RE: Slowing down a tank...
[quote]ORIGINAL: macnjam  All, for the coming Danville event the only issue I have with rules for the event is the scale speed of my tanks. I have a King Tiger with a Shumo gearbox reducer which brings that vehcile in line but those are expensive pieces of kit. Is there a solution for this that is non-mechanical? I was thinking a kludge like limiting the travel of the controller stick or somehow lowering the voltage to the motors. If this was posted I apologize for missing it. Looking to slow down a Tamiya Jagdpanther and a Sherman. Thanks. Joe [/quote] I have run my Sherman with the stock gearboxes and motors at Danville and it tested out OK, not too fast, so you can probably leave that one be unless you have upgraded to faster motors. For the German tank just follow one of the suggestions already given. Limiting the travel on the control can be done with programming depending on your brand and model of radio. I know my Spektrum DX6i can do it. Steve
Posted on: 6/11/2013 3:54 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Questions about Tamiya DMD MF-01 T-03
On the MF-01 the CN-2 port is for the infrared emitter the CN-5 port has the voltage connection you need, it's output is a constant 7.2 volts so you will want to reduce it down to your LEDs requirements usually 3 volts. When I wired my lights on my Tiger 1 I used a voltage regulator to reduce the voltage and a pico switch to turn the lights on and off with a spare channel on my transmitter. The Sherman has the control of the lights you describe, I think only it and the Pershing have that control capability as they are the only two tanks that come with lights from Tamiya that I am aware of. I guess the KV-1 & KV2 do as well but I don't know if the control is the same. Steve
Posted on: 6/9/2013 1:49 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: H.L. Pershing with TK-22/Benedini combo
Looks and sounds great outdoors, indoors too many hard surfaces reverberating the sound. I like the smoker operation too. Steve
Posted on: 6/7/2013 5:28 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: HL stug ready for battle!
Your Stug looks great then and now, great idea with the speaker. The dog is not stupid he chewed up the map and they ended up in France, (where all the French Poodles were), instead of Russia, good plan. When asked how they managed to get that lost and what happened to their map, they used the often heard phrase, my dog ate it. Steve
Posted on: 6/7/2013 4:53 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction
Rex, Beautiful Job as always. Does the detachable barrel double as an industrial strength stripper pole for the camp followers to entertain the troops? Steve
Posted on: 6/7/2013 4:35 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Turnigy Chip Set-up
Here are the instructions that come with them. Steve
Posted on: 5/31/2013 11:24 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Tamiya/Sturmtiger electrical connector help
Cruiser, They are called JST 2-pin connectors, just Google JST connector and you will find them in many places, like EvilBay for example. Steve
Posted on: 5/24/2013 4:42 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Hex Wrench for Schumo Screw Set
Yes the Tamiya wrench and their "T" shaped socket tool will work for the 5.5mm but they don't have one for the 3mm head screws. Steve
Posted on: 5/21/2013 10:40 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Hex Wrench for Schumo Screw Set
dlobmwm3, The Hex Head screw set for the Panther from Shumo according to ETO Armor's description: Set contains: 26 hexagon screws M3x6mm, high strength steel DIN. 4 of them as spare part. These screws replace the phillips screws MB2 of the kit. 36 hexagon screws M2x6mm, high strength steel DIN. 4 of them as spare part. This screws replaces the kit phillips screws MD3. 2 hexagon screws M3x40mm, stainless steel. This screws replaces the Tamiya screws MD1 for the idler. So it has M3 and M2 screws the 6mm is the length. The M2x6mm screws require a 3mm socket or wrench and the M3x6mm screws require a 5.5mm socket or wrench. I was able to find them both in one set at Micro-Mark, they had a large metric set here is the link to their online listing. http://www.micromark.com/21-piece-everything-set,9761.html you can use a 7/32 socket for the 5.5mm if need be, those you can find almost anywhere, Sears for example. Check out the local Harbor Freight if you have one in your area they may have the metric sets as well. Steve
Posted on: 5/20/2013 8:45 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: WOW.... 32+ Tankers from 10 states enjoyed the 10th Aniversary of the AAF Tank Mus. RC Battlefield
Thanks Guys, I think the long barreled KT was hard to fight with in the town, buildings are way too close together to swing that gun around very easily. Steve
Posted on: 5/19/2013 10:49 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: WOW.... 32+ Tankers from 10 states enjoyed the 10th Aniversary of the AAF Tank Mus. RC Battlefield
Another batch of stills from the Danville 10th anniversary.
