Chris Malton wrote:
> 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.
If you take it apart you'll probably find one of the super tiny wires is
broken. The wires are so small that they can sometimes overheat and
break if current is applied for "a second or so". They can also break
because of a hard shock at the time of activation.
I use a 100 millisecond pulse (regardless of how long you hold the
button) to activate the actuator to guard against such problems.
Sometime this year, Cheap Control Systems will be selling a board that
includes such a capability, along with features to control all common
tank subsystems (e.g., tracks, rotate, elevate and trigger).
Frank P.
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