Will,
I know that much, but it hasn't been left on, maybe at most a second or
so. Unless somebody has a nice way of controlling them from R/C signals
other than a battleswitch (which I might have, but it's a faf), I think
I'll stick to the method I've got now.
Chris Malton
On 03/05/2009 21:54, [email protected] wrote:
> Door lock actuators don't like been left on.
>
> Will
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Malton <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 4:26 pm
> Subject: [TANKS] Re: Progress of sorts
>
>
>
> "The best laid plans of mice and men....."
>
>
>
> I need not complete that well known phrase.
>
>
>
> Firstly: Door lock actuator has stopped moving, at all!
>
> Secondly: Elevate got in the way of fixing the trigger system.
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> Thirdly: Air hose now leaks.
>
>
>
> 1) No idea why it happened, but I've gone back to the old method with a
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> heavy duty servo for now.
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>
>
> 2) Elevate has been enhanced, although I think it needs some fine tuning
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> to comply with the 10 degree rule....
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>
>
> 3) I've got a spare, but this is annoying. Thankfully it's unmodified
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> and in manufacturer warranty, so I can just talk nicely with BZ
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> Paintball to sort that out....
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>
>
> http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/cjsoftuk/RC%20Tank%20Combat%20-%20Challenger%202%20build/?action=view¤t=VID00002AVI.flv
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> <http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/cjsoftuk/RC%20Tank%20Combat%20-%20Challenger%202%20build/?action=view¤t=VID00002AVI.flv>
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>
>
> will give you an indication of what works (and what doesn't). Yes I
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> forgot to take out the rotate stops before trying to rotate - that's
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> what the kerfuffle is in the middle.
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>
>
> Tests postponed until tomorrow.
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>
>
> Chris "It's broke, again!" Malton
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>
>
> On 02/05/2009 19:05, Chris Malton wrote:
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>>
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>> Before the October Revolution everything was working fine in testing.....
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>>
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>> After the October Revolution disaster of no elevate and poor paint feed,
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>> I am pleased to announce field trials of a new elevation system are
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>> currently underway along with a new (more reliable?) feed system.
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>>
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>> These will probably be somewhat novel ideas and I think the phrase "hot
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>> glue solves everything" applies to my build now.
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>>
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>> So be it I guess.
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>>
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>> Due to time constraints full trials were not performed tonight, but they
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>> will be performed tomorrow all being well.
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>>
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>> I expect to do a fair bit of work on this over the bank holiday.
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>>
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>> Full "Spring update" to follow.
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>>
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>> Chris "Back to where I was 6 months ago" Malton
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>> >
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