Small Scale Military Headquarters

I need some help. I have the 1/6 M5 Stuart RC and I haven't used it in about a year and a half. I charged the battery, the controller has fresh battery and the light comes on on the charger, and the charger and tank on /off switches are in the on position, but it wont do anything. I misplaced the instructions. I cant remember if it is just supposed to run as soon as the thing is switched on or is there something else I have to do (example: Henlong RC tanks have an engine start button) Am I doing everything right??

Any help would be appreciated.

Turn on the transmitter. Turn on the switch on the back on top of the battery. When it turns on it will make the sounds as if the motor(sound effects) is cranking over and then sound as if the motor is idling. If this does not occur the battery may be dead or you have a lose connection somewere. Check the connections and try it over again. You can get a new battery at any hobby shop. Check the batteries in the radio as well.
Hope this helps.

Thanks, it was the battery. I only used the tank twice but the battery has been sitting for over a year. probably closer to two. I got a new one at radio shack for thirty bucks and it works great. I think I should have disconnected the wires from the battery leads when I put the thing away for storage. Even though I disconnected the wire in the middle whete it runs to the tank insides, I think the wire hooked up to the leads might have caused a long drain.

dfoos wrote:Thanks, it was the battery. I only used the tank twice but the battery has been sitting for over a year. probably closer to two. I got a new one at radio shack for thirty bucks and it works great. I think I should have disconnected the wires from the battery leads when I put the thing away for storage. Even though I disconnected the wire in the middle whete it runs to the tank insides, I think the wire hooked up to the leads might have caused a long drain.

Even batteries left sitting in a warm room (cold rooms are worse) in their original packaging will lose charge over time, so it is unlikely that you could have made a difference by unplugging it...

keeping batteries in the cold does preserve their life and charge but you have to wait for them to warm up before they will produce full power. The cold will slow down the rate of the chemical reactions within the battery, thereby slowing the rate at which they discharge over time, when stored but also making them sluggish when you want to use them (until they warm up again).