Cheerwing 1:72 German Tiger I Panzer Tank Remote Control Mini RC Tank with Rotating Turret and Sound

There are many revisions of the tank and controller judging from the images of others. Some have an antenna which is why I took mine apart, no antenna in this version. There's a spot for it on the PCB and range is fair (20-30 feet). I modified it with a custom 3D printed FPV camera mount as a DIY platform for a home plumbing inspection bot. Need something that can turn around within a 3 or 4" pipe and this can do it. After playing with it for about an hour figured out there is a speed control and wide turn but the way you use them is unintuitive and the supplied directions are useless.The speed control is indeed the top trigger button as other have mentioned but the difference in speed is almost imperceptible. You can hear the sound difference the servo's make when in "high" or "low" speed mode but it's so minor its almost imperceptible.The wide turn buttons aren't a mode switch, they're a setting and a real pain to deal with. You have to click them many times and the pre-programmed arc of forward/reverse gets tighter with each setting. To go back to driving straight though you must manually undo the wide turn mode by setting the arc in the opposite direction until you're straight. This could take up to 20 button presses to accomplish. Less than ideal but the feature does work, its in there.The turret actually spins in 360, each button press toggles the turret to reverse direction which I took advantage of for mounting an FPV camera. There is no servo to raise or lower the turret. It's on a spring which actually makes the movement quite realistic and enjoyable to watch. The construction is great but i'll ripping most of it apart since the charging port, speaker, and on/off switch are on the bottom which is really bad for driving over anything liquid.There's a tiny 110mah lipo in the tank and it lasts a good while, very power efficient. For my project I'll probably have to upgrade the battery.I'm extremely happy with the purchase. It's actually better quality than I was expecting. There's no way I could make those tiny tank treads on my 3D printer. The turret & treads are delicate and probably won't last long in the hands of a small child and to my knowledge there's no way to purchase replacement treads separately. I would love to be able to purchase them separately to have spares.It's extremely hard to find an RC car let alone a tank this small. I wish the turret had a servo to go up/down. Honestly this tank is darn near perfect and I'll probably buy another.

This little thing is pretty awesome. I got two as presents, and they were both loved. It feels like a solidly built toy, and the plastic isn't too cheap and flimsy. Plus, it has a bunch of sweet functions such as forward, backward, zero-turning, turret rotation, kickback when you fire it, and lights and sounds. Plus, the tank itself plugs into the remote to charge, so the 4 AA batteries are all you need.Pros:- it suprised me with all the little details and functions- it's pretty fast (even though the speed isn't to scale)- plastics feel decent- packaging looks cool and has a sweet compartment for the remote. Also, the design doesn't look reslly cheasily put together in a Chinese factory. It looks and feels like a solid reputable toy. Anddd then you open the instructions... a little tricky to understand, but there isn't much to it anywayCons:- it's very small, and I can see pet hairs getting caught pretty easily and clogging up the axles (expected from this scale anyway)- one of the remotes wasn't controlling the tank, so I popped it open and soldered a wire that had popped out of the circuit board. It was an easy fix, and was probably because as soon as I got it, I dropped the box onto concrete from about 4 feet up. Nothing else broke, so Im happy with it!- there are two mysterious buttons on the remote that don't do anything, or at least I haven't figured it out yet. They don't work on either of the two I bought, so I'm guessing I just don't understand

Update: Seller contacted me and explained how to remedy the problems mentioned below. The loud sound can be turned off, and the problems with the erratic movement had indeed to do with the tanks working on the same frequency - it was suggested to ask amazon to pack two different ones to avoid that problem. Great customer service from the seller!!!However, I feel a 4/5 rating is appropriate due to the options for the sound being only “Turned Off” or “Very Loud” (one can’t really hear the firing sound over the engine sound), and the fact that the turret control is too crude for proper aiming. Despite of these two things it is still a great toy for kids or a birthday party! :)Bought two of them thinking my kids could play together. Unfortunately only one of them worked right while the other seemed to have a short in the controls and didn't react properly to the signals from the controller.It's a fun toy (when it actually works), but the limited control of the turret, the engine sound being very loud to where you can't hear when it's shooting is somewhat of an anticlimax, and makes it annoying for anyone nearby very quickly.Will have to return the defect one for sure.