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don;t give up yet. The rx18's are pretty durable. I have only fried one due to me hooking up something badly the wrong way.

1) make sure all your batts are charged
2) double check any wiring polarity AND check that you are plugging them into the right spot on the board
3) start with JUST the radio reciever and direct power (via proper plug to the right spot on the board) and two motors plugged in.
4) make sure you have two of the same channel crystals

Turn on transmitter (red light on) and push the start once. wait 10 seconds. you should be able to get the motors moving witht he right stick.

don;t worry about the other stuff, just yet. slowly add plugs to the board like sound switch, volume, speaker, upper hull cord, etc...

one at a time helps eliminate issues outside the board. If all fails, then get a new one.. I have had dead board in one tank that somehow works in another tank, so save all your parts.....




see what happens
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thanks xrad will try your way tomorrow if it still dosent work i will try it in jagdpanther as easiest one to take apart if still wont work its 25 quid down the drain

chris
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pop the cover chris and look for anything black

does sound like a duff board to me mate can you get a pic with the lid off?
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Chris, these are for you to check your connections, and if you can use a volt meter you can check for power output, hope this helps. Blake
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i cant see any black spots looks ok to me here are some pics its the best i could do for close ups

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i switched over rx18 boards on the jagdpanther and it worked only thing is the sound when driving is weird, now i have a couple of bits to fix on jag gun elevation is broken will try board back in tiger later when i get rid of grandkids

chris
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raven wrote:i switched over rx18 boards on the jagdpanther and it worked only thing is the sound when driving is weird, now i have a couple of bits to fix on jag gun elevation is broken will try board back in tiger later when i get rid of grandkids

chris
Hi Chris

What do you mean by 'weird'?

If it makes a kind of clattering sound when you move the tank you have 1 for a kv1 (not the best sound,i have a kv and hate the sound)...

Aaron
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hi Aaron yea its like a clattering sound its terrible so my tiger is going to sound like a kv1 sh*t

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i know rx18 works i have now installed board back into tiger 1 still nothing could it be the receiver here is a pic

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i swopped jag electrics over to tiger 1 still wont work and tiger electrics into jag it works all i can come up with is could it be a bad cable somewhere i am now going crazy

chris
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