Posted on: 5/18/2013 9:36 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: WOW.... 32+ Tankers from 10 states enjoyed the 10th Aniversary of the AAF Tank Mus. RC Battlefield
Some more of my stills of the tanks on the bench.
Posted on: 5/18/2013 9:33 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: WOW.... 32+ Tankers from 10 states enjoyed the 10th Aniversary of the AAF Tank Mus. RC Battlefield
Here are some of the pictures I took at Danville these are from my still camera and are mostly bench top. I will be getting to my videos soon and pulling still from them as well. Steve
Posted on: 5/18/2013 9:30 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Tank Conversion
John, Welcome to the forum. The short answer is this http://www.dimensionengineering.com/products/sabertooth2x5rc as long as you don't care about sound or battling your tank and just want to drive it around. If you want sound effects there are several other options, such as using newer Heng Long electronics or Tamiya Electronics or using several other companies electronic systems. Check out some of the posts on the forum here and you will find many discussions regarding upgrading the toy grade electronics up to hobby grade. You probably won't have to install servos as many of the systems can use the hardware already in the tanks. Steve
Posted on: 9/17/2012 8:23 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: New Panzer III
Avoid driving on Anti-Tank Mines it'll make you throw a track or worse. Steve
Posted on: 9/6/2012 10:18 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: How to hibernate rc tanks?
Tomtank, I searched for Tamiya shutdown and found this link. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8431035/anchors_8473316/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#8473316 Look for the second to the last post on page one. Steve
Posted on: 9/6/2012 1:59 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: tiger turret
I have seen a couple of Tigers at Danville turret tops come loose during battles, probably from hitting scenery. When I built mine, I used magnets to hold it on tight. Steve
Posted on: 9/2/2012 5:49 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Sept Battle Days in Danville
I will be there I'm driving up from Florida. Steve
Posted on: 9/1/2012 7:50 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Sherman Cast Texture
I am not sure you could overdo the texturing, these are some pictures of a couple of Shermans I took in Europe, while some of the texturing is probably old paint and rust underneath the paint you can clearly see all the pitting from the casting process and scalloping of the turret where it was "cleaned up" after being cast. Steve
Posted on: 8/23/2012 9:47 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: The Terrifying T1E2
Rex, Great work as usual, but I am a little disappointed, you can build a beautiful work of art like that and even RC most of your builds, but you failed at rigging up a couple of HL 3:1 gearboxes to open your garage door, hardly seems possible. Keep up the good work! Steve [quote]ORIGINAL: Rex Ross I thank you all for your kind comments. I just wish I had a lot more skill at texturing a cast hull tank. There are two more tanks that have that finish that I want to do someday, if I learn how to do that correctly the first time. My tank budget took a big hit today........I had to spend a bunch of my hobby money getting a new garage door opener. I hate it when that happens. Bummer! I hate wasting money on necessities. Rex [:@] [/quote]
Posted on: 8/23/2012 4:44 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Barrel Mounted Emitter Question
Glen, If you want to buy the clip here is a link for the parts at the AAF Tank Museum store http://shop.aaftankmuseum.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=0115400 Steve
Posted on: 8/9/2012 7:41 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Cameras on tanks
kev308, You may have seen some of my video on YouTube, I mount my camera on my tanks with an adhesive putty called Blu Tack made by Bostik, you can get it on Amazon. The nice thing is it doesn't leave a residue when you remove it and it is reuseable. I bought it on-line but I know 3M makes a similar material but I haven't tried it. The Blu Tack holds very well so you only need a little bit. Just stick a little on your camera press it down onto the turret or wherever you want it mounted and away you go. I don't have a picture of it mounting the camera as it is hidden by the camera. I'll look through my videos and stills and see if I have a picture or I'll break out the camera and shoot one. Here is a link to a video I shot when I first mounted the camera on the tank and I tested out the adhesive as you can see even over rough terrain the camera stays put and did not break loose. http://youtu.be/zlR5lyvYhFk In a couple of closeups you can see the strip of Blu Tack underneath the camera it is about 3/4" wide by about 2 inches long that's all you need. Steve
Posted on: 8/8/2012 10:24 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: ETO project for the summer
Joe, A real work of art! Steve
Posted on: 8/7/2012 12:09 AM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Whats the word on any tank releases from tamiya?
