RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

Hi Guys
Logging in to say hello. Old guy with a "World of tanks" addiction just been bought a Heng Long Sherman for my birthday!
Hoping to join with son in law (who has 3 already) and find a local club over the coming year... along with converting the m4a3 to a British desert camo firefly....
Looking forward to forum talk

(now the guilty bit)
Tank now displaying HL tendencies within 1/2 hour of carpet manoeuvres
starts up and pairs ok: lights/machine gun/engine /canon fire noise all work. turret turns, but as soon as any drive to tracks applied the tank quickly stops and lights flash (pairing problem?)
Have made sure all batteries fully charged up. and following the start up steps etc..
Don't want to upset the family as was a costly purchase of them with (metal tracks and all) or invalidate the warranty by lifting the hull prematurely....

Is there anything I'm doing wrong

YourGrumpyDad99

is your tank crystal or 2.4ghz?

Its 2.4ghz with the pairing button inside the battery compartment underneath

Mine does that when main battery is flat, or fibres get wrapped around the drivewheels. The carpets we use at GLAD have a few loose threads which the T34 is very good at picking up.

it sounds like a wiring issue. open the tank unplug all the leads from the board except the leads for right and left motor and see if it works. it could be that its just a bad conection somewhere.

thanks guys
>sigh<
looks like Ive gotta open her up then...

They should tell you that right on the box, eh? Not too many tanks don't eventually get opened up for one reason or another.

the only way your going to diagnoise the problem mate to be honest its simple enough lets know how you get on hopefully you will solve it if not then get back to us and we will take it from there.

try the battery leads in the base they sometimes dont make contact or are loose turn on the tank start it wiggle the batt see if the tank stops
dave

So whatever happened?!?!