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Old 12-14-2013, 05:15 PM
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Default Leopard 2a6 elevation mod?

I've searched for this mod that apparently involves simply resoldering 1 wire, but can't find it here or Google.
Could someone point me in the right direction? Pics would be nice too.
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Old 12-14-2013, 05:41 PM
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More information would be good - are you referring to the Tamiya or Heng Long Leopard 2A6, and what do you hope to achieve with the elevation mod?
Old 12-14-2013, 05:43 PM
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There is a mod on the Clark web site on how to due it for the TK boards if thats what your looking for .
http://www.clark-model.com/eng/index_e.html

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If you mean the mod that allows you to...

1. use the airsoft cannon synchronized with the shell / reload sound...
2. Control the elevation motor to run in BOTH directions instead of cycling through in one direction. (on a mode 2 transmitter - it's LEFT stick at 75% up from the bottom and then use left and right movement to control elevation up and down)

Then follow my guide here...

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-t...l#post11671841

Need to reconnect (or resolder) 1 wire. Basically its a splice.

Then you need to SWAP the position of 2 other wires with each other on one of the plugs. See photo on the guide on which wires and what it should like look.
Old 12-14-2013, 06:12 PM
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Heng Long. So far, just to have proportional up and down. I'm removing the Airsoft.
I'll check out the Clark site

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Old 12-14-2013, 06:16 PM
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Either way just do what I did, it fixes it.

The TK22 site is HEAPS confusing. It took me ages to figure it out. I didn't follow the photo guide.

I looked at the control board specs for a tk22 and which wires should be connected to which pin on the main tk22 board. Then worked backwards and traced out all the wires

There's a table that displays this info. basically in stock form, some of the wires are connected to the wrong pins on the main board. SO it's just a matter of swapping the positions.
Old 12-14-2013, 06:25 PM
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More specifically I used this chart and diagram...

The plugs you need to look at are CN9 and CN3 (middle column with the HL airsoft / recoil)



Where it says gun elevation motor TWICE for 2 pins, it doesn't matter if its negative (-) wire or Positive (+) wire.

LED's though need to have the correct polarity to function.
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