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jimbo_wa wrote:

Rad_Schuhart wrote:Hi Jimbo, what receiver are you using? I think i could use it in a project I have.
Thanks!

It's a FrSky XMR, 6 channel PWM and flippin' tiny!

I had to add the 3 pin plug array as it is supplied without any...

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Cool, thanks man. I am getting one soon!

Received the battery and connectors from Hobbyking today.

The shortened DMD wires have helped massively, and the speaker wire has also been cut to length.


With the Zippy 4000mAh 2S installed, there's plenty of free space now.





Installation of the battle unit in the turret is next.

Has anyone managed to fit the IR Tx LED in the mantle of the Pershing?

Or is it just stored in the cupola and attached to the barrel for battle?

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jimbo_wa wrote:Received the battery and connectors from Hobbyking today.

The shortened DMD wires have helped massively, and the speaker wire has also been cut to length.


With the Zippy 4000mAh 2S installed, there's plenty of free space now.





Installation of the battle unit in the turret is next.

Has anyone managed to fit the IR Tx LED in the mantle of the Pershing?

Or is it just stored in the cupola and attached to the barrel for battle?

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Yup my.super p and the Pershing before I mounted the led in the mantlet, drilled out the gunner sight I think

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Thanks for the three replies Tom!

Did you also put the LED into a 9mm tube as per regulations?

Found your build thread, but no pictures...


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jimbo_wa wrote:Thanks for the three replies Tom!

Whatever are you talking about, he only replied once. . . .

Son of a gun-ner wrote:

jimbo_wa wrote:Thanks for the three replies Tom!

Whatever are you talking about, he only replied once. . . .

Weird, I had three notifications and Tapatalk showed three separate posts!

Sorted out the rear light today, soldered the old rear wires off the original PCB and replaced them with a red LED that was drilled out to accommodate two small fibre cables.



Needs a bit of clear glue to ensure the fibres stay in position.



Surprised that it didn't need an inline resistor, but it's only 1.6v...

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That's cool where did you get your fibres from please? Do they do various sizes?

Oh, and, I had removed the two reply copies

Son of a gun-ner wrote:That's cool where did you get your fibres from please? Do they do various sizes?

Oh, and, I had removed the two reply copies

Pesky admin making me think I was losing my mind...

The fibre is 0.75mm from eBay, but the seller I got it from over 3 years ago is no longer selling - I did find this though (various sizes and lengths too):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fibre-Optic- ... 2841610562

Thank you very much Mista

Sorry, I couldn't resist

Some very meticulous bits of electronic surgery there, Jimbo. I can even satisfy my own OCD tendencies vicariously with them..
Electronic wire spaghetti is one of those perennial niggles for the OCD-driven modeller.

Like you, I was also able to but a small reel of fibre-optic through Ebay. Given the presence of fibre in communications these days (and soon to be in my Broadband), it's fairly readily available in various diameters.
Tamiya does provide a smidgin with their tanks; but, because it's transparent, it's very easy to lose... Hence, the reel.