>
> All,
>
> I got to wondering about all the uncompleted projects. Is it possible
> that at some point during the build, obviously where construction
> ceased, that the builder realized that they had made a major design
> flaw and were too frustrated at having to flush all their work to
> date and begin again or embarrassed to admit it in public?
> Bog knows that I made my share of engineering errors during the
> Bulldog build (hence the Never Ending Build). Two complete hulls,
> three turrets, FIVE, yes five sets of road wheels, countless paintball
> trays, two paintball markers (I could turn this into a Xmas carol) and
> I'm still not 100% happy with it.
>
> It was summed up quite nicely by The Talented Mr. Tyng: Boys with
> their toys.
>
> Fred "Build it? Heck no, I'm gonna grow it." Thomson
Fred,
You're probably dead on with your diagnosis. The Comet has been
suffering from a mysterious electrical gremlin since the addition of
the M-1 motors and not being able to use the Tri-Pact speed
controller. A change to the scooter motor controller at the 12th
hour seemed to have succeeded ,until ,of course the battle was to
begin.Pics of the controller and boards will be posted on the battle
summary. Since the turret containing simple switches and servos still
worked fine, we brought out the deadly Bunker Comet for battle #2.
Tracy seemed to have no problem laying down fire.
But back to your point. So this winter, a total tear down and
testing of each component of the chassis wiring is in order. Luckily
for me, Frank can lead me threw this search for the ugly gremlin, or
it's gremlin clan.
John" I build great turret systems" Pittelli
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