Can anyone help me with a problem that needs an electronics wizard to probably solve. I have a broken model helicopter that has a terrific gun firing sound and flashing light system that I would like to fit into my model boat. The problem is the sound and light bit is built into the receiver and is controlled by a button on the transmitter. I have no idea what frequency the system works on (It's a Chinese model and probably an illegal frequency anyway!) and it does not appear to have the usual frequency crystal in either the transmitter or receiver. There is what appears to be a 'chip' of some sort in the receiver and I (in my ignorance!) assume it is that which controls the sound and lights. I could strap the helicopter transmitter to the boats transmitter but that would look silly, I want to be able to switch on the sound and lights from a normal boat transmitter. Does anyone have any idea how I could achieve my aims, I could send the receiver (and transmitter if necessary) to work on if necessary. Again, in my electronics ignorance, could the sound/light chip (if indeed that is what it is) be removed and connected to another circuit board that would switch on and off from the boats transmitter. Or, if the receiver frequency could be found, could that be changed to the boats frequency?
I am probably asking too much but if anyone has any ideas of either how to do it or who to contact I would be most grateful
Happy boating
Adrian