Graupner Smoke Units

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Graupner Smoke Units

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Im looking at smoke units for my next tank, and im thinking a 12v unit might produce more smoke than the 6v one. The quest is, will 7.2v be enough to run one of these units? Any ideas.
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Re: Graupner Smoke Units

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Grim,you may not know this but on RCU at the bottom of the list is RC battleships and that type of RC ship build,many use these types of gruapner smokers so you may find the informatiom you seek,Sax http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_316/tt.htm http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid ... e_1/tt.htm
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Grim my boy you need one of the train 6volt jobs called Seuthe super smoker, they make two sorts one with a tube or one that you can that you can put into a tub , but it does mean more work .......... cost about £ 20 plus pounds each but the lads will confirm that the one that is fitted to the pershing works well, with a little help from some small servos.. if you wish to know more pm me and ishall be glad to help......
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Hey fleshy how about some more information on the smoke unit,have you allready installed one? Did you maybe post in tips and tricks at some point? Any information would be helpful,thanks Sax
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Will post tomorrow,Sax all being well...............
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Thank-you
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Re: Graupner Smoke Units

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Fleshy, is this what you ment?

http://www.kato-unitrack.co.uk/seuthe-4 ... 412-0.html

It looks excellent, and the drip feed design is perfect, as its really annoying having to refil my Tiger all the time. It says operating voltage 6-7v, will it handle 7.2v? Or do you need to use resistors? Im not that great with the electrical side.

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Hi this is a link (below) to my tiger web page, scroll down and you will see how I used the smoke unit, simple but effective but don't turn the tank upside down!

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http://www.ttracing.pwp.blueyonder.co.u ... er-311.htm
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Yes Grim that,s the right stuff ,and yes it will take 7.2 volts no problem,
I off to work now will post later tonight after 10.00pm...
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Re: Graupner Smoke Units

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Actually it doesnt have to be that much work guys, for a tiger 1 just take the centre tubes out of the exhaust and drop a smoker in each side, connect to a 6v battery pack and away you go

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they are great little units, its what i have in the M113 as well!

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