Yes, I did the elevon mixing, and found that the tank went rather slowly. Joe Somner explained that you only get 75% of power if you use the elevon setup (don't know why. I spent ages fiddling with the percentages but it didn't want to play. Perghaps ths site will explain it).
Phil On Feb 9, 2:20 am, garth knight <[email protected]> wrote: > may also appear as " elevon " mixing > > --- On Sun, 2/8/09, Thomas Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Thomas Lum <[email protected]> > > Subject: [TANKS] Re: A combat robot wiki > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 1:52 PM > > I think you want v-tail mixing. > > > On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Phil wrote: > > > > Very good site, Thomas. I need to study it at leisure > > but it might > > > help me understand my Futuba controller. The > > instruction manual works > > > on the basis "you've got a plane/heli,right? > > This is how to control > > > it". > > > > I have managed to persuade my tank to go faster by > > putting left track > > > on the left stick and right track on the right stick, > > but this is not > > > terribly intuitive ("elivate" is right > > stick-left, for example, and > > > it's difficult to drive forwards without > > traversing (left stick left- > > > right). > > > > Will study further and report any good tips! > > > > Phil > > > > On Feb 7, 2:36 am, Thomas Lum <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> Came across this site and I think a lot of it is > > pertinent to us. > > > >>http://combots.net/wiki/index.php/Special:Allpages- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
