Starting my tank up

[Applelover786]

Hey everyone im new to this but could someone please help me with my tank iv got the chassis of the old tank(no smoke,no sound) and i bought a new rx18 and a reciever board and im going to buy a new transmitter how can i start this thing up do i need crystals

[cupoftea]

Welcome to the forum Applelover.

You do indeed need crystals for the RX18 type receiver board and transmitter. You can buy the crystals from Forgebear on e-bay, howes models of oxford to name but a few. There are several threads on this forum with RX18 wiring discussions and wiring diagrams.

[PainlessWolf]

Good Afternoon,
Welcome to the Forum. Pictures of your work if you get the chance. We love to walk around and chat while kicking the virtual road wheels.
regards,
Painless

[jarndice]

Hallo Applelover, I assume that you know that the only transmitter that will work with an RX18 board is a Heng Long analogue 27hz and whatever crystal is fitted to that is what you must fit in the Tank to receive the signal from the transmitter, the front of the Heng Long transmitter has a box on the front right bottom, on the front of that box should be a white label with two numbers, that is the number of the crystal in the transmitter and that is what you need for your receiver. I of course do not know what your budget is but if you have approximately £80 if you contact www.welshdragonmodels.com you can buy a 2.4 GHz digital complete system including loudspeaker, wiring control board and transmitter with full instructions, that will set you back £59 the rest will get you a smoker from FORGEBEAR, to find him google the name and it will take you there. if you do all that you will have a Tank as good as any out there and superior in my opinion to the old analogue rx18 system. welcome to the forum, do please read the BLACKLIST and avoid those names at all costs but the RECOMMENDED VENDORS site will save you money and heartache. have fun and keep asking the questions.shaun

[Applelover786]

Hey giys thanks for the advice could i use these crystals

[jarndice]

Hi Applelover, those are exactly what you need. take care. shaun

[Applelover786]

And this is the tank that im working on so could anyone who knows about tanks help me ASAP thanks

[Applelover786]

Thanks shaun and the rest of the guys i will try to put a picture up of the complete thing

[Applelover786]

Hi shaun by the way look at my tank picture is all the stuff ok is there something i need

[jarndice]

Hallo again, You appear to have a complete Heng Long Tiger 1 hull, it seems ok but you would need to show the upper hull and turret both external and internally, I would suggest you look at some of the Tiger 1 builds on the Heng Long builds site on the forum, you will find a lot of helpful photographs showing all views of the tank layout which you can use to compare with your Tiger 1. Good luck. shaun