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Originally posted by tank_me View PostI've heard others complain the TK26 isn't as smooth as the HL 6/7 series for driving. I'm sure to what degree can vary depending on the weight of the tank and what gearboxes are being used.
It is essential to have a heavy tank and a well balanced gearbox with ball bearings, no matter what RC mainboard you are using.
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Originally posted by Rdex2 View PostYK 26 controller use 1s/800 mA.
This low drain, low capacity battery has 2 advantages. It takes less than an hour to charge up fully and does not heat up much in operation.
Most RC tank controller are very short range device, thus, need very little power. But the 320 mAh will last only part of a battle day. I plan to make a 2P 14500 battery pack which should give it 1600 mAh capacity and a few full days operation. (The CS controller battery compartment is too small for the LiIo 16650 cell.)
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Originally posted by DANOEL View PostWord awhile back was Toucan was going to stop selling the TK26, apparently it's true...looks like everyone is out of stock on them now. I bought 2, for my Tongde tanks, they are a little sensitive driving, but much better than the tongde electronics in my opinion.
I got mine from Toucan US stock at much lower price. But they are sold out now.
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Originally posted by keilau View PostUnfortunately, the Lithium Ion 14500 cell in the Can Shou controller is far from a 800 mAh battery. I topped it off with a standard USB transformer and the CS charge cable. The capacity was measured to be 320 mAh when discharged to 3 volts. I tried to charge it with the SkyRC charger, the CS battery will not take any charge current higher than 0.1 ampere (yes, 0.1A, no typo) and charge to 3.84V and 160 mAh. It is a very cheap, low capacity battery designed for trickle charging only.
This low drain, low capacity battery has 2 advantages. It takes less than an hour to charge up fully and does not heat up much in operation.
Most RC tank controller are very short range device, thus, need very little power. But the 320 mAh will last only part of a battle day. I plan to make a 2P 14500 battery pack which should give it 1600 mAh capacity and a few full days operation. (The CS controller battery compartment is too small for the LiIo 16650 cell.)
The CS TK-26 compartment can house the 1S2P 14500 battery pack easily.
I estimate that it will take 7-8 hours to charge this pack using the build-in USB-C plug.
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Originally posted by keilau View Postdklmrc.com seems to have it for $62 plus shipping.
I got mine from Toucan US stock at much lower price. But they are sold out now.
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Originally posted by DANOEL View PostDKLM is also out of stock (says zero units). I'm guessing it's because of the weird problems people seem to be having with them is why they stopped selling them. A friend just reported a second one of his TK26 with weird problems
One thing that drew me to the TK-26 is its trim control on the gimbal sticks. I plan to use it on a HL German Leopard 2A6. Any disabling problem(s) that I should not make the switch? You seem to imply that the manufacturer had withdrew the TK-26 from the market?
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Originally posted by SoCalBobS View PostAh. Oh, and oops, I got the HL mode sticks mixed up. I changed it on my post. I just took a spare controller apart. The gimbals are soldered to the board, no way to reroute any wires. Dang.
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Originally posted by SoCalBobS View PostTang, since you use the TK-26, a question; have you bound more than one tank to the transmitter? If so, how has it worked out?
If you and anyone else are going to run a TK26 at the same battle, there is a danger that one controller controls two tanks immediately. I accidentally drove one of my tanks off the table because I grabbed a different TK26 tank and was under the impression that the tank on the table was turned off. The sequence to run multiple tanks safely is to turn the tank on, then transmitter and then engine on and leave it, then repeat for the next tank. Or something like that. It's a cumbersome process.
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[QUOTE=SoCalBobS;n393062]Originally posted by Tang - RC.Senshado View Post
So you're saying if you can solder PCB or splice wires you can swap the function?[/QUOTE
I don’t know that for a fact, I just guess that’s the only to swap them. I don’t do PCB soldering, at least not successfully!
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Originally posted by keilau View PostDo you have a list of the weird problems people seem to be having with the Can Shuo TK-26 radio?
One thing that drew me to the TK-26 is its trim control on the gimbal sticks. I plan to use it on a HL German Leopard 2A6. Any disabling problem(s) that I should not make the switch? You seem to imply that the manufacturer had withdrew the TK-26 from the market?
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Originally posted by DANOEL View Post
The info I heard was third hand from someone who had talked with Toucan via email and Toucan said that the TK26 was going to be no longer available. No reason was given. This was a few months ago so it took awhile to sell off the stock I'd imagine. The weird problems is the tank going jerky by itself, like glitches. Rich Johnson had problems with a TK26 like this as well, under load or bind it went haywire I believe.
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Originally posted by Tang - RC.Senshado View PostCome to think of it, one glitch I had was the turret would start to rotate on its own. I did not see that anything I did would cause a short or anything like that. But once in a blue moon the turret would just decide to go full send in one direction and I have to get to it before it murders itself. Maybe they are working on a revision?
If a 2S battery pack is used to get 8V of supply in the transmitter, will it help the situation or burn up the CS circuit? It is just my wide speculation.
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