Can you Help me please - Motion Pack Drive Motors

[Marty Biddle]

Hi everyone, I hope I'm in the right forum to seek help please? I am an experienced modeller (RC Planes) but this is my first Armortek Tank. I have all the option packs of my New Panther G plugged up on the bench for testing. I cannot get the main drive motors to work at all they are totally dead. I am using a Sanwa SD-10G Radio and I have also tried my old Futaba T6EX. All the other options work perfectly, sound accel/decel turn, turret turn and elevation, but no matter which channel I connect the Motion Control A to, the main drive motors don't move. I have connected the turret turn to all the stick channels and they work fine. I have checked the output of Motor Control A and there is no voltage on either drive when I move the Sticks. Battery voltage on the Power module is currently 90% 25.6v

Sorry for the long rambling message but I'm a bit stuck and would welcome any advice on what to do or what may the issue.

Many thanks

Marty

Panther G #5
Cyprus

[Mark Heaps]

Sorry for having to ask this but Is the motion module connected to the power module ?

[Gian Marco Menozzi]

HI Marty,
you should put the motion pack version you have,
over time, 3 or 4 different versions have come out, maybe post a photo,
so we can help you
I have a second version and inside the distributor / ignition group, there are fuses and if I remember correctly also inside the esc.
HI
Marco

[Marty Biddle]

Hi Mark, yes all the modules are plugged up as per the Manual and I have 25.6v Output from the power module.

Hi Marco, I've attached a couple of pictures of my Option pack set up on the bench. As I said, everything works except for the Main Drive Motors from Motor Control A Module.
I have read a lot in the other threads on the subject of RC Tx/Rx compatibility for Armortek Modules. As all the other motor and sound functions work I thought that my RC was going to be OK but maybe it isn't? My thoughts are that I have either got an RC issue or the Motor Control A Module is not working. These modules are all plug and play so there is nothing to set up or adjust.

Thanks - Marty

[Peter Quambusch]

Hi Mark, yes all the modules are plugged up as per the Manual and I have 25.6v Output from the power module.

Hi Marco, I've attached a couple of pictures of my Option pack set up on the bench. As I said, everything works except for the Main Drive Motors from Motor Control A Module.
I have read a lot in the other threads on the subject of RC Tx/Rx compatibility for Armortek Modules. As all the other motor and sound functions work I thought that my RC was going to be OK but maybe it isn't? My thoughts are that I have either got an RC issue or the Motor Control A Module is not working. These modules are all plug and play so there is nothing to set up or adjust.

Thanks - Marty

Hi Marty,

Pls check the servo cable from audio to recoil. Does the middle (red) wire have a black sleve (heat shrink sleve) at one end on top?

Cheers

Peter

[Marty Biddle]

Hi Peter, I don' have the recoil module connected but the turret and elevation servo leads both have a sleeve on the red centre connection and these functions both work perfectly. I have gone back to the original basic setup with just the Main Drive motors connected as per photo. Nothing happens when I move the sticks, the motors are silent.

Thanks - Marty

[Derek Attree]

Hi Marty
Have you tried connecting the motors direct to the battery ?
However it sounds to me like you might have a faulty unit A.
Worth phoning Kian directly.

Regards Derek

[Gian Marco Menozzi]

as Derek advised you,
test if the motors work,
you can connect them to a single battery,
so they won't run at maximum,
check if the correct voltage comes out of the ignition module,
I saw that you connected the engine controller directly to the receiver,
is the receiver powered by the esc?
if everything is still under warranty, contact armortek support
Hi
Marco