Good Morning,
Wow! You have taken a high dollar toy and turned it into an amazing RC Tank.
Regards,
Painless Wolf
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:13 pm
by trackmech81
What sound card are you using so it sounds like a turbine start-up?
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:17 am
by Tankbear
PainlessWolf wrote:Good Morning,
Wow! You have taken a high dollar toy and turned it into an amazing RC Tank.
Regards,
Painless Wolf
Cheers I'm very impressed on how it has turned out.
Ian
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:18 am
by Tankbear
trackmech81 wrote:What sound card are you using so it sounds like a turbine start-up?
It's the IBU2 (Italian Battle Unit) which has user changeable sounds.
Ian
Re: hl turret turn
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:24 am
by 1942sherman
Nice work love the mods how did you get the hl turret turn box to sit in with out screws sticking out the other side
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:48 pm
by Tankbear
Hi 1942sherman,
In the base there was a lot of fixing posts unused.
So with pliers I snapped the small ones off, then filed the edge flat. fixed to the turret turn motor box with the screws, then super glued the posts and held the turret turn in position. If I remember correctly only needed to do 2 posts as I could reuse one of the originals.
Ian.
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:11 pm
by 1942sherman
G'day Ian
Thanks for the reply that's what I did but was unsure the super glue would hold but it seems to be strong
cheers
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:39 pm
by Tankbear
After the success of the servo turret turn conversion on the pz4 I thought I try it on the Abrams.
First I timed the existing HL turret turn for 1 full turn. 30 seconds one way 22 other way.
Quite easy installation
Timed 1 full turn and now down to 6-7 seconds and that isn't even on the fastest setting!
Only downside is because the Abrams is shallow inside the servo clashed with the position of the IBU2 so I have to relocate that which needs some rewiring in the tank, but worth it for the improved turret turn.
Ian
Ian.
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:46 pm
by big joe
So..Am I right in saying with a clark board the rotation was 12 seconds/per full turn but with an IBU it was 22-30 seconds?????
Re: Hobby Engine Abrams Conversion
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:01 pm
by Tankbear
big joe wrote:So..Am I right in saying with a clark board the rotation was 12 seconds/per full turn but with an IBU it was 22-30 seconds?????
Yeah the Clark must of been over powering it as it burnt the motor out. Original had a blue cap motor, but when I switched to IBU2 I also changed the turret motor gearbox (this motor had a black cap) so maybe that was causing the slow action
Come to think of it my Leopard isn't that slow must of been a dodgy unit I fitted.
