Dead Tiger

[DRC]

Thanks Herman B. I now have the switch with the blue wire. I kind of know where it goes but just what you I do with it once I've attached it?

[forgebear]

hi you would need to turn on the radio set and then your tank press and hold the start button on the handset and also press the binding button tank should bind and start
hope this helps dave

[DRC]

Thanks Dave. You'd better start putting all those extras together for the Panther!

Thanks to everyone for the help.

DRC

[forgebear]

will do thanks dave

[DRC]

So, back in May I bought a radio binding cable.

I GIVE UP! - three months later and I still have a dead Tiger.

I have tried every combination of switching it on and all I ever get is the flashing headlights - nothing else.

Fresh batteries all round.

Switch the transmitter on - red light.

Switch tank on - flashing headlights.

Press the bind button and then the 'start' button.

Nothing!

Time for a new receiver?

[wibblywobbly]

Just a long shot, and only because you have the same symptoms as a low battery. If you have a multimeter check the voltage on it when it is fully charged. It should ideally be 8.4v, but should be 8v plus whatever.

If the power is way down the lights will flash, and the speaker will make a noise, but the tank won't start.

Well worth exploring before you buy a new board.

[DRC]

Thanks for the replies. I charged a couple of new batteries and tried them but with the same dismal result. I then took both and connected them into a new Panther G supplied by Dave from Forgebear. The tank performed faultlessly and was trundling around the front garden lawn for over one hour.

Having explored all alternatives I am forced to come to the conclusion that the receiver has suffered premature death. I think this is probably my fault as while building the Tiger I bought a rather large bag of steel washers which fitted neatly into the back of the HL plastic wheels giving each wheel extra weight, having nearly a hundred left over I added more to the hull and increased the overall weight. Not content with that, I added bigger motors and steel gearboxes. I am thinking that the added current draw has fried the board.

If this is the case and apart from my Tiger becoming nothing more than a 'shelf-queen' I am considering buying a replacement unit and have noticed that there are receivers advertised on Ebay that have been 'beefed up' to handle a greater current drain. are these worth the extra twenty quid?

Following on to a recent post, it seems that having a 'musical bent' must be a prerequisite to rc tanking. From my youth I have the following awaiting time to play again. Premier drum kit, Yamaha keyboard, Burns Red Special guitar (early production model), Fender Telecaster 1969 Blonde, Fender Stratocaster (beat up, year not known), Gibson Les Paul x 2 (cheap copies), nondescript Base Guitar, custom made EMG 81/60 active pickup guitar with fretless rosewood neck and built in preamp, Vox BM amp, Vox AV50VT, Harley Benton 2 x12 cab and a bag full of pedals!

SRV and Bonamassa blues inspired music and I once spent two years learning to play Eugene's Trickbag on the Custom EMG pickup guitar. So many things to do and so little time!