Re: HL smoker "new version"?
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:13 am
I have just bought 2 of the non proportional versions from rctank.de to replace the black/beige units that came with 2 of my tanks.
I think they are much better.
So far they produce more smoke, seem less sensitive to the amount of oil you put in (you do still have to be careful not to over fill but it does not seem as critical), and as yet they have been reliable. They do seem to run longer on a fill as well from my experience so far.
My tanks get run 3-4 times a week so they are not heavily used. The old units started to play up within a week and I ended up leaving them switched off out of frustration. The new units have been in for about a month now I think and are left on all the time and have not caused a problem at all.
I'm very pleased with them.
I gave them a try because I was fed up with the old units and trying to get them to work better. I realised that I had less problem with the smoke unit in my Taigen Panzer IV 2.4Ghz it just seemed to work and on opening up the tank I realised that this came factory fitted with one of these clear plastic newer units.
Anytime I buy a tank in the future with the older black/beige unit in it I will as a matter of course replace it with one of these.
Hope this is helpful.
I think they are much better.
So far they produce more smoke, seem less sensitive to the amount of oil you put in (you do still have to be careful not to over fill but it does not seem as critical), and as yet they have been reliable. They do seem to run longer on a fill as well from my experience so far.
My tanks get run 3-4 times a week so they are not heavily used. The old units started to play up within a week and I ended up leaving them switched off out of frustration. The new units have been in for about a month now I think and are left on all the time and have not caused a problem at all.
I'm very pleased with them.
I gave them a try because I was fed up with the old units and trying to get them to work better. I realised that I had less problem with the smoke unit in my Taigen Panzer IV 2.4Ghz it just seemed to work and on opening up the tank I realised that this came factory fitted with one of these clear plastic newer units.
Anytime I buy a tank in the future with the older black/beige unit in it I will as a matter of course replace it with one of these.
Hope this is helpful.