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Black Knight
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Black Knight checking in

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FNG from Kent checking in. Very much a newbie to RC stuff and tanks even though I grew up as an Army brat around Salisbury Plains, Catterick, Berlin etc. and spent my youth in the Royal Marines. I bought myself a HL Challenger 2 (BB Platinum edition) a couple of months ago and I've cracked straight on with the modding. So far, the changes made are as follows:

Matt black paintwork (Project Black Knight)
Uprated 3800mah battery
Metal tracks with pads, sprockets, idlers & road wheels
Metal hull, propulsion dynamics gearbox
Pistenking rotating orange warning beacon
Metal 360 turret ring & 360 rotation kit with X2 turret motor
Tarr Mk4 smoke unit & mega steam
Hull slab armour & turret slab and bar armour
Remote weapons system
Clark TK40 board & Clark 15w amp
FRS8 boxed speaker
Hull magnets
Flysky 2.4G 10CH FS-i6S Transmitter & FS-iA10B Receiver
Clark 15w amp

I will be looking to "fiddle" with the lights a little sooon as I want front & rear lights, hazard flashers and rotating beacon all running off one on/off switch - but I need to get the tank "re-built" first and played with a bit. I have also starrted on a decent carry case for the Chally.

I'm pretty sure I'll be tapping into the pool of knowledge on here from time to time iin the very near future!
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Son of a gun-ner
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Hello and welcome to the forum Mr Knight.
So, not the Black Knight that could bite someone's legs off then ;)

Looks like you've already been having fun with your Welsh purchase, "platinum edition" gave that away ;)

I'm sure I speak for others as well when I say that we'll look forward to seeing pictures of your black beastie :thumbup:

Enjoy the forum.
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:So, not the Black Knight that could bite someone's legs off then ;)
For anyone wondering what I'm on about.

Watch "Monty Python - The Black Knight - Tis But A Scratch" on YouTube
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Ha ha! Love it. "Come back and fitght me!"
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Re: Black Knight checking in

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A warm welcome, Sir FNG, from an Old Contemptible in the Highlands! :)
That list of features in your Chally, by the way, suggests a seasoned RC campaigner rather than a raw recruit. :D
Anyway, pics are always welcome. Bits of know-how, personal experience, queries, and the occasional jest will also all fit in nicely :thumbup:
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.
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43rdRecceReg wrote:A warm welcome, Sir FNG, from an Old Contemptible in the Highlands! :)
That list of features in your Chally, by the way, suggests a seasoned RC campaigner rather than a raw recruit. :D
Anyway, pics are always welcome. Bits of know-how, personal experience, queries, and the occasional jest will also all fit in nicely :thumbup:

Lots of research and I've never been one to hang about, if a job's worth doing you may as well do it well!
Always on the search for Bootneck-proof kit
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Eastern Front wrote:
Black Knight wrote:
43rdRecceReg wrote:A warm welcome, Sir FNG, from an Old Contemptible in the Highlands! :)
That list of features in your Chally, by the way, suggests a seasoned RC campaigner rather than a raw recruit. :D
Anyway, pics are always welcome. Bits of know-how, personal experience, queries, and the occasional jest will also all fit in nicely :thumbup:

Lots of research and I've never been one to hang about, if a job's worth doing you may as well do it well!
I totally agree, but how do you manage this hobby with no arms or legs? :haha: :haha: :haha:
Cheers!
Teeth!!!
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