Best alternative system to Tamiya DMD and MF unit for Tiger 1
05-22-2015, 05:06 AM
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I took Eric's advise and made a LED flash. I had a spare recoil unit and took the recoil switch off the unit and stacked it on top of the existing unit in my T1. I slaved the switch arms together and wired up the second switch to a 9 volt battery and a resistor running to a white LED place in the muzzle break. So now I have a mechanically actuated LED wired up to a 9 volt battery. It's all in the turret and tucks in nicely. I've test fired it while running the tank over terrain and it works just fine. 25 cycles and I'm satisfied it's battle ready. I've got a fast recoil system in the T1 so the entire recoil cycle takes about 1 second meaning the LED stays lit for 1 second. Sideways the view of the LED is not as bright as a Tamiya flash but straight on it's brighter and more focused than the Tamiiya flash unit. Eric' idea saved me the fingers crossed exercise in sending the MF back to Tamiya for a third replacement. This works great. Saved $205 buying a new MF Unit.
Thanks Eric!
Thanks Eric!
Sounds like the best solution. Glad you got it fixed. If you wanted to lose the battery you could probably splice into the wires feeding your recoil motor ahead of the micro switch. Of course anytime you are splicing and dicing there is a chance for smoke if you are unsure of what you are doing, so I would only suggest this if you are more then comfortable with a voltmeter and soldering gun. Then of course there is the old saying, " Don't fix what ain't broke"
05-22-2015, 06:31 AM
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