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                        Tamiya 1/16th Problem

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Tamiya 1/16th Problem
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 11:32 AM
                        Having lurked the forums for a few months, I've finally got myself a 1/16th Tamiya - well chuffed apart from one problem. Every now and then, the tank goes absolutely haywire - all 'mechanisms' switch on - forward, turret move, gun fire - all by itself. It's already caused some 'battle damage'. Thing is this happens intermittantly - sometimes it will run smooth as a proverbial - then suddenly it willl go haywire for a few seconds, and then all is well again. I thought it could be radio interference, but it has happened in a farmers field, with nothing around for a good 500 metres ! Any of you experts got any ideas or advice ?

                        Cheers

                        Bids33
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                        cassibill
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Indiana, USA
                        Posted by cassibill on Friday, November 21, 2003 11:45 AM
                        Sounds like a short somewhere in the tank itself maybe the recieving station since that is probably the only place those systems overlap(not sure don't have one and haven't seen wireing schematics).But where those 3 system overlap theres got to be a short.

                        cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 12:16 PM
                        here's my theory:
                        ur tank is haunted by the ghost of M. Wittman....
                        sorry, i just couldn't resist.... Wink [;)]
                        frostySmile [:)]

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 12:56 PM
                        Just going to state the obvious here:

                        1. Are the batteries fresh in the transmitter?

                        2. Are the tanks batteries fully charged?

                        3. Does it happen at a particular instance? (Turning left, turning right, firing while turning)

                        This seems like a good subject for the resident expert, WhiteWolf McBride!
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                        erush
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                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Friday, November 21, 2003 12:56 PM
                        It definitely sounds like a short bids33. I would check all the connections in the tank and the transmitter itself, more likely the tank IMO but I'm no R/C expert. You might want to re-post this into the 1/16 Tiger build post as WhiteWolf McBride seems to know a lot about R/C stuff. If not, I'm sure some of the sites he's posted about in there have lots of R/C guys who would probably know what's up. I would check for any loose connections or bare wires in the tank that might be moving around when it's being run first though.

                        Good luck on it!

                        Eric
                        Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning. "Friendly fire...isn't"
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 12:57 PM
                        QUOTE: Posted: Today, 12:56:35


                        HAHA, I beat you and got my 1000th post to boot! Tongue [:P]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 1:01 PM
                        Cheers all - I'll check that out.

                        Frosty - can't be that as I've performed a complete exorcism :)
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                        erush
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                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Friday, November 21, 2003 1:03 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Erock68

                        QUOTE: Posted: Today, 12:56:35


                        HAHA, I beat you and got my 1000th post to boot! Tongue [:P]


                        Tongue [:P] Tongue [:P] Tongue [:P] Wink [;)] Big Smile [:D]

                        Whooo hooo Congrats on the 1000!! Big Smile [:D] Big Smile [:D]

                        Eric
                        Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning. "Friendly fire...isn't"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 1:24 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by erush

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Erock68

                        QUOTE: Posted: Today, 12:56:35


                        HAHA, I beat you and got my 1000th post to boot! Tongue [:P]


                        Tongue [:P] Tongue [:P] Tongue [:P] Wink [;)] Big Smile [:D]

                        Whooo hooo Congrats on the 1000!! Big Smile [:D] Big Smile [:D]
                        Eric


                        u guys sound like brothers 4 sure !!! LOL !
                        and btw, congrats on the 1 large, as they say !!!

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 1:34 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by bids33

                        Cheers all - I'll check that out.

                        Frosty - can't be that as I've performed a complete exorcism :)


                        sorry i couldn't b of more help. my only r/c experience is with really small microsizer cars... thanx 4 having a sense of humor about ur problem, and i'm sure these good folks will actually b of some real assistance. meanwhile, perhaps i provided u with a small smile to ease the pain of it all...
                        good luck !
                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 3:32 PM
                        Cheers Frosty - nice to see a friendly forum for a change Smile [:)]
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