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Old 05-03-2013 | 08:01 AM
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Default RE: Clark electronics TK20

Oh, & on a side note, I can drive my KV-1 around while doing both (a + b) as well , at the same time, with either a TK20 or TK22 board ... but most wouldn't want to bother setting their tanks up like I had done to be able to do it the way I have done it.

I was bypassing the Clark board altogether for gun elevation control when I first set up my KV-1 using the TK20E board I previously had in the tank. The reason I was doing this was because the TK20E boards didn't have built-in servo gun elevation control, & I wanted to use a servo to control the gun elevation. I simply installed the elevation servo, but then hooked it up directly to my receiver so that my radio (Flysky CT6B) can control elevation using one of its dial knobs, completely by-passing the Clark board control. So essentially, I can drive the tank around, while traversing the turret, & at the same time raise & lower my main gun barrel with no problems!

Of course, the obvious disadvantage to this setup, is that you lose the barrel elevation sound because you have by-passed the Clark board. I did however manage to program my radio though, so that I can flip a switch on it & make the Clark board create the barrel elevation sound whenever I want, so if I want to hear the sound as I raise or lower my barrel using it set up this way, it's still possible. But now that I have a TK22 board, which does have servo gun elevation as an option, I will probably do away with my current method of directly connecting the elevation servo to the receiver, & use the Clark board ... though I will lose my ability to traverse the turret while raising & lowering the gun barrel at the same time, oh noooo ... .... lol

~ Craig ~