IR Battle Systems?...... Heng Long 6.0 vs Tamiya

[William Fraden]

Where can I find the thingiverse for the HL shades to 3d print- can't seem to find it.

[Vaseline]

That was my thinking, Aside from shying away from the price of a TBU, it just seemed over complicated. KISS, sometimes you just want to flip a couple switches and make with the Kablooie.

[William Fraden]

I hope so I'm showing the tanks to my RC car guys tommorow with the upgraded parts to show them. I'll also pass my information to them.

[Rubicon99]

Just curious about the stock HL battle system 6.0. Just getting back into this hobby after 10 plus years. Back then we all had Tamiya Tanks with a few hand built tanks. All with Tamiya systems. I just got my second HL tank to I can practice ( T34 and Panther both pro models). Tried them out in the house in semi dark room and dark room. Well it's nothing close to what I remember with my Tamiya tanks. we could hit each other across the back yard. The HL system it's 2-3 ft and that's it. Lucky I have the Lego system coming for the second tank (panther). When it shows up both tanks will get the same system with the HO emitters. If these shot like the video it will be great and I can start to promote these things again. Presently working on a tunnel and looking for old doll houses for a town.

The battle system is decent though lacking some of the more advanced set up features of the Tamiya battle system. The weak point is the stock 6.0 HL IR receivers. Installed properly the LegoDEI receiver brings the usability of the 6.0 battle system to life. In fact a growing number of Tamiya guys are finding it a bit more fun as the fighting can be a little faster paced.

[William Fraden]

Just curious about the stock HL battle system 6.0. Just getting back into this hobby after 10 plus years. Back then we all had Tamiya Tanks with a few hand built tanks. All with Tamiya systems. I just got my second HL tank to I can practice ( T34 and Panther both pro models). Tried them out in the house in semi dark room and dark room. Well it's nothing close to what I remember with my Tamiya tanks. we could hit each other across the back yard. The HL system it's 2-3 ft and that's it. Lucky I have the Lego system coming for the second tank (panther). When it shows up both tanks will get the same system with the HO emitters. If these shot like the video it will be great and I can start to promote these things again. Presently working on a tunnel and looking for old doll houses for a town.

[Vaseline]

The STLs can be found in this thread, Alphas second post at the bottom. https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc...mored-vehicles

[William Fraden]

HL got somene here that has a 3d printer

[Rubicon99]

are there any plans to 3d printers out there to make the shades?

Shades for which IR receiver, HL or LegoDEI?

[William Fraden]

are there any plans to 3d printers out there to make the shades?

[LegoDEI]

For clarification, The two wire is because you also ordered a 4 pack of emitters. The 5 Wire is for the receiver. The diagram is also on the product page itself.

[William Fraden]

thank you

[Rubicon99]

I changed the colors of the wires in this image to reflect the wire harness you have..

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[Beeg]

I changed the colors of the wires in this image to reflect the wire harness you have..

[William Fraden]

So the black and white would be the black and red on the picture on the other page.

[Rubicon99]

Rubicon99 Here is a new picture William sent. He does have a 5wire and a 2 wire.

Ok use the five wire harness and discarded the two wire harness. Three wires to the IR and two for the LEDs.= five wires.

[Beeg]

Rubicon99 Here is a new picture William sent. He does have a 5wire and a 2 wire.

[William Fraden]

new picture of the 5 wire and 2 wire

[Rubicon99]

its a 3 plug. I was told I would have to make a hole for a 5 wire plug.

Ok it’s simple. Yes you have six wires. Just remove one of the outer wires on the four wire harness and discard it. Now you will have a three wire harness and a two wire harness.

You will still need to remove the HL 3 pin connector and enlarge the whole to fit all five wires and secure them to form a mount that the IR receiver plugs into.

Just make sure the positive, ground and signal wires are in the correct location on both the IR receiver and in the MFU slots. Take a photo of them prior to unplugging from the MFU. This will help ensure you know which one goes where.

**HL uses red for power, white for signal and black for ground.

[William Fraden]

its a 3 plug. I was told I would have to make a hole for a 5 wire plug.

[Beeg]

I'll have to defer to Rubicon99 as I don't know what the turret plug looks like for the T-34.