Fred: How fast do your motors go? Wheelchair motors are designed for 8 inch wheels and only go 120 rpm. Are your motors going fast enough?
Wheelchair motors look heavy duty and tough, but I have avoided the over the speed limitation. Mark On May 5, 11:08 am, Fred Thomson <[email protected]> wrote: > The 'Proof of Concept' trials of using a surplus powered wheelchair > joystick and motor controller is now complete and the verdict is in.. > > http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T064/Page6.html > > It works like a hot d...@amn! :-) > > As most wheelchair controllers are programmed for your 90 yr old > Grannie, having it re-programmed makes a world of difference. > > Best of all, I have a proven, tested, hardened, programmable, fully > proportional, ESC with gear head MOTORS for 1/10th the cost of the > commercial offerings. > > The bad news is I am gonna have to convert (okay WANT to convert) the > Bulldog to a gear drive. > > -Cheers, > Fred > T064 > > -- > 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 athttp://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
