360 turret.

[jarndice]

I see that Taigen are about to release a 360 mod for the turrets in their Tank range and it will be able to be retrofitted to Heng Long and Torro, I wonder if Steve at WDM or Dave Forgebear will carry this upgrade? shaun

[Tankbear]

It's easy to do yourself



This blocks the turret going all the way round.



Simply saw in a few more teeth. and that's it

Problem is the wires getting tangle up if you go round too many times.

[jarndice]

Ian you are of course right but I have not seen the Taigen mod and I was hoping it would address that issue, if it does not then back to my scalpel. shaun

[MichaelC]

On the Taigen demo it just shows the turret going around once and then turn back, not round and round and round. Tank Army has been selling a kit that I think its similar to Tamiya's solution.

http://tankarmy.com/heng-long-tank/prod ... cq90go2qb6

MichaelC

[Tankbear]

Ian you are of course right but I have not seen the Taigen mod and I was hoping it would address that issue, if it does not then back to my scalpel. shaun

I hope their have but even the Tamiya tanks are prone to the wires getting tangled up, so I wait and see.

Ian.

[hawkeye3guns]

Hi if its any help I have used (and still do ) a small 360' CCTV slip ring capable of 12 wires and up to 3amps current sold from macmart on E-bay for £4.99 I now have 3 tanks using them and had no problems at all 360' continous with no tangled wires
Denzil

[whjohnson]

There's some great info and photos in this thread - scroll down for a look.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-tank ... ion-2.html

[tomhugill]

The Taigen mod will be something that stops the wires getting tangled, rather than just modding the turret ring.

[hawkeye3guns]

I see the guy on rcuniverse used the same slip ring units as I do but he complained of not being able to find a connector/disconnector for the wires. I found the RCA 15 wire serial connector from any computer shop works well and provides good connection and is easy to fit and disconnect ( no chance of getting it wrong way due to its shape) just solder your wires to each end and bob's your uncle.
Denzil