I'd found an electrical swivel that I thought would work, but it was ultimately too expensive.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Chris Malton <[email protected]> wrote: > > It makes perfect sense to me. > > I know exactly what you want to do, it's just a question of how. I > think what you'd need is a circle of metal all the way around for each > connection you want to make, and then some kind of electrically > connected wheel that rides on these. You'd actually want 3 wheels on > each. With careful measuring etc, it can be done, but to be honest, > > I've never head an issue with twisted wires yet, but go for it if you > want to. It'd be nice to see it working! > > Chris > > Modena wrote: > > Has anyone built/used/found some kind of circular electrical contact > > solution for turrets? The idea being that to get electrical > > connectivity from the hull to the turret, and still be able to turn > > 360 degrees all day long, I need to get electrical contacts through > > some kind of circular connection. > > > > This is rather than using wires which will get twisted by turret > > rotation. I realise that most of the time turrets are never going to > > get rotated enough to worry to much about twisted wires, but it would > > be nice not to have to worry about it at all and just be able to turn > > around and around without hinderance. > > > > I don't think I explained that very well, but hopefully it makes > > sense :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
