Heng Long 1:16 Scale German Tiger I Gray RC Tank - 2.4GHz Remote Control Military Vehicle with 320° Rotating Turret - Collectible Model Tank for Adults & Teens 14+ | Perfect for Military Enthusiasts, Collectors, and Battle Simulation Play

So, this is an RC you never realized you needed till now. Man, we've come a long way folks when it comes to RC in general. This is an official Heng Long WW2 Tiger 1 Tank 7.0 that is 1/16th the size of a real one. Heng Long has been doing RC tanks since 1996 and have come a long way to the revision of what is 7.0 edition now. This beast with turret gun is a whopping 22 Inches long by close to 9 inches wide, 7 1/2 inches tall, and 15 inches long (hull length). This tank is honestly much larger compared to my 1/10th RC vehicles, about the size of a 1/8th size RC.The description page here is minorly comprehensive on the history of this tank which struck horror into our Allies, that I will not get into, but a quick online search and you can easily learn the rich history of this feared tank.In the past years I've looked at Tamiya tanks, which offers something very similar, and I love to put my RCs together from the ground up (Yes, I'm old school from the 80s), but this comes prebuilt and at a fraction of the price of the Tamiya (The Tamiya tanks are around a 1000 dollars each and offer everything in metal and much more, but also less). The tradeoffs are that this is an all plastic model except for the barrel, and suspension. This does come with some serious punch and moves quickly across the room and over throw pillow (sorry wife!). It produces smoke (don't drop any liquid into the reservoir, it already comes loaded from the factory), 3 different sound loudness modes, 2 different sound options for the machine gun, and it also has tank recoil, in which the tank moves back a quarter inch and then back. This Tiger 1 looks pretty realistic to us. It also comes with the IR battle system already installed and ready to go, you just need to install the top IR receiver via a small plug and magnet mount onto the top (included) as apposed to the Tamiya one which costs an extra 120 dollars I believe. The controller is also 2.4Ghz so no interference like the old 27Mhz of the days gone. We have 3 more 1\16th 7.0 tanks from Heng Long also and we have had no issues with interference.I highly suggest taking a look at some "Heng Long 1/16 Tiger 1" videos online to truly understand what this tank is capable of, as my pictures do not do it justice. I have yet to install all the details and the decals, we've been having so much fun battling it out in the living room and then bedroom to bedroom into the hallways. The videos will give you an idea what you are getting into. Also take a look at some "Heng Long 1/16 RC IR battle" videos to get an idea of how fun those IR battles are. Trust me its pretty cool and addicting, and so much fun with wife and kids on hot days stuck inside. Our batteries last about 1 hour each and that includes 5-7 minutes per round, with each tank tank hidden about 10 feet away from each other, and with the engine smoke option turned off, and at 70% speed setup.The tank does include 6mm plastic airsoft BBs and yes the tank does shoot them, and shoots them quite far. Following the instructions I disabled this feature, and the instructions do recommend using safety glasses if your going to shoot them and to be honest you need them as they ricochet easily (and you can't see them), as the BB shooter inside the main gun does have that much power.The instructions leave a lot to be desired and are quite tough to decipher at times, but since this hobby of tank battles is so much fun don't let it deter your from purchasing one. Instructions have not been updated since the 6.0 update. I highly suggest learning to charge the battery first (it takes hours as for it is Li-Ion), and then read the manual and then reading it again. I took me a few tries to adjust the tank to what I wanted for indoor scale use. Upon charging and installing the batteries everything comes at "max" value from the factory. I used the manual to learn to turn the "turning radius down to a much slower rotation" as well as the speed which was ridiculously fast, to 70% max. The instructions do stated that this is the plastic version of the RC and for indoor use only. We had no issues driving it over carpet, and on stone tile it slips around a bit, but we designated the tile area as mud, which the tank does slide around on it like so from side to side.If you plan on using this model outside it is highly recommended that you upgrade the internal drive box to steel gears and change out the treads as well as the gears to metal as well. Using the manual I was also able to turn the tank sounds down a bit as for it comes out of the box really loud.I'll be honest, the tank is blast to drive in house. My daughter 8, who already drives an RC 4WD short course truck outdoors and a rock crawler easily grasped the tank once I showed her how to drive it.I plan on leaving the tank as is stock as far as being plastic and for indoor driving use only and adding either some airbrushed winter camo or slight green camo like the hidden tanks of the "Battle of Ardennes".Key takeaways from the tank:- Real metal spring suspension, two batteries 1800mAh Li-Ion batteries, countless accessories (pre-painted as well) & decals to dress up the tank and make it look more scale, the 2.4Ghz controller, smoke fluid, box of BBs, USB charger, 7.0 upgraded receiver, manual, instructions, and semi rigid paper target to shoot the BBs at.- The battery compartment dimensions of the tank will fit a classic style 7.2-7.4v Ni-Mh or a Lipo. However, keep in mind if you use a Lipo there isn't enough room in there to fit a Lipo alarm, so keep a timer on you to know when to shut it down or you will deplete your Lipo battery completely.- Tank is 22 inches long from end to end, 15 inches long from hull to hull, 7 1/2 inches high and 8 14/16 inches wide. Even higher when you add the Tank Commander.- Under the controller battery compartment lid is a cheat sheet should you need to edit the myriad of options available via input options using the special controller buttons and using the sticks.- Seriously no pun intended, but this thing is a serious blast to play with. I do planes, trains, helis, boats, cars, trucks, and crawlers in RC and this has to by far the most fun RC out of all of them, and the greatest thing is you don't have to leave your home.- Do a search online and you will find many clubs across the US that you can join and battle it out with when it comes to 1/16 RC tanks.-Countless upgrades available online depending on if you plan to use it outside, and for other options as well.- 7 1/2 inches tall.- 15 inches long (hull length).- 22 inches long from Back of hull to end of turret main gun.- 8 14/16th wide.