I'm building an electronic hybrid of my Panther

[Edwin]

Hello,

I am always being asked about it brushless drives to be combined with standard electronics and I still have my first tank, I have a Tamiya Panther is broken anyway, I'll try it. In addition I have installed upstream of helical gear unit with brushless motors and a flywheel, and to leave the Tamiya electronics for all other functions. In addition, I would like to control Tamiya to remote controlled and can switch off to turn on and off the engine sound with it.

This is the output bassis.





And I'll gear this signature with the corresponding controls. The flywheels are still missing.



But first I have to disassemble the tank and rebuild the broken suspension anyway. In a swing arm a tab is broken off.





Since I did not want to wait for a replacement part, I fix the broken arm easy. I stretch it to the lathe, teach him and impale him with a 3mm drill bit.



Then I still had a small brass sleeve make the flaps were replaced and then glue a 3mm silver steel.



He must now harden before I can clean them and install it, but another time

[cupoftea]

Hi Edwin

The work you do is remarkable and inspiring. I really like the idea of using separate speed controllers and transmitter mixing (delta aircraft i presume) to control the tank's motion. I have been toying with the idea of, when funds permit, of getting one of those boards that allow you to use a 2.4ghz system with a Heng Long RX18 board and then running Y leads from the board to independant speed controllers. Thus I hope to be able to retain the motor sound function and also have independant speed control as well as having additional channels for additional functions.

[Edwin]

hi Cupofeta,

I'm going now almost all my tanks with brushless drives and steer them only on the mixer channel. The inertia of the originals I create with flywheels on the motors, a very different behavior than what results from an electronics and much better corresponds to a something real vehicle.

If you want to also try a hybrid like me here, I would not recommend you the RX18. Moreover, you need to definitely have a RC2HL board and then the costs are so high as when you use a TK22 has also equals more opportunities and a good sound.

regards Edwin

[Edwin]

Today, the first suspension is even finished.

I have already Some of what I need already made ??a series of other small parts with, so this is now completely fixed by hand.

The spoons for swing axles are on my router also made ??quickly and so that they also guaranteed play fit into the slots of the swing arms and then nothing wobbles.





The Mintnehmer with the spoons I turn because Tamiya uses a slightly strange dimension of 5.5 mm for the holes. Later I then but still turned over the entire length.



I can solder the driver with 3mm silver steel rods.



So I could install the axles and swing arms into the tub. Springs and collars were also already available.



As a lever of the springs in the tub I use 10 x 10mm aluminum angle.



After I installed this and the suspension was approximately presets, I now have a very smooth and Sensitive drive that works much better than the old, and is also adjustable.

[Edwin]

Somehow I do this week to nothing but the Panthers I want to go to Saturday in Dernbach.

Therefore, today was the gearbox fitted to the series.

Since I want to flanges and inertias to the engines but I can not install this in the usual way, because I need some more space under the engine for this. So I build a slanted transmission pad and these three aluminum parts for the Bassi.



First I milled the wedge-shaped supports.



So I can install them are still necessary cutouts for the axes.





The support plate is then glued and screwed. Here I bring just to the holes for bolting.



The holes for the mounting in the tub I drill through the entire bracket. So it is easy to place them behind in the pan.





The flywheels I had finished they were lying there and quickly installed. Also the gearbox were then installed quickly, even if I have to cheat a little bit and move it slightly to the old position. In addition I have some polished the old hole.





Recently I have put two large ball bearing axle support as this and glued with epoxy to the kneading trough.



Morning then och shortened the axles fit and I can slowly begin the installation of the electronics.

[Edwin]

And on it goes.

the sprockets were then soon adapted and adjusted the suspension.





Next, I dealt with the speaker, because a small adjustment was necessary to be able to install this again.
On the underside of a piece of cut and had to be re-sealed.





Then we can get started with the electronics. First I set the brushless motor and tested with the drive.





It runs quite well except for the rumble of a transmission and I will also leave. There is simply one of the gears a little too loose. In operation, the Panthers will then be somewhat slower because I have done the test drive with 8 cells. Later there will be only sixth

Then I started to connect the Tamiya electronics with the brushless motor. I was able to see when you first turn it would work. I just have to find the right assignment of functions to each other. The engine sound is there, where he works wonderfully suitable for driving.
What I also again have to change maybe the receiver power supply. Currently it makes the Taniya electronics, but I can not the sound on and off with the transmitter. So some work is pending, but it looks good.

[Edwin]

And off we went to the Panthers.

Since I want to start the engine using the remote control I built a simple switch from a low power and a button. Since the engines are no longer controlled by the electronics Tamiya enough this button with its switching capacity from perfect.



I have built in the same place the new one-switch on which he already was before, but the brushless motor due to a stronger one.



And so the Panthers now looks inside ..... what a lot of cable .....



The coordination between the regulators and the Tamiya Brushless electronics I have also done it to 90%. Only for right-handers, the motor will not sound like me, but I will still get through. What does not work is the excess flash and the MG LED, for whatever reason. But this has nothing to do with my conversion.
But since I have sooo much to do must last for the first Dernbach. That it is possible I have proven ......

And of course I also tested it in the garden ...