Simplified rewiring of HL Part 1
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:16 pm
Part 1 (please read in order)
There are a lot of people out there who don't understand wires, what they do, or where they go, so seeing as I am rebuilding a Bulldog and setting it up to run either an RX18 or any of the Clark, or Elmod boards, I thought I would take a few pics and show you how I do it.
Please note, this method is designed for basic tanks and will only work if you are not using airsoft.
I am not using recoil on this one, it was an airsoft tank that didn't have a recoil unit.
I have not used an IBU, if it uses the HL IR circuit then you will need to keep the original wiring.
First of all cut all of the wiring out, but leave the turret rotation attached and long lengths on the elevation motor.
The elevation motor may have three wires attached. This is a shared circuit. You only need two, one to each contact on the motor.
The wiring inside the hull is always a jumble.
The key item is this 8 pin connector.
Always refer to it with the cut-outs facing you.
The turret rotation motor has two wires coming off it.
The 8 pin plug. Yours may or may not have the two pin socket attached.
The turret rotation motor goes to pins 1 & 2 on the 8 pin socket. These stay where they are.
Pin 3 on the 8 pin socket is the negative for the elevation.
Pin 4 on the 8 pin socket is the negative for the airsoft
Pin 5 on the 8 pin socket is the positive that is shared by the airsoft and the elevation.
Continued in Part 2
There are a lot of people out there who don't understand wires, what they do, or where they go, so seeing as I am rebuilding a Bulldog and setting it up to run either an RX18 or any of the Clark, or Elmod boards, I thought I would take a few pics and show you how I do it.
Please note, this method is designed for basic tanks and will only work if you are not using airsoft.
I am not using recoil on this one, it was an airsoft tank that didn't have a recoil unit.
I have not used an IBU, if it uses the HL IR circuit then you will need to keep the original wiring.
First of all cut all of the wiring out, but leave the turret rotation attached and long lengths on the elevation motor.
The elevation motor may have three wires attached. This is a shared circuit. You only need two, one to each contact on the motor.
The wiring inside the hull is always a jumble.
The key item is this 8 pin connector.
Always refer to it with the cut-outs facing you.
The turret rotation motor has two wires coming off it.
The 8 pin plug. Yours may or may not have the two pin socket attached.
The turret rotation motor goes to pins 1 & 2 on the 8 pin socket. These stay where they are.
Pin 3 on the 8 pin socket is the negative for the elevation.
Pin 4 on the 8 pin socket is the negative for the airsoft
Pin 5 on the 8 pin socket is the positive that is shared by the airsoft and the elevation.
Continued in Part 2