Brothers,

After 5 revisions 13 PCBs 24 diodes 8 resistors and 2 relays. The circuit works. Finally the animated 1/16 tank commander works.

Now some minor adjustments. I re-made the figures so that everything is inside the tank commader which reduces the height. If you build this, the 220 1/4 Watt resistor that slows the action down might have to be increased depending on what figure you are using.

This one is set up for the TIGER commander.

In a nut shell here is what happens. A pulse from the RX-18 Via the IR flash causes a relay to shift. This allows 7.2 volts to the motor which starts rotating. On the shaft of the motor a magnet passes by a reed switch which and reverses the voltage through the relay and causes the motor to reverse. The motor rotates in the opposite direction to the start point, where another reed switch closes and shifts the relay to cut the 7.2 volts and stop the motor.

This will work with Elmod, old and new, RX-18. I am testing to see if the voltage from the Turret MG will operate the system. If it does, then all Heng Long, Tamiya, Matto electronics will make it work.

Pictures and video coming soon!

Don