Getting new smoke for my King tiger!

[Deathcrusher]

Hello im just wondering does anyone have any good suggestions on smokers i can get that produce large amounts of smoke or you can toggle how much smoke is made. The current smoker on my torro king tiger doesnt really satisfy me in the rare case i can get it to actually work (i frequently have to blow down the rear exhaust tube to get the smoke to start despite the fan running). I have no idea what smoker to get as there are so many. I would prefer a smoker than can produce thick cloudy streams of smoke if that exists.

[AlanWhite]

How much liquid do you put in it ?
Its just it sounds as if you maybe overfilling it and excess is getting spat out blocking 1 of the exhasts
Dont ask how i know lol

[Exhibitedbrute]

Answer to you first question. Not GI smokers

However given what you have explained, they are indeed the symptoms of over filling

[LordLudikrous]

Sometimes I’ve found that smoke left in the tubes when the tank is switched off condenses back into fluid and an air bubble forms and blocks the tube. Flooring the tank at full speed for about 10 seconds or so usually fixes it.

I’ve had experience with three different smoke systems, hopefully this might provide some useful information. The first two were with the Taigen V2 electronics and were the original piston driven Taigen smoker, and the Tarr Mk4. The third is the Heng Long CNC J4 smoker with HL 7.1 electronics.

Taigen Original Smoker – Uses a reciprocating piston to push air into the smoke compartment. Extremely noisy, doesn’t produce much smoke and won’t last long before it breaks. Utter rubbish – avoid.
Likes – Easy to install, plug and play.
Dislikes – Not proportional, very noisy, doesn’t produce much smoke, unreliable, easy to overfill.

Tarr Mk4 – A fan driven smoker that allows for proportional smoke with V1 and V2 systems as the heating element is powered by the MFU while the fan is connected to the gearboxes and powered that way. Unfortunately Tarr made the Mk4 out of plastic and while it kicks out a decent amount of smoke the heat was warping the smoker and outright slowly melting the top. It stopped working so well after a while but by this point I was replacing the electronics in my tank so wasn’t interested in finding out why and rectifying the issue.
Likes – Proportional, quiet, impressive amount of smoke, very difficult to overfill.
Dislikes – Complicated to install (requires soldering to gearbox terminals), plastic construction gets damaged by the heating element over time.

Heng Long CNC J4 – By far and away the best smoker I’ve ever used. This is designed to work with HL 6.0 and up so the heating element and fan motor have separate connections that plug into the MFU. Unlike the standard Heng Long smoker this has an electronic motor that pulls in air connected via a tube to the smoke chamber housing the heating element. Both are made from metal and this puts out the most amount of smoke I’ve seen, plus its been in my Tiger for nearly a year now and works just as well as it did day 1. Plus it was only £19.99.
Likes – Proportional, quiet, impressive amount of smoke, very difficult to overfill, reliable, robust metal construction, inexpensive.
Dislikes – Can be awkward to install due to size.

If you know your way around with a soldering iron I would seriously consider changing over to HL 7.1 electronic and installing the J4. Below are a couple of clips before and after it was installed in my Tiger to demonstrate how much it kicks out.

[Deathcrusher]

Sometimes I’ve found that smoke left in the tubes when the tank is switched off condenses back into fluid and an air bubble forms and blocks the tube. Flooring the tank at full speed for about 10 seconds or so usually fixes it.

I’ve had experience with three different smoke systems, hopefully this might provide some useful information. The first two were with the Taigen V2 electronics and were the original piston driven Taigen smoker, and the Tarr Mk4. The third is the Heng Long CNC J4 smoker with HL 7.1 electronics.

Taigen Original Smoker – Uses a reciprocating piston to push air into the smoke compartment. Extremely noisy, doesn’t produce much smoke and won’t last long before it breaks. Utter rubbish – avoid.
Likes – Easy to install, plug and play.
Dislikes – Not proportional, very noisy, doesn’t produce much smoke, unreliable, easy to overfill.

Tarr Mk4 – A fan driven smoker that allows for proportional smoke with V1 and V2 systems as the heating element is powered by the MFU while the fan is connected to the gearboxes and powered that way. Unfortunately Tarr made the Mk4 out of plastic and while it kicks out a decent amount of smoke the heat was warping the smoker and outright slowly melting the top. It stopped working so well after a while but by this point I was replacing the electronics in my tank so wasn’t interested in finding out why and rectifying the issue.
Likes – Proportional, quiet, impressive amount of smoke, very difficult to overfill.
Dislikes – Complicated to install (requires soldering to gearbox terminals), plastic construction gets damaged by the heating element over time.

Heng Long CNC J4 – By far and away the best smoker I’ve ever used. This is designed to work with HL 6.0 and up so the heating element and fan motor have separate connections that plug into the MFU. Unlike the standard Heng Long smoker this has an electronic motor that pulls in air connected via a tube to the smoke chamber housing the heating element. Both are made from metal and this puts out the most amount of smoke I’ve seen, plus its been in my Tiger for nearly a year now and works just as well as it did day 1. Plus it was only £19.99.
Likes – Proportional, quiet, impressive amount of smoke, very difficult to overfill, reliable, robust metal construction, inexpensive.
Dislikes – Can be awkward to install due to size.

If you know your way around with a soldering iron I would seriously consider changing over to HL 7.1 electronic and installing the J4. Below are a couple of clips before and after it was installed in my Tiger to demonstrate how much it kicks out.

This fixed it thank you XD

[Jib]

You might also try different smoke fluid from stock smoke oil the tanks come with. I started using Mega Steam smoke fluid. Meant for trains, but works just as well for tanks.