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I will consider it most ceratinly as i am entering my Pre-lims for my schooling so i dont have much time. Thank you either way tho!

Send it to Bix! He's a champion fixer-upper.

"Give a person a rc tank and they tank for a day. Teach a person to rc tank and they rc tank for a lifetime...and buy more rc tanks."
Clive Henglong, philosopher

It can be daunting to can opener your first tank, but it's a tank. Breaking down is what they do best. And hey, there's no rush. Everybody will be here to help.

In the meantime, grab your instructions that should show how to open the hull--if not--the Torro owners can help you on here.

Personally, I'd give the battery a full charge and see if anything gets corrected. It is surprising how erratic these things get on a low battery. Things work fine, and then they don't.

If problems persist, get it opened, check your gearboxes and listen to the click. It could be a loose part that's jamming them, or maybe one of your tracks is binding. Also, take each wire that plugs in on any of the boards and unplug it, then plug it back in firmly. Now, try your functions again. You've taken care of the basics and if the problems persist, let us know and let the hardcore troubleshooting begin!

Or...send it to Mr. Bix, and ask for a cool paint job too!

Best of luck,
Mike

you lot are way to nice. So far i have got the track off and was running it and the noise was central to the motor, I'm getting some grease to see if that fixes it but it sounds like the actual motor is making the noise. I wouldn't be able to do a motor replacement as its soldered on and i don't have a soldering iron let alone enough money to buy one.

What kind of sound? Is it a whining noise or a grinding noise? Whining noise is pretty normal for a brushed motor that doesn't have an ultrasonic electronic speed controller. Grinding would not be normal.

Its a really loud cracking noise and it only comes from the left of the tank.

Ok folks, I have this alleged cursed tank in hand................

Out of the box :

- Transmitter start toggle has been punched into the body of the Tx with force so I cant even start the thing. Switch is munted. Unsure if it was during shipping or not.
- Smells "burnt"...........not sure of the source, but it could be the smoke unit.
- Confirmed its a BB firing, V3 Torro/Taigen and does NOT have barrel smoke as is the norm. Has the small sound module and was assembled in 2021.
- Tracks seem very overly slack. Will try adjustment first before anything else.
- The jack has broken the mounts off the lower rear hull , but we will see what can be done about that last of all.

Now, to try find a fix to get the thing started

Oh, and I stabbed meself with a screwdriver trying to get the Tx sorted
Blood was drawn & air was blue..............

Ouch on stabbing yourself with a screwdriver mate its bloody sore when you do that and i bet the air was blue when it happened
Anyway its pretty cool your looking at this for them tho mate

I reassembled the switch. No go.
I bound the KT To my JS 2 Taigen transmitter & got the big Hua to fire up .
Sat up on a block, tightened the tracks, turned the volume off and ran it.
Slight ticking from the left motor but it’s still new and Taigen steel gears are rough & noisey .
The tighter tracks and grease on the gears made a big difference.
The exhaust smoker worked, but smelled burnt, then stopped working.
I will top it up and try again.