Tamiya King Hauler Build Ep6 - Tamiya MFC 5th Wheel Coupler Assembly - Movin' On
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2021
- In this episode I show how to remove the stock 5th wheel and assemble and install the 5th wheel for the MFC-01 - MFC-3. I show close up how it works and what to watch for.
My camera kept stopping and I found the memory was almost full.
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Sorry for delay in getting back too you not been well but thank you for the information and quick reply
awesome awesome work
Again really useful to see this process rather than just having the manual. Many thanks enjoyed it.
Thank you for your help. Greetings from Germany and my first Truck the Actros 3633. You are great. Thank´s so much!
Really appreciated this one, Teri...fiddly bits squared away! Cheers
So informative. You got a new subscriber.
Thanks!
That 5th Wheel looks just like the one that comes in me Grand Auler. And the SprinG comes with it as well. I'm glad, as I certainly don't want to have that Coupler leaning FORWARD!! 😲
Again thank you so much for a very detailed Video!
Thanks Teri for the detailed video. I had to remove my 5th wheel and dissemble it to install the full chequer chassis plate on my Scania R470. Unfortunately the spring and plastic actuator part shot out of the housing 🙈 in my shed, could I find it, lol. I left the micro switch out put it back together and tidied up. Next day found the two parts by a miracle but didn’t have the manual to fix the spring, plastic actuator and micro switch back in, You’ve just solved that. Thanks very much. If I see you at any of the truck meetings I’ll buy you a brew. 😊
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I lucked out and found a hobby shop only a few hundred miles away that had the servo plate for the coupler in stock. I should have it before the end of the week. They also had it for a very good price. Cheaper than I could have ordered it from the states, Hong Kong or Japan. Sometimes a guy gets lucky.
we all love a good deal on parts 👍
Teri, I like the idea of remote Uncoupling 5th Wheel. What I'm souring on some, are the many limitations I'm learning about the MFC! Like no Lipo Cutoff. The MFC Browns Out if using anything but a weak Servo...
But mostly the limitation of only ONE Sound Set, that's not modifiable at all.
I'm considering the Beier System, but it requires PC programming, which isn't the easiest.
Then a UK Friend of mine told me about Servonaut. It's supposed to be plug and play, much like the MFC, but with Lipo Cutoff, Motor Braking, BEC power enough for TWO 20kg Servos (although I'm only using one for precise Steering), includes SEVEN different Diesel Engine Sounds - WITH simulated SHIFTING!! (The Beier System also has that). Plus other features, for $100 USD LESS than the MFC!
Now, I'm not one to jump into things... You obviously have a lot of experience in the 1/14th Scale Semis.
Have you ever heard of Servonaut? What's your opinion on it? I'd really like to know. 😉
The servonaut system is not cheaper after you add up the components and leds , it's about the same if you source out all your own leds...
I have hooked up THREE high voltage, digital, coreless servos to the MFC in my Snowman truck and I have the Servonaut AirU IR trailer system in that also as it works with the MFC as it would the Servonaut sound/light components... I don't go into too much detail on advanced wiring in case some attempts it and fries 100s of $s worth on electronics... but yes, HV Digital servos are usable with the MFC units.
I also use Lipo with them and have a LV Alarm in the balance lead.
Sound isn't really that important because at a RC gathering, there is so much sound that it becomes "just noise" with a few turning the volume up to max just to be heard...
@@TeriWilde See.... To me, Sound IS important. I've literally waited 27 Years to finally be able to afford one of these - with ALL the bells and whistles!
I'm not hastily running out and buying the first electronics system, just because one or two People said I should. I'm taking this seriously - and I've got time to think about it.
I'm still considering the MFC-03... Even though it has the "wrong" Diesel Engine Sounds.
I do plan on FLOODING this Rig with LEDs!! I can probably run those separately, off of one of 6 Channels.
I was most worried about my 20kg Steering Servo. If it works with MFC... GREAT!
One person was SURE I would need a separate BEC to run that Servo.
He's a MASTER at Metal Fabrication and Scratchbuilding amazing Trailers - out of Welded Steel. 😲😲😲
But I really DOUBT his ability with electronics, judging by the MESS that his components and wiring is.
Servonaut did turn out to be more expensive when all was said and done. I guess Mr. ROIIIIIIIGHT! has money to burn.
It's between MFC and Beier. Thanks for your insight. I consider it valuable!
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks I completely agree with the sound if you haven't had it and if you've got plans to go forward with your truck then go for it. There is a way to hook up your servos with the MFC if the unit doesn't like them but that's a bridge to cross when you get there, and as for all the chicken lights, you would run them via a RX controlled switch anyway. There's Graupner RX controlled switch called the SXM which I've done a video on and you'll see it's a 4 output from just 1 receiver channel giving you a whole lot of possibilities.
@@TeriWilde That's great!! Cheers and thank you! 😊
I figured that even as little current as LEDs draw, that a lot of them would be a bit overwhelming.
I'm using a FlySky FSi6 Radio, that I converted a second 2-way switch into a 3-way switch, so now I have two. One will be for shifting Gears, and I haven't decided on the other... But seeing how the switch reverses polarity in each direction, it could possibly turn on one set of lights in one direction, and another set in the other, since LEDs are Polar Circuits.
I'm just spitballing here... My Father was an Electronics Engineer, and I learned much from him.
My experience was in Mechanics - and Music.
@@CarminesRCTipsandTricks that Graupner SXM uses 1 RX channel but would need a 3 way switch and it would give many options for lights, beacons, work lights etc.
The issue the MFC has is that is doesn't like running different LEDs and uses internal drivers so the LEDs that come with the kit don't have resistors.
Hi awesome, where did you buy the aluminum plate for the servo?
I got it from Tony's Tamiya Parts, TTP Models, he's a biggest Tamiya Parts dealer in the UK.
I used a 45 turn motor on my trucks but I still found them too fast when coupled to a trailer so I removed the wires from the micro switch and installed a separate switch to the receiver that I can control independently so now I have 6 speeds available for my transmission , it helps when I'm trying to reverse with my super b train , still a difficult task but it made a huge difference ,I didn't like the high power with the coupler switch enabled.
if you put the gear select servo on a Aux channel you would get 9 gears... servo would select 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the gearbox and the left stick side-to-side movement would give you 3 stages of electronic variances... I've done 3 of mine like that...
Hello Teri I am just getting into RC trucks and have just watched the vivid on the assembly of the fifth wheel. Would you mind telling me were you got the fifth wheel plate from its really nice.
The alloy part is the Truck Option Part (TROP) Tamiya 1/14 Aluminium Coupler Lever Plate 56535, it's best to search Google or eBay for the best/cheapest supplier in your area.
I got mine in the UK from a supplier called TTP (Tony's Tamiya Parts) as he's an official supplier for Tamiya Spare parts.
you used the small end of e clip tool, try using the larger side first then spin it around
the tool is really uncomfortable to use so I don't bother with them.
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Where do you get the servo plate and bracket for it?
The coupler plate is a Tamiya TROP 56535 - TROP means TRuck Option Part which is a series of option parts specifically for the 1/14 scale trucks.
Prices can vary from £11 to £25 depending on seller and seller location. they're an average of around £18 from UK sellers but if you don't mind waiting for 3 or 4 weeks for shipping from China/Japan then you could get them for around £12.
There are now companies such as LESU that do a stainless steel option which doesn't look quite so chunky.
Have a search on google image search for and you'll see a few different types.
What size brade was you using to cover the wires with please
it's 4mm Braid