Used Challenger Strip and Rebuild.

[Jofaur86]

Good morning,
personally same opinion as Mr. Professor, (not Fouine?) just a little opportunistic

[zooma]

Gee, zooma, when you work out your Clark TK24 with your Fly Sky FS-i6, I will be quite interested. I could switch my M10 to my FS-i6. I'd like that, especially if you do all the work to figure it all out, and I don't need to spend any money. Ooooh, am I a weasel.

I am getting there Proff, and updating the thread entry that relates to the operation sequence for use with my FS-i6 radio using the right hand stick for the drive functions and the left hand stick for the turret functions. (mode1) .......as I work it out.

Hopefully you will be able to copy it onto your FS-i6 if you are happy to use mode 1 operation.

Using the radio with all the drive functions on the right hand stick unit (Mode 1?) seems to be "at odds" with the references for the TK14 that I think is orientated towards Mode 2.

It would appear that when this board was current it was more normal to employ the "Tamiya" type of control that was more aligned to the way most of us still control our r/c cars and boats etc (throttle left stick, steering right stick). Mode 2.

Most RTR r/c tanks these days come with the drive and turret functions divided with the drive function on the right hand stick and the turret functions on the left and stick, and because I would prefer all of my tanks to drive in the same way, I am setting this TK24 board up the same way. Mode 1.

As a matter of interest I have also converted all my Tamiya tanks to work with "throttle right" as well (Mode 1) .......but I still drive all my r/c cars and boats (and helicopters) with throttle left! (Mode 2).

[Jofaur86]

There is a specialist on this Forum, for Clark systems, his friend "Maxmeker". However, I have a question? Are you using a Lipo battery? Do you have a warning system for the minimum voltage, because this type of TK does not have one!!!

[zooma]

There is a specialist on this Forum, for Clark systems, his friend "Maxmeker". However, I have a question? Are you using a Lipo battery? Do you have a warning system for the minimum voltage, because this type of TK does not have one!!!

YES I do use a LiPo and NO I don't have a low voltage warning system...........yet............


I just have to remember to stop and change the battery when the tank starts to slow down!

[Jofaur86]

OK Good

[zooma]

After a bit more "trial and error" (with reference to all the helpful information I have been given) I have come up with something that works quite well, but I still don't have control of all the functions WHEN I want to use them - even though they do all work!

Here is what I ended -up with on my FlySky FS-i6.


Top Right ROTARY SWITCH.

Barrel elevation. I have a separate servo in the turret for this operation, so I plugged it into channel 5. This works perfectly.


RIGHT STICK UNIT..

This is used for the DRIVE function. Forwards, Reverse, Left, Right. This works.



LEFT STICK UNIT.

Stick UP - top left - activate machine gun with muzzle flash .
Stick UP top right - switch on/off headlights.

Stick DOWN - bottom left - fire main gun. (no muzzle flash - I will check the LED).
Stick DOWN - bottom right - an extra machine gun sound that does not activate the machine gun flash. Seems superfluous?

Stick CENTRAL - full left switch on/off drive.
Stick CENTRAL - full right switch on/off engine sound.

All the above functions work well enough - the engine sound activation and drive on/off is not quite as reliable as they could be - but they usually work well.


HELP NEEDED to control RANDOM FUNCTIONS.

Two more functions that work well (but not always when I want them to!).

TURRET TURN. The works using the left hand stick unit (in the normal way) - but I don't know how to switch this function on/off.

Orange Flashing Range Light. Like the tire turn this function work well - when it wants to - but I dont know how to with it on/off.

I must have accidentally found a way to access these two functions - but I have yet found out how I switched either of them on.


All the above is good enough to drive the tank, and when I find out how to switch on/off the turret turn function I will be very pleased (likewise the flashing orange range control light).

[Herr Dr. Professor]

zooma, I mostly use RTR r/c tanks (majority Taigen/Torro, with TongDe and HengLong in the past few years), so yes, Mode 1. Maybe I should keep the Mato M10 in Mode 2 as a test of my memory, ever waning with age. Before I sent you the the Mato instructions, I was trying to remember the M10 function orientation--from 60 miles away. Now that was a challenge.

[zooma]

The earlier picture of my used Challenger 2 showed that the tracks were quite loose and sagged onto the return rollers, so I intended adjusting them before running them once I got the tank back together again.

After re-fitting the same tracks (with no adjustment) they no longer sag.

The only difference is that I have fitted the angle alloy chassis brace and this has stopped the moulded chassis bending under the weight of carrying the heavy metal tracks and driving gears.

[Jofaur86]

Super well worked, and quickly when do you mean to activate / deactivate the rotation of the turret? for the gun flash? is it an LED that is in place? not a system with separate electronics? I have to calmly reread your summary, because small brain

[zooma]

Super well worked, and quickly when do you mean to activate / deactivate the rotation of the turret? for the gun flash? is it an LED that is in place? not a system with separate electronics? I have to calmly reread your summary, because small brain

I have not worked-out how to make the turret turn (on demand) when I move the left hand stick unit.

Sometimes it works OK after I have been moving the left hand stick to work other functions, so there must be a certain sequence (or stick position) that I need to learn to activate this function.

When it works, the turret turns nicely - but it can stop as I make other functions turn on/off....such as drive/engine/lights/MG/gun etc.