Fred: Dont those wheelchair motors turn too slow? Most of the ones I see are 120 RPM -- a little slow for a tank? The controler should be plenty big enough for a tank. Could you remove the pots from the joystick control and drive the pot directly (rotational) by the servo? It might give better control than operating the joystick from levers.
I see wheelchair controlers on Ebay all the time, and much cheeper than buying a dual channel proportional controller. Figure it out for all of us! Mark On Feb 7, 11:31 am, Fred Thomson <[email protected]> wrote: > The progress on this is going ok. The first thing to do was to make > sure all these used electronics were working. Having done that I set > about doing a rough design of the joystick control. I know I can > remove th joystick and control the POTS directly with the servos but > that will have to wait till Version Two Point Oh. Even managed to get > some batteries. :-) > > http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat/web/Ariete_Joystick.jpg?h... > > Although I have scads of room in the hull of the Ariete, I wanted to > use a smaller controller. One of the ones we had fit this requirement. > The Pilot+ motor controller is a mere 180mm (7") L x 95mm (3.7") W x > 46mm (1.8") H and has no special mounting requirements. The joystick > (is the approx shape in the jpeg) is 158mm (6.2") L x 77mm (3.0") W x > 151 (5.9") H but this can be reduced by quite a lot by merely > relocating the electronics to a custom made box. > The biggest surprise was the motors. Right angle gear head with a > beautiful 3/4" diameter keyed shaft. This means I can mount the drive > hubs directly to the shafts. I will post the motor specs later. > Even managed to get some batteries. > > Cheers, > Fred -- 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
