Clark TK22 in a Taigen Panther F - Recoil and flash?

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Clark TK22 in a Taigen Panther F - Recoil and flash?

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Hi guys!

I finally made the leap and bought two Clark TK22's! One for my Jagdtiger and one Panther-version to use in my Panther F.

To my surprise even I managed to get this working, and now my full metal Taigen is driving around using my own Turnigy transmitter!

I think I did everything right... Except there's no flash or barrel recoil. Even though I love the new controls and everything, I want to operate this tank to it's full potential! So that's where you come in, as an expert...

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The setup

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My leftover wires. Yes I already tried connecting them to 'CN3', but no flash/recoil.

Ideas?
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Re: Clark TK22 in a Panther F - Machine gun, recoil and flas

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Is my question related to this?
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Re: Clark TK22 in a Panther F - Machine gun, recoil and flas

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Are you using a servo or Taigen recoil?
Are you using an HL/Taigen muzzle flash or an led?
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Re: Clark TK22 in a Panther F - Machine gun, recoil and flas

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wibblywobbly wrote:Are you using a servo or Taigen recoil?
Are you using an HL/Taigen muzzle flash or an led?
Honestly... Don't know...

It's a stock Taigen Panther F from RCtank.de, does that help?
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If you take the upper hull off and look up into the turret you will see what is in there, probably not a servo. The next question is then whether you have a recoiling barrel? If it is just a plain airsoft one, then it won't recoil, do you have the spec for what you bought?

There is a very detailed set of instructions on the Clark site, unfortunately due to the design of the site you will need to scroll down 'a lot' to find the answers that you need.
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wibblywobbly wrote:If you take the upper hull off and look up into the turret you will see what is in there, probably not a servo. The next question is then whether you have a recoiling barrel? If it is just a plain airsoft one, then it won't recoil, do you have the spec for what you bought?
Yesss it has barrel recoil and flash! :-)

I just added to the first post I'm also missing barrel elevation...
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Re: Clark TK22 in a Panther F - Machine gun, recoil and flas

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If you have turret rotation and not elevation then there is something up with the 8 pin plug, or the wiring, or the tx/channel set up.

You will need to check the tx, and channel plugs on the rx, to make sure that all channels are linked to the correct sticks, and that limits are set correctly.
Elevation could be slightly off centre when you push the stick up.
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wibblywobbly wrote:If you have turret rotation and not elevation then there is something up with the 8 pin plug, or the wiring, or the tx/channel set up.

You will need to check the tx, and channel plugs on the rx, to make sure that all channels are linked to the correct sticks, and that limits are set correctly.
Elevation could be slightly off centre when you push the stick up.
This really, really helped. Turned out Isimply do not understand a lot of Clark (yet!)!
After I read your comment I started fumbling around with the sticks and YES machine gun and barrel elevation are working! And I even figured out how to switch on/of the main light! :-)

I have to say controls for these functions are very sensitive, I fired my main cannon most of the times or turned off the engine haha!
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Re: Clark TK22 in a Taigen Panther F - Recoil and flash?

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I edited my first post to what the situation is right now: no recoil/flash.
wibblywobbly wrote:If you take the upper hull off and look up into the turret you will see what is in there, probably not a servo.
I can show you what I see. :-)
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Re: Clark TK22 in a Taigen Panther F - Recoil and flash?

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I'm afraid I found my problem AND solution...

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If only I understood any of this haha!
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