JUst Joined and already having probs lol

[Adie Hawkeye]

I thought it was a much longer running time when I first started to get interested in this hobby I found a guy locally who said he got about three hours running time out of each charge I have managed to get the US M4 1A3 bulldog working though it sees a little slow on responce I was so amazed at the engine noise and start not used the smoke yet but great sounds I also got the grey panzer III working though I dont thik this has sound but was quick and responsive just the Panzer Tasch desert version to get to work and that will be all three working I think the Tasch has sound and smoke too already been so bitten eyeing up a kingtiger, sherman and Kv1 or possibly T 34 even though I don't have the money for anymore yet NOTHING WRPNG IN DREAMING

[Dietrich]

Hi Adie Hawkeye ,
Welcome to the Forum. I am glad that you have managed to get 2 of the tanks working.. fingers crossed for the third.
I am looking forward to seeing some of the modelling work that you do on these tanks.

[wibblywobbly]

Welcome to the forum, and its good to see someone who has a long history of modelling under their belt.

Ok, now these HL batteries are, to be blunt, pretty useless. As has already been said they will only give you around 20-30 mins of running time.

HL tank batteries are all 7.2v

The difference is the mah rating. The HL's are 2000 mah. You can get batteries up to 5000 mah, they are also higher quality. The higher the mah, the longer the battery will last on a full charge. A fully charged battery is usually at 8.4v. Most tank circuits cut the power when it drops to 6v, so what you are looking for is a battery that stays above 6v for as long as possible. Generally the more you pay, the better the battery...and good ones are not particularly cheap.

The next thing is that you then need a decent charger. If it can charge at 4 amps, and has what is called 'peak detect' then it will charge a battery a gazillion times faster than the HL charger which is about 400 milliamps or less than half of 1 amp.

Peak Detect means that the charger detects when the battery is fully charged and automatically drops down to a trickle charge to prevent over charging, and thus damaging the 'rather expensive' battery.

Smoke Units? Well most of us remove them as they go bang anyway, and all the time that they are running, they are taking power from the battery. If you run them dry of oil they will overheat and break, if you overfill with oil, they won't work.

The HL tanks are pretty rugged, and you should get plenty of enjoyment out of them. Of course, if you get hooked, you will start looking in the builds section and start thinking 'I could do that to mine'...

RobG

[Merlin707]

Hi Adie, welcome to the forum.

Sorry to hear about your plight with the roadside bomb, I've come across too many of those darn things who have put my friends in the same situation as your good self.
But testament to you for keeping up the hard work and making something of the horrid outcome.

Hopefully we will get chance to see some of your models.

[tanker 242]

well said merlin707 I had enough of damd bombs in my tour of n.i. [car &pub ]

[ruben2005]

wow what a story and you refuse to give up fella you are one of lifes stars and im so glad your on here, cant wait to see your tanks and welcome to the madness of 1/16 tanks

[Adie Hawkeye]

wow what a story and you refuse to give up fella you are one of lifes stars and im so glad your on here, cant wait to see your tanks and welcome to the madness of 1/16 tanks

Thanks Ruben
I am not sure I would go that far many more heros out there then me but thank you anyway and for the welcome and already hooked on this tank lark lol and you are not that far from me I see

Adie

[rayzzer-b]

HI,,Adie.the heng long crystals can sometimes give problems , giving total failure or a intermittent problem i have a few parts in my spares box if you need any help be happy to oblige and a warm welcome to tanking P,M me if you need something Ray

[rayzzer-b]

HI,,Adie.the heng long crystals can sometimes give problems , giving total failure or a intermittent problem i have a few parts in my spares box if you need any help be happy to oblige and a warm welcome to tanking P,M me if you need something Ray

oh and adie the standard yellow battery is rubbish best ones i found 3700mar good price on ebay you get over an hour out of it and no charging problems like the nicad ones regards