Hi! Noob here....

Question, how did you hook up your aftermarket receivers to your stock HL control board? Thanks!

You don't. You'd have to replace the stock boards with something else (El-mod?) to use an aftermarket transmitter/receiver.

kamusta kabayan!!

don't mind me, just speaking my native tongue here

Whakywheelz: Dang.... was hoping there was a way.... Thanks!

Mizuinu: Kabayan!! hehehe nice to see a fellow countryman into the hobby! There are a bunch of guys here who're starting out as well....

Have any of you guys, changed to other radios (Futaba, Jr, etc...)? How'd you go about it?

Hello to the member's in the P.I.--Ang asawa ko filipina--matagal na kaming magasawa 46 nataon.Glad to see more member's from there joining the forum. BIGMIG

Hi Weapon,

You can go about it a couple of ways. As wackywheelz posted, you can you El-mod modules (http://www.el-mod.de) which is what I did with my T-34. You can also use a 4-6 channel radio without the El-mod modules. If your TX has a mixing fuction (ex. V-Tail, flaperon), you can use that to control the two motors for steering. If your TX doesn't have a mixing function, you can use a V-Tail mixer. You can get one at Duck's Hobby at the Makati Cinema Square. You can then use the other channels for turret rotation, gun elevation, cannon, and machine gun by using switches and/or converting regular servos to continuous rotation ones. If you go this route, you will lose the sound effects. It's possible to still get sound by using using a Sound Generator (http://www.westbourne-models.com/erol.html#4704X0). Haven't tried it myself though.

Where do you buy your HL Tanks, btw?

thedonut: Yup! The radio I got has mixing capabilities (Futaba FF7) still trying to figure it out though.... RC noob.... hehehe I buy my HL tanks whenever I see one... Got my Pershing at Tiendesitas, got my Tiger 1 during the moving out sale of a store in St. Francis square.... As for the sound, I can live without it... I just don't like the stock controller is mapped out (especially the turret elevation and cannon firing)... Thanks for referring the other components.. I was just at Duck RC the other day... consulting on what can be done...

One more question: Where did you buy/order the El-mod components? how much did it set you back?

BIGMIG: 46 years! woah! [X(]

Whats wrong with the stock elev/fire setup?!

Very interesting indeed. I am also thinking this way, however, the output of those receiver is only a signal to servo, cannot control the motor to turn. First it is not DC output from the receiver to servo, and also the current is not enough to power a motor. Thinking use ESC (electronic speed controller) for brushed DC motor, but it need at least 4 to do that. If going to this direction, I would think about use corresponding ESC and brushless motors for power train.

Yes, using an ESC is possible or even this (http://www.dimensionengineering.com/PicoSwitch.htm) -- it will cost extra however. What I meant by using a continuous servo (http://www.acroname.com/robotics/inf...ontinuous.html) was replacing the turret rotation mechanism with the servo. Remove the final gear of the turret rotation mechanism and connect it to the output shaft of the modified servo. For gun elevation, just use a control rod from the gun to the arm of the servo controlled by your (ratcheted) throttle stick.

Thats a lot of effort (and money being spent) just because you cant adapt to the (easy) stock control setup...

Nothing actually.... It's just a preference that when I push the left stick up, I want the turret to move up ... with the stock setup, I find it a bit too long just to cycle the turret movement up...

email in English and they answer back in English for answers to your questions. El Mod gear: http://www.tanktoko-apeldoorn.nl/index.php?cat_id=22