Renault FT 1:6

[MikeN]

Unfortunnately I couldnt make it actually work!
So I loaded it on to the tank transporter and took it to my nearest model shop about 10 miles away and the nice man pointed out that none of the ESC factory settings were suitable for a tank.
He re-programmed them for me and now it works fine.
It moves under its own power, steers well and the turret traverses 360 deg.

[Ecam]

Nice tank transporter! Glad you found some help nearby. I'll bet the hobby shop staff were impressed.

[MikeN]

I have a question:
What should I do with these 2 wires from the reciever?
At the moment they are just loose inside the hull. It seems to work alright like that.

[Ecam]

Receiving antenna, although I've only seen one at a time - not two. As long as it receives signal at an appropriate range range, do nothing or tape them to the hull. The metal hull may limit the range... The new 2.4 radios continue to impress from what we used many years ago.

[MikeN]

Thanks Eric,

[tankme]

Most newer receivers have two antennas. It's designed so that you can mount one horizontally and one vertically. That way when the airplane is doing maneuvers, the signal doesn't get lost. For a ground vehicle, I just leave them loose in there.

[MikeN]

Great, thanks,

[MikeN]

Today I had a steam test arranged for one of my miniature locomotives. So I took the FT along for its first outing at my model engineering society.
I was promptly relieved of it by some of the younger members .
I finaly got to have a go several hours later.
Its strange, it looks quite small out in the open when its on the ground and really huge when its indoors on my work bench.

[MikeN]

Also, this might be of slight interest to those interested in military history.
This 5" gauge 0-4-0 locomotive, which was also having a boiler test today and is owned by a member, was built in the early 1950's by a model engineer named Harold Turpin.
He was the co-designer of and also the "T" of the Sten gun.

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