I've been wanting to do this as well for a project. Every time I look into it however, I keep running up against the Tecel website, which turns up an "access forbidden" message on the D200. I make a note to call or look into it further, then other things come up. I have several motors I could use for this— does anyone have any info on Tecel? Are they still a going concern, or have you bought from them?
PF On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Paul Hilton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve, you must have been reading my mind. I was just thinking about a > solution for the BT-7's steering. Have you tried this? Seems like a good > choice for large wheeled vehicles! > > Paul H. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Tyng" <[email protected]> > To: "R/C Tank Combat" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:03 AM > Subject: [TANKS] High Power Servo Hack > > > > > > Here's an interesting article on modifying a standard servo to drive > > an external gearmotor. Basically the geartrain is removed from the > > servo which is then used as a position sensor for the gearmotor. The > > servo electronics are used to drive an offboard h-bridge. > > > > http://www.fieroaddiction.com/servo.html > > > > An h-bridge that would work well with this setup (the Tecel D200 > > referenced doesn't appear to be available anymore). > > > > http://www.robotpower.com/products/simple-h_info.html > > > > > > Steve Tyng > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- PF astromechbuilder.com astromechfactory.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