Joe, I agree if they were smart they could release a tank with the VVSS suspension like an M-10 tank destroyer or an M36B2 and then just release upgrade kits to make some of the hundreds of variations of Sherman that used that suspension. I sure their engineering of the VVSS suspension would be of the same quality as there other kits and a lot less hassle than modifying the Mato suspension part available. They could probably just modify the lower hull they now use for the Sherman. Just my two cents. Steve
Posted on: 8/6/2012 9:02 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: ETO project for the summer
Looks good Joe, so do your latest pics, I guess I'll have to start on my Elefant soon. I'm sure yours will show it up just from your sneak preview, but I'll give it my best anyway. Keep up the great work. Isn't the AK interactive company, Mig Jimenez line of products? I thought I read that somewhere. Steve
Posted on: 7/28/2012 11:08 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Tamiya Tiger Build Advice
Tamiyatorg, These guys have the PC interface you need, I know they have one for the Spektrum Radios. http://www.endurance-rc.com/pctx.php And I too use Spektrum DX6i Transmitters no problem programming them to fire the guns with normal stick movements (no need to use the trim controls). Steve
Posted on: 7/19/2012 9:56 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Three tankers dreams come true....European Tour 2012
sollie, Looking over their website the Museum at Munster they do not list any event with a running tank that I could find. They do have the RC tank events there though. If you want to see full size tanks running I would suggest Saumur they list quite a number of them, it looks like they run their Panther whenever they can. As far as camping I would Google campsites near Munster or Saumur wherever you end up going. I would highly recommend Saumur over Munster for there static displays, I believe Bob would back me up on this, we were both impressed with the selection of armor (especially German armor) at Saumur when we were there. Whichever museum you go to I am sure you will enjoy it. Steve
Posted on: 7/11/2012 7:09 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Three tankers dreams come true....European Tour 2012
sollie, I don't know what their schedule is regarding running tanks, that info may be on their website. I know that Saumur has some running tanks there is video of them on YouTube At the time we were not concerned whether or not we would see them run anythng at Munster, seeing the Tiger 1 at Bovington running was our main interest of the trip, Saumur and Munster were just bonuses that we added to the trip since we were over there. Here is the link to the Tiger 1 video I shot it is about 20 minutes long in total but has some footage of the engine startup and them driving the Tiger around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlrA_RyfH7c&list=UU1rXPGX49KGuMhHqW3EmXLg&index=1&feature=plcp Steve
Posted on: 7/11/2012 2:03 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Three tankers dreams come true....European Tour 2012
This is the last of the pictures from the Panzer Museum in Munster Germany. Some modern equipment as well as two suspicious looking tourist types that were all tanked out for the day. Notice the unusual "German Cadillac" Steve
Posted on: 7/10/2012 10:05 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Three tankers dreams come true....European Tour 2012
More pictures from the Panzer Museum in Munster Germany. Steve
Posted on: 7/10/2012 9:59 PM by Author "Shark27" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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