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TK18 Series Tank
Controller |
Restore and upgrade your
Heng-Long(HL) RC Tank in 10 minutes!!
 TK18 series controller uses
Heng-Long original handset and receiver board to control R/C tank's forward/backward movement, sharp
turning, pivoting, turret rotation and gun barrel evaluation at variable speed
Plug-and-Play design for
upgrading HL 1/16 RC Tank
20A track motor driver
22KHz, 8-bit high quality sound with digital sound mixer
Maximum of 5 channel of sound track, main gun,
machine gun, turret rotate, gun barrel elevation and engine sound can be
generated at the same time
3W
sound output power
Support air-soft gun with sound synchronization
Support HL IR
battle unit and format
Safety shutoff prevents
unwanted movement while signal lost
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Variants (Specifications
and design are subject to change without notice) |
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TK18-AIR |
TK18-IR |
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Heng-Long IR battle
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YES |
YES |
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TAMIYA IR battle
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NO |
NO |
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Damage Simulation
on track
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NO |
NO |
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Damage Simulation
on
Turret
Rotation and gun elevation |
NO |
NO |
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IR battle Range
( with HL original IR emitter
and
receiver) |
>7M |
>7M |
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Engine Sound rendering
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Frequency shift mode
( Like
el-mod) |
Frequency shift mode
( Like
el-mod) |
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Sound set for
specific tank model |
NO |
NO |
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Track driver
Current
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20A |
20A |
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Turret Rotation Speed Control |
NO |
NO |
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Gun Elevation Speed Control
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NO |
NO |
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Direct Gun Elevation Control |
YES |
YES |
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AirSoft with Sound Synchronization support |
YES |
NO |
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Heng-Long Recoil Unit support
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NO |
YES |
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Smoker driver |
YES |
YES |
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Head Light on/off control |
YES |
YES |
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Tank Personalization |
NO |
YES |
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Kit contained |
TK18 board *1, Receiver cable*1 |
TK18 board*1,
Receiver
cable*1 |
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Reference Price |
60 |
60 |
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Part Number
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Application
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Release Schedule |
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TK18
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TK18 ECN( Engineering change
notice) |
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Batch
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Notice/Change/New Features
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Release Schedule |
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1st
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-Initial Production
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Engine sound on/off |
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Cannon elevation |
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Booming
Cannon |
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Fire
MG |
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Head
light control on/off |
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Tank move
forward and backward |
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Right and
Left turn |
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Turret rotation |
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Parameter
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Unit
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Maximum current of track ESC |
20 |
A |
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Maximum current of turret and
cannon elevation ESC |
7 |
A |
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Maximum current of Smoker Driver |
7 |
A |
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Maximum supply
voltage |
7.2 |
V |
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Minimum supply
voltage |
7.2 |
V |
TK18 series connector layout
TK series connector and pin assignments
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Connector
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Description
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Pin
Assignment |
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CN1
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Battery Power
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1. Battery +
2.
Battery -
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CN2 |
Infrared Port |
1.
HBU/TBU +
2.
HBU/TBU SIG
3.
HUB/TBU -
4. IR LED -
5. IR LED + |
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CN3 |
Gun
Flash Port |
1. Battery +
2.
Strobe Trigger
3.
Battery -
4. AirSoft/Recoil Switch
5. AirSoft/Recoil Switch
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CN4 |
Sound
Volume |
1.
Volume Signal
Output
2. Battery -
3.
Volume
Signal
Input |
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CN5 |
Speaker |
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CN6
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Motor Left
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CN7
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Motor
Right |
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CN8
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SI (Receiver Board Input)
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CN9 |
Upper
Hull Functions
(
Turn, Lift, Shoot, Light) |
1. Machine gun LED-
2. Head Light LED-
3. Battery +,
AIRSOFT/RECOIL Motor+
4. AIRSOFT/RECOIL Motor -
5. GUN ELEVATE MOTOR
6. GUN ELEVATE MOTOR
7. TURRET MOTOR
8. TURRET MOTOR |
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CN10 |
Smoke
Unit |
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CN11 |
Smoke
Unit Switch |
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Inspect metal portion on FETs and make sure
they are not touched to each other after shipment
Disconnect RX-18 and plug cables to the same connector on TK18,
You are
all set
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HL Elevation MOD ( Optional ) |
The
picture below show original wiring in Heng Long tank
Modify
it as the following(
Patent Pending)
1.
Disconnect red wire between safety switch and gun barrel elevation unit.
2.
Change original 3P connector to 4P type, add additional wire from safety switch
to 4P connector,
3. Add
4P connector HUL-8P PCB connector
4.
Done, Airsoft unit is now controlled by red-black pair, gun barrel unit is
controlled by red-white pair. and you can connect 8P connector to CN9 on
TK-18/20 with original cable.
HENG-LONG Hop-up options
"HIGH-TENSION FLASHER" can be easily installed and works with TK20 to simulate
gun nuzzle flash when firing.
 
Q: What
is
Mixer
A: A piece of software
that converts
Rudder and
Throttle
control
signal
to Left and
Right track speed signal.
Q: Safety shutoff:
A:
Controller cuts motor off and waits signal come back.
Q:
Auto cutoff:
A:
The motor cutoff will
occurred when battery input drops below minimum supply voltage of controller.
Q: Audio Amp thermal
protection:
A:
that turns off device when junction temperature over 150 degree C to prevent
damage
Q:
Can you deliver your products to
our country?
A:
Yes we can ship to any area where we don't have local distributor by registered
air mail. average
day of delivery
is 7~10 days, standard package is 295*220 mm
bubble wrap. if you order more
than 1 unit, we will ship each unit per day by different package.
Use dry battery or power supply as
power source at testing to keep burn down anything if any error on modification.
then use chargeable battery when every function working normally.
Read
carefully and fully understand the instructions before commencing assembly.
Metal
part on FET can not be touched with any metal when TK board is operating.
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