On/Off switch location HL M41

[bdarienk]

Henglong M41 Walker Bulldog. My first rc tank. Lots to like, except location of the on/off switch. You cannot turn the tank off with the gun at zero degrees but have to leave it 45 or so degrees off center to access the switch. (To get at it the very first time I forced the turret by hand. CLACK CLACK CLACK did not sound good.) Only thing I have thought of is to add a switch by the battery to tank connection. Although then you have to open the battery compartment to get at it.

Any other solutions?

[SoCalBobS]

Many tanks have the same configuration, a switch in a front hatch that forces you to turn the turret. For those, you just gotta cock the turret to one side. The older tanks had their on/off switches on the underside of the hull - what a pain that was! If you feel you have to reposition an on/off switch, any single pole switch will do. For Heng Long's anyway, that circuit is a relay, not one that carries a full current.

[keilau]

Henglong M41 Walker Bulldog. My first rc tank. Lots to like, except location of the on/off switch. You cannot turn the tank off with the gun at zero degrees but have to leave it 45 or so degrees off center to access the switch. (To get at it the very first time I forced the turret by hand. CLACK CLACK CLACK did not sound good.) Only thing I have thought of is to add a switch by the battery to tank connection. Although then you have to open the battery compartment to get at it.

Any other solutions?

The switch is a shorting switch connected to CN1. I relocated it to the tank floor with a water proof round pushon-pushoff switch. Drilling a round hole is much easier than cutting a rectangular hole.

[bdarienk]

Thank you for the helps.