Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
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Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
Hi, I just took my BullDog tank down yesterday, it was working fine when I put it away, but now it won't work.
I cleaned the battery terminals in the remote, took the top off the tank to see inside, everything looks fine. The battery is fully charged
Any suggestions?
I cleaned the battery terminals in the remote, took the top off the tank to see inside, everything looks fine. The battery is fully charged
Any suggestions?
Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
Hi
I would check that the crystals are seated properly in the tank and controller.
I would check that the crystals are seated properly in the tank and controller.
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Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
The number of people who say they have checked the battery who have forgotten the batteries in the transmitter this is not the best place to ask this kind of question really, in future you might want to go to GENERAL QUESTIONS. shaun
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Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
How long ago did you put it away...and why did the transmitter terminals need to be cleaned..? If there was corrosion... that could be your problem right there... you might have to open the transmitter and check the board to make sure none of the acids burned any of the circuits
If that isn't the problem... try pushing side to side on the batteries... sometimes they don't contact the terminal ends.. and bind somewhere in the middle...if that doesn't work... and the light on the transmitter comes on... and the light on your tank blinks
follow Scalawag's advice and check your crystals... just for the sake of doing... just pull them out and plug them back in again...maybe even a couple of times...so the connection is cleaner
GOOD LUCK
ALPHA
If that isn't the problem... try pushing side to side on the batteries... sometimes they don't contact the terminal ends.. and bind somewhere in the middle...if that doesn't work... and the light on the transmitter comes on... and the light on your tank blinks
follow Scalawag's advice and check your crystals... just for the sake of doing... just pull them out and plug them back in again...maybe even a couple of times...so the connection is cleaner
GOOD LUCK
ALPHA
Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.... Just trying to think if I ever left the batteries out.............. yup I think I did... thing was... the transmitter was a tad lighter without those eight power cellsjarndice wrote:The number of people who say they have checked the battery who have forgotten the batteries in the transmitter this is not the best place to ask this kind of question really, in future you might want to go to GENERAL QUESTIONS. shaun

Good point shaun... always check your batteries... and if you're going to store the tank... take them out

ALPHA
Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
I bought new Crystals for the tank and remote. Still nothing. The light on the remote comes on, but nothing seems to come on in the tank. I know there's power going to everything, but still nothing.
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Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
Everybody here will be asking you the same dumb questions but it never hurts to double check.
Having said that check the crystals to make sure they are the same frequency codes?
Having said that check the crystals to make sure they are the same frequency codes?
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Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
hi and make sure that you have put the crystal marked as TX in the hand set and the one marked RX in the tank it has been done 

Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
I have exactly the same problem as you with my HL Tiger1 took it all apart nothing was loose or broken, battery's fully charged but not starting up, ended up buying a new circuit board, now just waiting for it to turn up..
Hope you find a cure to your problem.. Cheers Diesel
Hope you find a cure to your problem.. Cheers Diesel
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Re: Please help, problem with Heng Long M41A3 BullDog tank
Hi rory2202,
...............This is meant to be a 'funny' comment.....So please do not be offended....
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.... ' I am looking to buy a 'Super Cheap' Bulldog to convert into a 'Sci-Fi' tank.....So how about selling it to me ?
' ....
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BTW...I really do have an advert in the ' Wanted' section....
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But seriously, I hope that you do manage to sort the tank out..This kind of problem can be very frustrating indeed
...............This is meant to be a 'funny' comment.....So please do not be offended....
.
.... ' I am looking to buy a 'Super Cheap' Bulldog to convert into a 'Sci-Fi' tank.....So how about selling it to me ?


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BTW...I really do have an advert in the ' Wanted' section....

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But seriously, I hope that you do manage to sort the tank out..This kind of problem can be very frustrating indeed

Never Forget......
The Propaganda of the Victors....... becomes the History of the Vanquished
The Propaganda of the Victors....... becomes the History of the Vanquished