Beginner: Do I need a control board for basic funtions

[Thembi]

I'm a long time r/c flier and wanted to give this a shot. I'm 3d printing a 1/10 scale Tiger. It requires two brushed motors and two ESCs. I'm trying to read/learn about controllers but end up going down multiple rabbit holes, not much luck finding an introductory guide after two days of searching.

My question is:

"Do I need a control board?" if I'm just after basic travel, turret and barrel movement, and trigger an Airsoft mechanism? Can I just mix/program channels on a six-channel Spektrum transmitter to achieve this? It sounds like controllers give lots more options like sound, lights, smoke, etc. which I might explore later.


Thanks!

[jfulls94]

Thats a good question im also concidering getting a 3D printer to start macking some tanks id say the easy route would be to get a MFU with cables + its own transmitter, if you want somthing basic. Forgebear sell a Taigen set. Or you could go with a more bespoke board such as Clark, Elmod or Beier.

I'd say you could get all the controls working from your own transmitter and a reciever but i dont know how that would work if you want the tank to have sound.

Im fairly new myself my first build is fairly standardised parts so 3D printing is a new venture

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[Thembi]

Thats a good question im also concidering getting a 3D printer to start macking some tanks id say the easy route would be to get a MFU with cables + its own transmitter, if you want somthing basic. Forgebear sell a Taigen set. Or you could go with a more bespoke board such as Clark, Elmod or Beier.

I'd say you could get all the controls working from your own transmitter and a reciever but i dont know how that would work if you want the tank to have sound.

Im fairly new myself my first build is fairly standardised parts so 3D printing is a new venture

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Thanks for the reply, are referring to this setup:

https://www.forgebeartanks.com/store/p7 ... witch.html

By the way I use a Prusa Mk4 printer, which I love!

Thanks for your help!

[Kaczor]

You can stay with your radio and have proportional sound and lights, e.g. using the Dasmikro board.

https://radindustries.wordpress.com/202 ... ini-v3-v4/

The Taigen board is not designed for heavy loads (more powerful engines and heavier models).

[tankme]

Recently someone actually hooked up external ESCs to the HL 7.1 board for a tank build that needed larger motors. I think they used CH3 and CH4 on the controller.

[Thembi]

You can stay with your radio and have proportional sound and lights, e.g. using the Dasmikro board.

https://radindustries.wordpress.com/202 ... ini-v3-v4/

The Taigen board is not designed for heavy loads (more powerful engines and heavier models).

OK, thanks for that. I was seeing some posts about size and loads on systems, what you say makes sense. This is most likely going to be a one-off build. I already had to get a part-time job to support my flying!

[Jimmic]

I'd look at the Sabretooth range of dual speed controllers to which you can add other functions. Easy to use and very compact.