H/l TIGER 1 PROBLEM

[jarndice]

Hi, The socket lay- out on the 2,4 board is identical to the RX18 board so you just swap from one socket on the RX18 to the same socket in the new board, truly plug and play. shaun

[ALPHA]

Hi Alpha I have been e mailed by the vendor they are going to put new electrics in the tank and they are keen to sort it out ,I have been looking at reviews on welsh dragon site as regards as you say upgrading to 2.4 gig unit £64.00? it sounds great better sound.no crystals.no antenna. would you know is it easy to fit Frank

As Shaun said it's pretty easy...less than a 5 min swap out...best thing is you actually end up with more space as you get rid of the start up board completely .... the sensitivity is excellent...and I've found on the new gen sets ...the sound and smoke are controlled by the transmitter...so no more flipping the tank over for smoke or volume adjustment ...I'm not sure which one welsh has... the older one works as well..thing is the older gen transmitter doesn't have the buttons for sound and smoke..so the old function is still there

Bottom line to me is... the price isn't that bad for the conversion...and is well worth the time and money put in to it as the "pros" outweigh the "cons"
You are in the UK? the price is a little higher there
but here in the states.. a complete setup would run about 60 dollars plus postage
http://www.matomart.com/prodview.php?p=1349
http://www.matomart.com/prodview.php?p=1348
http://www.matomart.com/prodview.php?p=1347
Good luck Francis

ALPHA

[Marc780]

I'm not an expert like some of the people here but I've learned one or two expensive lessons in my time with these fun and relatively cheap tanks. The reason they are cheap is because the manufacturer cuts corners. To make them better is usually not too expensive and if you want to make your tank more then a casual toy, well worth it. The problems I have found are often the last place most people look...The battery, as other people said, is a weak point. It is the cheapest battery they could find and marginal even when new. Nicads are designed to be run down completely and only then recharged. Of course almost no one does this with the result the weak Nicads becomes weaker even faster. What kills Nicads is "crystallization" and with standard chargers it's unavoidable. However it's charged a Nicads only gets about 1000 charges until it's dead so the first thing to change is the battery, for a 3000 milliamp or greater Nimh (nickel metal hydride) battery plus a new charger with overcharge protection. (I check my batteries out of curiousity, with a voltmeter when they are run down, during and after charging. They are 'full" once they have reached anything over 8 volts. But the charger will continue to charge for a long time after this until the light on the charger turns green).

Lastly treat your transmitter like eggs! Do not smack the transmitter to remove the batteries this will kill it ( ask me how I know). Pry them out instead. My first tank, a king tiger, gave me fits. It ran intermittently then quit running completely. I blamed the board (the cheap tk01 board-they are garbage) until I tried a new transmitter and found that's what the problem was. Then I changed to rx18 but even that would not run dependably. I switched to the 2.4ghz and not a problem since! Worth every penny and immediately switched my tiger 1 over also (TPA on amazon gave me a price break om the second radio system as I bought the first one from them too).

And the 2.4 ghz radio is worth every penny-it's an indispensable upgrade. If you can afford it do it!

[Lord Haw-Haw]

My I suggest the Taigen 2.4 system. I had serval HL 2.7Mhz and upgraded to the 2.4 HL systems (3 of4), all 4 now have the Taigen. -as of this weekend.

Reasons: #1 reason is the Dragon Anti Track Recoil Circuit (ATRC) boards still works on the Taigen, HL changed the trigger signal on the 2.4. #2 transmitter uses only 6 batteries, HL uses 8 and the the Taigen battery tray is a better design -holds batteries much much better! #3 has a reverse light (LED) option. #4 sounds are louder, even with the HL speaker. #5 cooling fan. #6 better speaker. #7 transmitter feels more ergonomic.

What you loose: cannon fire button/function (located by the start key area on HL).

[tomhugill]

I would avoid the taigen 2.4 system, waste of money. Get a Clark or ibu 2

[Lord Haw-Haw]

I would avoid the taigen 2.4 system, waste of money. Get a Clark or ibu 2

For some of us who have kids that use theses tanks, the Clark isn't intuitive for them (at least mine). Had a Pershing with a Clark TK22 they hated it. I understand most of you have many tanks and use a single radio with custom profiles to control all of them. We need 4-5 separate radios, this was the happiest for all route.

If we go IR battling we'll go the MAKO2, Hammerhead II and REMORA wireless to MANTA LCD's on each controller.

Soon to be on ebay (HL PCB's not shown):

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FYI battery compartment on Taigen Tx:

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[tomhugill]

No need for custom profiles. But if you've area wanting to run tanks at once I see how several tx can get expensive. I also take your point about the controls, I had an slu with the same left stick setup. Its not intuitive but you get used to it. To be honest most of my tanks have tamiya guts and especially with fire buttons they're very intuitive.

[francisbertiedog]

Hi Guys thanks for all your advice I think the updated 2.4 gig unit is what I will purchase thanks to you all regards Frank

[dgsselkirk]

Not to jump the forum guys but MichaelC has figured out a way to get everything off the left stick except for turret rotation using a Turnigy radio. On the top switches left front engine, left rear lights, right front machine gun, right rear cannon fire on the spring loaded switch. It works beautifully!

The man is a friggin' genius!

[ALPHA]

Not to jump the forum guys but MichaelC has figured out a way to get everything off the left stick except for turret rotation using a Turnigy radio. On the top switches left front engine, left rear lights, right front machine gun, right rear cannon fire on the spring loaded switch. It works beautifully!

The man is a friggin' genius!

Does it have a button that does this

now that would be cool

ALPHA