M5 Stuart with el-mod

[Panzerman]

I would like to take this back a step or two, it would be okay to use a tamiya
full option control unit in a 21st century Toys Stuart with a 12 volt battery as
long as you have a fan to cool the unit?

How close to the unit does the fan have to be from the unit?
What if you use say an 8.4volt 8 cell pack with the tamiya unit in the Stuart?
Thank you,
Panzerman

[jrc]

hi Panzerman

it will run on the lower voltage but it's motors are designed for 12v and it'll runs slower and has less power than it should. I tried mine on HL boards and it run for a while but eventually I blew the board.

Ross

[nibelungenwerk]

My son has been running a 1/6 Stuart with Tamiya 1/16th Sherman electics for several years without any problems. He has not even fitted any cooling fans and has kept the 12 v battery. It is an easy conversion.
I would suggest you acquire a cheap Sherman from Hong Kong, the States or Germany. You could always sell the rest on evil bay