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pzrwest wrote:From what I have read on the forums the tank did not use LiPo batteries but the concensus is all the blank rounds somehow went off all at the same time

They put cartridges in their TANKS??????????????????????????? ....

ALPHA

tomhugill wrote:

ALPHA wrote:

Horses45 wrote:Big question was what caused it

Hey Horses... my guess would be the batteries .....probably 19v Lipos
Can't imagine anyone doing that on purpose ...unless for a movie or something


ALPHA

Lipos burn but tend not to explode like that.

Small ones yeah... big ones do.... been awhile...but there used to be a video of GM techs putting out a fire after a few of the lithium batteries blew the hood off of a test vehicle....it was pretty funny at the time.... I would assume GM had it removed since electric cars are now on the market.... lipos can explode.... the smaller ones "pop"...get enough of that polymer...lets just say ..it's really something

ALPHA

I thought it was part of the show. Blew up like the real thing, turret than upper hull.

MichaelC wrote:I thought it was part of the show. Blew up like the real thing, turret than upper hull.

I thought so too.... till the guy with the remote walked up to it with his Jaw hanging down

ALPHA

ALPHA wrote:

pzrwest wrote:From what I have read on the forums the tank did not use LiPo batteries but the concensus is all the blank rounds somehow went off all at the same time

They put cartridges in their TANKS??????????????????????????? ....

ALPHA

Yup, some 1/6 scale tanks have main guns that fire blank cartridges.

If this did use a 12v battery, it could be possible a buildup of hydrogen in the hull was ignited by the blanks / pyro squibs. Either way I feel bad for the guy.

Aren't these normally 24v?

I recently sold the two blank firer units from my tigers. At least one went germany. This is one of the reasons I sold them. Always afraid something like this might happen. The Armortek tanks use a shotgun blank magazine.

Johnf wrote:I recently sold the two blank firer units from my tigers. At least one went germany. This is one of the reasons I sold them. Always afraid something like this might happen. The Armortek tanks use a shotgun blank magazine.

This is interesting stuff John....I mean who in their right mind would put anything with gunpowder in it ....in a toy...unless they wanted to destroy it ...or is that something done for "smoke" effects

ALPHA

I think the armortek blank firer is unlikely to give problems once kept clean. It's a hefty chunk of aluminium and steel. Motorized chamber rotates to the next round after you fire.
I was adding interior detail to my turret and felt the blank firer just took up too much space. Also firing the blanks leaves a dirty residue on the interior surfaces and causes some corrosion. Armortek stopped producing the a coule of years ago.

I think the tank would survive the blast but paintwork and electronics would be destroyed.