It might work, it'd be better to use a transistor instead and have the pot go to the transistor. You might also be able to get away with making a voltage divider using a pot. I'm not really a motor sort of person.
-Gregory On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm no techie, Mike, but I would question whether you need to bother? > In practice when driving a tank you are constantly correcting, and if > it has a slight (say) left bias then you're just correcting right > more. > > Some tanks (eg Tiger II) have a pronounced bias one way (because of > the track configuration). > > Phil "OK that wasn't actually any help" Palmer > > On Nov 21, 10:22 pm, Mike Mane <[email protected]> wrote: > > For anybody who can help, I have yet another question about > > electronics. I have been working on a small tank, as I may have > > mentioned, which uses a simple-as-dirt 27MHz skid control system. > > Anyway, the tank is powered by two 9VDC gear-motors, and I would like > > to be able to control the trim of these engines to ensure equilibrium. > > Can this be done with a potentiometer on each circuit? If so, what > > kind of pot and how are they installed? > > > > Thanks, > > > > —Mike Måne > > > > Message sent by way of mobile device > > -- > 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 > -- 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
