worth it and should last the life of the tank under normal use. Also includes (2) of my fastmike 28T 6061/T6 Aluminum spur gears with 5mm shaft, that match the gear pitch on the stock Heng Long motor gear. Assembled cases include (10) rubber sealed RC ball bearings, all of the fasteners to put everything together and mount stock RS380 motors, plus wire ties to hold motors.

The kits are universal and will fit either short or long axle tanks by switching sides with the gear cases and motor plates. This requires taking the cases apart and pointing the axle the direction you need it to go. Motor plates stay in the same spot. The Tiger tank short axle drives with bearing support arm will fit the following tanks 3818, 3819, 3848, 3849, 3859 and 3868. The M41A long axle kit with bearing buttons that go through the tank hull will fit the following tanks 3838, 3839, 3889, 3918. As other tanks numbers are identified and used, I will update the listing. More photos on the drives in photo gallery (2 pages) on the site, fastmiketanks.com

Please see the YouTube video of the sound level comparison between the stock drive, the Fastmike drive with stock motors and the Fastmike drive with RS540 motors. Search YouTube "Fastmike gear sound level".

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