Well my tank just showed up here are some pictures so far.........

Big issue is that the damn 480 motors i bought don't fit!!!!!!! So any suggestions would be great on that one..... Debating cutting down the frame on each one but....

oh and how the bloody hell do i get the metal tracks off???

Darth Vader will not make the tank go faster, however being able to harness the dark side of the force may be the advantage on the battle field. "you don't need to shoot this tank. This isn't the tank you're looking for. "

CJ781 wrote:

Darth Vader will not make the tank go faster, however being able to harness the dark side of the force may be the advantage on the battle field. "you don't need to shoot this tank. This isn't the tank you're looking for. "

he also makes a great proper upper! lol

Ugh the stupid Radio & Receiver wont bind now!

Those motors will never fit the Asiatam low profile gearbox, ever. Sorry mate.

Can we keep your tank issues to one thread please?

Which receiver did you end up getting? You need to give us clear concise info on here, most of these guys are not mind readers/are old (lol)

The metal tracks come off most easily when you remove the drive sprocket... 2.5mm hex driver, I think... you should have a nice high quality hex/Allen key set in metric if you want to work on tanks, and a nice micro screwdriver to.

Radio is

X6i DSMX 6-Channel Full-Range without Servo MD2

Receiver is

AR6115e 6-Channel DSMX Microlite Receiver: End Pin

I got them detected but the controls are bit wonky still (I need to program it, working on that slowly, the turret and tank move just no sound) So ya....am wondering if i just got a one off faulty sound board?


Edit:Got the turret spinning side to side & and gun flash randomly but the damn Recoil servo is down....... And the sound is just still a super high pitch whine.

Keeping the speaker unplugged well i try to get the turret working.

I assume you're using the 'real recoil' function and a servo on this Tiger.. first off make sure the servos are plugged in the right way, on my Hitech's the black wire side is facing AWAY from the board. When I accidentally had mine in backwards, I got a high pitched whine like you described (and obviously the servo won't work at all plugged in backwards)

What recoil unit are you using (barrel recoil right?) Describe the flash issue.

hmm well i took the turret off and found this inside





I thought it was a barrel recoil but turns out that isn't the case from what i can see..........Starting to feel a bit worried about my purchase but once i get the remote set up i will hopefully have better luck testing. (Running it when i get up with no top to see if i can get the sound going and im going to give it a good cleaning since the gears inside the turret maybe seized)

OH and uh.....Anyone know what the weird switch in the top of the turret maybe? i am afraid to flip it lol (the odd capacitor doesn't help)

Also as i have never programmed a Radio before maybe just getting the bottom going should be a start...... But i did this like a guide i found said.

Tiger 1
TRAVEL ADJ
THROT ^100% v 35%
ELEV ^125% V125%
GEAR ^100% V100%
AILE <100% >100%
RUDD <80% >59%
FLAP ^100% V100%

SUB TRIM
ELEV ^15

FLAPS Set to 100 both directions

MIX 1
GEAR > ELEV ACT
RATE D +125% U 0%
SW MIX TRIM INH

MIX 2
GEAR > ELEV ACT
RATE D-125% U 0%
SW AIL D/R TRIM ACT

DIFFERENTIAL
INHIBIT

That's the asiatam recoil & elevation unit, it does both.. the gears aren't ceased, theyre plastic.. they just wont turn because its on a worm gear. Don't try

Read this

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11137871/mpage_20/tm.htm

Strato50 wrote:

That's the asiatam recoil & elevation unit, it does both.. the gears aren't ceased, theyre plastic.. they just wont turn because its on a worm gear. Don't try

Read this

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11137871/mpage_20/tm.htm

Hmmm Interesting! I am wondering if that was already done because of the odd wireing inside the turret......or is this the stock wiring >_@

That's stock and you'll have to cut it all off and start fresh

Good luck! Hope you're good at soldering.

Strato50 wrote:

That's stock and you'll have to cut it all off and start fresh

Good luck! Hope you're good at soldering.

My brother is a pro at it >_> my iron died so ill have him do it or just go buy a cheap one lol so its safe to say i can cut all the wires in the turret now and get a new switch for the power and so on?

AKA:All top wire go snip snip >

Well figure out what you have and what you need to do...

Both motors need to come down to the Clark board & plug in, and the black switch needs to plug into the extensions in the switch wiring. The 'bigger' switch on top in your picture, with the black and red wire, is useless and you don't need it.

Read my guide.

I am it would seem this might be why my tank wasn't work right in general due to the power going to the turret funny.... Will update tomorrow! I think the black thing inside the turret is the Ir or flash? (also would appear i need to buy some connectors...)

where did you get this tank from ask if the recoil worked you might just have to lube it up or something

to me it looks like your speaker has all the wires connecting only two wires should be on there and seperated from eachother might be why mo sound

Airbrushler wrote:

where did you get this tank from ask if the recoil worked you might just have to lube it up or something

to me it looks like your speaker has all the wires connecting only two wires should be on there and seperated from eachother might be why mo sound

Ill take a look but they should be seperate, Also just took the turret apart more and the recoil screw's area to hold in has been cracked and glued back to hide the damage -_-

should be black on one tab and red on the other tab looks like black one goes to the red one with a little black wire then then both red and black long wires are on one tab

i don't know what you see but i see the wires on one tab i zoomed in and looks like black and red wires are soldered on same tab

Ok that might just be it....i copied how the old speaker was set up here are some pictures......Maybe i did mess it up! On a side note the recoil unit is damaged so i have no idea what to do..........This doesn't seem exactly reliable....There is also a hot glued split d own the connector for the barrel....




lol that was part of the receiver that was under it, I am starting to wonder if i got taken on this tank.........I am slowly looking for more hot glue all over to see if anything else is broken.

If you clean that up and use some super glue it will be good as new.

A good quality hobby CA (superglue) is necessary for hobbies

Strato50 wrote:

If you clean that up and use some super glue it will be good as new.

A good quality hobby CA (superglue) is necessary for hobbies

Fair enough, But im still rather ticked the guy lied to me about it and said there where no problems at all.

My tanks are glued together and have no problems either

Well i think my board might be cooked....... I have lost my ability to control my tank at all.....But power is flowing so i am pretty confused as to what is going on.

As much as i hate to say it this might of been a bad purchase and beyond my ability to get running. (I have to go find the multi-meter to check out the batteries....)