RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

Hi all,
New to forum and the hobby in general. Converted from RC whirlybirds due to my lack of talent and expense of fixing things after every bad landing!

I have a Challenger 2 from heng long.
Upgraded to steel gearbox and red motors.

In regards to battery voltage, does anyone run higher than the 7.4v?
E.g. 9.6 v ?

I have a TK -6.0 from heng long, which states up to 12v

The reason i ask is I have read sections which state 12V will fry the airsoft motor - so wondering if anyone has run at 9.6V ?
Otherwise, will stick with 7.4 V but get a higher draw rated battery. Space less of an issue now due to moving internals around a bit. Plus the bigger battery will act as a counter weight to the gearbox! Tank tends to drag its rear end around

It's still early days with the TK 6.0 series of controllers, and there's a lot to learn yet. However, as I understand it, V 6.0 requires a V6.0 compatible smoke unit. I've just fitted one of these to a Panther, and assumed that compatibility means the latest smoker can handle the increased voltage. Nowhere have I read that V6.0 requires an uprated airsoft unit. Perhaps later ones have a different resistor, but I don't think so. Outlets selling spares for V6.0 units, usually state whether a system component is compatible with it, or not. I've not seen a V6.0 compliant airsoft unit listed anywhere.
So....I think you'll probably be okay, so long as you get a later smoker.
Check this out:
https://www.forgebeartanks.com/store/p1 ... _Tank.html
I just fitted it to a TK 6.0 system, and it smokes like bonfire night.

I have a V6 Challenger (supposedly!) it has the idle wheel adjusters and metal arms for road wheels, the smoker looks nothing like that one in mine haha, I may have a franken tank!
Ive taken the smoker out for now, as unless indoors could barely see it. Might get that one you linked to replace though.
Cheers