I have a non-S&S receiver board and a S&S board with a burned out transistor. My question is will a transistor from the non-S&S work in the S&S board the same as the burnt transistor (before the BBQ)?

the answer is yes Dmon have actually done it on a 13 before


OOppss thought you meant main board [sm=red_smile.gif][sm=red_smile.gif]

There should be a part number on both reciever boards, if they are the same you could swap them out. If not I doubt it, as the components may be completely different.

Yeah, sorry....the toasted board is an Rx13, and I can't see any marking on the non-S&S board. I just figured I could "borrow" a transistor to fix my Rx13 board....

Dmon is it the main board or the reciever board

If the main board should be OK


Kind regards rob

Main board. The one that Rx13's toast transistors on so easily- the bigger one! The one we keepmarshmallows around for (just in case).

ROFLMAO

Hi,

Does anyone know what is the alternate part for MP4104? My main board burnt after 2 days. I have manage to get replacement parts for H1357. Both burn after my son drive the 1:16 German Panther against the wall.

Thank in advance for you response.

those main boards burn out fast. I owned 3 panthers and they all burnt out fast. You can buy an entire new board for fairly inexpensive. I cant remember were I got mine. its been awhile. also. More better approach is also what i did. buy a new robot board. they make them for tanks and they are small. I put them in all 3 of my panthers. they work great now...(also have done some other mods. and am in the process of doing more mods...) anyway.... I know i wasnt much help but just keep googling. You gotta love the internet... so much info out there. Not like in the days when i grew up....
check out one of my panthers....

Managed to get my main board fix. Found some datasheet from a friend. For the benefit of those why would like to fix the board yourself, I replaced the MP4104 with STA401A, STA403A should be better option if you can get hold of it. Another burned component is H1357, the darlington pair power transistor. I replaced all 4 of them with BD178. I also added a heatsink now hopefully to reduce much of the heat. My son is enjoying playing now.
Thanks to the gentleman who posted the cct diagrams in the FAQ tracks.