MAKO IR Battle board

[The Tank Man]

Hi guys heres some pics of the MAKO battle boards that arrived today! im sure you know what these are but for the news guys heres what they do! Basicaly you plug them into your rx18 then you plug your heng long IR into it ! this then makes your henglong tank work with the tamiya battle systems!! we will be testing them at the Model show in dunkinfield on the 18th of march in manchester sk16 5bl all tankers are welcome to come along we will have a battle field set up and will be testing the boards against tamiya tanks ! a full review will be posted on here of how they worked and how they can be inproved so keep your eyes peeled !! thats it for now guys enjoy the pics

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[Reaper332]

Great to see that you finally have them mate, I look forward to your review on how they go.
Cheers Ken

[The Tank Man]

Great to see that you finally have them mate, I look forward to your review on how they go.
Cheers Ken

Thanks Ken it will be a nice change to shoot back at the tamiya tanks!

[Tankbear]

Yeah looking forward to the next meet to try these. Be interesting to see if the shooting range increases, as I remember when me and Gary was battling (both HL tanks) for some reason I couldn’t hit Gary when at opposite sides of the room but he could get me.

[mustclime]

On the hl tanks, there is no restriction on the fan pattern of the IR light. In our club, we require the light to be inserted in a 9mm deep tube to cut down on this pattern of the light. ...this might be a issue

[mustclime]

Yeah looking forward to the next meet to try these. Be interesting to see if the shooting range increases, as I remember when me and Gary was battling (both HL tanks) for some reason I couldn’t hit Gary when at opposite sides of the room but he could get me.

The way I understand it, this might be a couple things.....if I am wrong, plaese let me know...

The Tamiys system doesn't just turn on the IR light when you shoot....it flashes it really fast....the apple looks for these flashes at this speed....The hl system uses another rate of flashing. This is the main reason these systems do not work togather( or so I have been told). Another issue is the hl apple( the ir senser that plugs into the turret) has crome fins where the tamiya apple has black fins. The fins are there to limit sunlight adn "close shots" from setting off the sensor. Crome plating them like the hl ones would make them more prone to reading "close hits" and false hits from the sun.


Again guys, this is just how I understand it so I could be wrong....

this card changes the "flash" pattern of the hl IR light to the tamiya standard and reads the tamiya flash.....as I understand it.

[Tankbear]

Hi Mustclime,

That sounds about right about the flashing. Heres a video of one of my tanks, where you can see the IR LED flashing away after the main gun flash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... vmLFAIjBPk

The IR reciever aren't chrome but painted plastic but suppose will have same effect. So maybe I paint them matt black like the tamiya ones.

Ian.

[mustclime]

Yea, there has to be a flashing or the IR in the sunlight would set off the sensor. The fins on the hl "apple" should really be bigger and black.

[The Tank Man]

I'll be ordering the tamiya apple so we will see what the main differences are and try and make some changes!

[The Tank Man]

Yeah looking forward to the next meet to try these. Be interesting to see if the shooting range increases, as I remember when me and Gary was battling (both HL tanks) for some reason I couldn’t hit Gary when at opposite sides of the room but he could get me.

I think the main reason for that Ian is I was in a panther tank!