Hi Neil, I can turn the susan by hand, but the bearings are a bit grindy/noisy, I dont think there's a lot of grease in there (if any), unfortunately its sealed so I can't lube it easily, and I dont know if it would help anyway.
cheers Ben On Jun 21, 5:59 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben , I think your problem Could well lie with the quality of your lazy Susan > , looking at the last pic I wonder how thick it is , I measure force in > Newton’s and I have no idea how inch pounds relates to Newton’s so I cant be > mathematical, but your motor looks `grunty` enough to me. can you turn it > with your hand easily ? > > Neil R > > ---- Ben Holko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I started to build the turret and traverse this weekend, and it didn¹t go so > > well. > > > I cut out the base plate for the turret, and the top hull plate that it will > > sit on. A 12² lazy susan provides the bearing, the base plate and top plate > > get bolted to that and all was well with that. It had a little more > > resistance than I had thought it would, but I guess the bearings in these > > cheap lazy susan¹s leave a bit to be desired. > > > I have a 12v geared motor from surplus center ( > >https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2009062005294011&item=5-16... > > ame=electric ) which I am using (trying) for the traverse. Together with > > some mini timing belt components from Small Parts Inc (via Amazon). Problem > > is however that the motor doesn¹t seem to have enough grunt, and the weak > > point in the link is the timing belt components, the belt is jumping teeth > > on the sprockets. > > > I have reviewed all the build pages on the tanks which detail their traverse > > systems, and have gained little further inspiration. According to Surplus > > Center this motor has 48 lb-in of stall torque, most other motors I see have > > far less than that, can anyone weigh in with the bearing/drive/torque > > combination that they have found success with? > > > PS: also hacked up the exhaust armor guards --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
