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Home stretch!!!

But alas 3 steps forward, 2 steps back... Got everything wired up like spaghetti guts just to mock it up and sizzle sizzle, smoke, crossed a wire somehow and looks like at least I fried the board...

at least I have an extra board so I hope that's all that it is... Oh well lesson learned I gotta be more mindful of wires and electricity

anyway:



That's one Mean looking Tiger! I do like how it's coming out.













Still more details and goodies to come

Looking forward to some outdoor pics!
So get that damn thing on the road!
Looking very good already and I envy you a little bit…….
Rob

"Got everything wired up like spaghetti guts just to mock it up and sizzle sizzle, smoke, crossed a wire somehow": MrChef, my sympathy... The HengLong 7.0 will give you better control and adequate sound. Of course, there is always the original Taigen/Torro board, which should have come with the Hochleistung 210 sound.

Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 3:38 pm "Got everything wired up like spaghetti guts just to mock it up and sizzle sizzle, smoke, crossed a wire somehow": MrChef, my sympathy... The HengLong 7.0 will give you better control and adequate sound. Of course, there is always the original Taigen/Torro board, which should have come with the Hochleistung 210 sound.

The TK7.0 It's infinitely better than the Taigen MFU in all aspects except the sound. Luckily I have a spare HL board with Tiger sounds that I'll mess with later to see what's kaput.

Now, The HL210 was the early version and being that my Tiger is a late that wouldn't fit. And if the sounds recorded were from Tiger 131 IIRC it has been replaced with a HL230 from a donor King Tiger, so there's that.

I have not paid careful attention to the Tiger I books I have. I had it backwards, as I read somewhere that the iron block Maybach HL230 P45 was a reliability problem, leading to a change back to the aluminum block Maybach HL210 P45, a reduction in power. Apparently it is the other way--and more logical way--around, the HL230 being fit to the Tiger I adding weight, but also power.

Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 2:03 am I have not paid careful attention to the Tiger I books I have. I had it backwards, as I read somewhere that the iron block Maybach HL230 P45 was a reliability problem, leading to a change back to the aluminum block Maybach HL210 P45, a reduction in power. Apparently it is the other way--and more logical way--around, the HL230 being fit to the Tiger I adding weight, but also power.

IIRC the HL230 increased bore which produced 50 more horsepower but was minimally less efficient. But I also think I remember that they had a governor on the engine but I'm not positive about that.

So after testing the 7.0 board that I thought I fried it turns out that I actually only fried the electronics in the battery. So there's $57 down the drain. I have no idea if there's a way or does anyone fix the electronics in these batteries? The battery itself was 8 months old with maybe 5 cycles on it and has always been balance charged.



wahhhh, wahhhh

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!

IT'S ALIVE!!!

THE FRANKENTIGER IS ALIVE!!!




Sorry for the shaky camera work, it's hard to manipulate it all with one hand.

Gee, it looks as if you really don't like the flash, smoke, and recoil.

Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:19 pm Gee, it looks as if you really don't like the flash, smoke, and recoil.

It's my favorite new to me gimmick. I have no use for BB's anymore and a veritable lifetime supply of the little yellow buggers.

I picked up 2 more recoil units from motion for $16 last month. Just noticed they went up to $29 the other day

Servos aren't far down the road methinks.