Hey there, I've put an introduction underneath the problem as it seems rude to just ask for help without telling you a little about myself but at the same time I don't want someone who just wants to help having to read through my intro.
Problem
Heng Long Challenger 2, version 6, all plastic (for now).
Main Canon not firing, no sound, no movement. After reading these forums I checked/tried the following...
1) Read the manual, cover to cover.
2) Check for safety switch in drivers hatch. Result - Not present in later models so not on this tank.
3) Hold down silver button labelled "Bullet Shooting" and push left hand (barrel elevation) stick up. - Result - No effect.
4) I'm missing a manual, found a PDF with the remote online, read this cover to cover.
5) As per new manual I tried holding down button B (Safety button marked "Bullet Shooting" and then pressing button A (Marked machine Gun sound), not working either.
Anything else I might be missing (some other safety feature) or is the remote/tank likely faulty?
I'll dig out my Torro remote to test if the remote is the issue. It is probably still pretty cheap but if I recall correctly much better than this Christmas cracker style remote that came free with the cheap plastic version of the Heng Long's Chally 2, I assume it will work once paired?
Introduction
I'm from Lancashire in the UK, I've hovered around for a few years reading the forums but never joined as frankly I'm an odd sort of RC tank person.
I'm a tank nut but generally I collected models rather than RC, Forces of Valor 1/32 pretty much all the models, Forces of Valor 1/16 extreme metal series (Tiger 1 (Ausf. E), Tiger 2 (Ausf. B), D-Day Sherman.
Forces of Valor were always slow to release models and their Extreme Metal series was even worse at 1 model every 5 years, then they were bought by if I recall correctly a Chinese corporation and well, that's probably the end of them and almost certainly the extreme metal series.
As an alternative I looked at RC and found that whilst the paint applications aren't very impressive the details themselves are actually very good and you can get accessories to improve them if you wish. So I bought my first RC, a Torro full metal (hull, gearbox, tracks etc) Tiger 2, so that I could paint and pretty much turn it into a fairly accurate looking model.
The RC element always appealed to me but frankly I'm very busy with work and don't get a lot of chances to get out much so generally it's an afterthought even though I do prefer to fully upgrade the tanks whilst they are current models, you never know when the parts will go end of line and maybe even the scale change. So with that in mind I like to check they are fully working.
I'd have bought a Mark One 1/6th Challenger 2 except I've no idea how I'd get it into my car (it's a Coupe, a really big coupe with enough room for the tank once the seats are down but actually getting it up and over the back bumper and into the boot would be a challenge, pun intended
) so to even collect it let alone to take it places isn't practical, maybe my next vehicle will be a closed cab pickup or something like that, who knows.
