Had a good look through your site , Im very impressed with your ability and patience in wood working. i have no idea how you produced your first track sprocket. I can see however that your material choice is lowering in quality as the build progresses, For your suspension bogies I would have used metal for the arms rather than plywood ,( and I avoid MDF altogether in tank building ). I can see how money (or lack of) will be a big factor in material choice, its the same for me. have a look at the tracks on T068, they can be built to any width to accommodate any wheel, if you can find treadmill, hardwood and 4mm bolts then you can make a very strong durable track. you could design a track that would mesh with your first sprocket, that would be authentic and workable. keep up the very good work
Neil R On Mar 11, 2:36 am, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil, > Try this link for my tank site (not updated for a long > time)http://www.angelfire.com/mech/sherman/. > And this one for the > controllershttp://secure.oatleyelectronics.com/product_info.php?cPath=81&product... > 6&osCsid=9d8ee84c2e2d01343bacd89272ce62a2 > > Will let you know how mine go when I get them, (mail takes 3-4 weeks to get > to me) > > Petewww.angelfire.com/mech/sherman > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of neroc > Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2011 18:19 > To: R/C Tank Combat > Subject: [TANKS] Re: speed controler kits > > Pete , here in the UK we are on the look out for reliable affordable esc`s > but i cant find the esc that you list, maybe its my computer but it cant > find the controller you quoted, and I cant get your anglefire.com sherman > link to work either. > > this is a shame because Im interested in both. > > Neil R > > On Mar 6, 2:00 pm, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frank, > > Thanks for that, I have just ordered my C6C (cant find my V1 in > > garage/mans land), and will be ordering my controllers shortly, and > > will let you know how it goes. > > > Pete > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > On Behalf Of Frank Pittelli > > Sent: Sunday, 6 March 2011 02:35 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [TANKS] speed controler kits > > > That looks like a decent reversible motor controller, which should be > > relatively easy to build. I've used similar uni-directional kits from > > QKits for speed control of elevate and rotate motors. The MOSFETs > > specified in the Oatley kit are certainly sufficient for a 250W motor > > and the design is simple enough that you'll be able to repair them if > something fries one day. > > The added bonus is that they accept servo signals as input, which > > makes them useful in more applications. > > > That said, you'll only be able to truly determine if it works well by > > purchasing one and testing it. If the circuit is designed well, the > > FETs will not generate too much heat even after repeated stopping and > > starting and the motor "whining" at low speeds will be minimal. > > > When using two such single-motor controllers for tank-style steering, > > you also need to remember that the radio gear or the C6C will have to > > do "channel mixing". The C6C provides tank mixing of joystick > > channels for that very reason. Some R/C systems provide mixing, > > others do not. For R/C systems without mixing, you can also buy a > > mixing circuit to work between the R/C receiver and speed controllers. > > > I've used a couple of Oatley products over the years and they all > > appear to be good deals. My only problem has been that orders take a > > long time to be shipped to the U.S., but maybe that has improved in the > last couple years. > > > Frank P. > > > On 3/5/2011 12:08 PM, Pete wrote: > > > I was looking thru my favourite electronic surplus store here in OZ > > > and came across this little beauty. > > > >http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//product_info.php?cPath=81&produc > > >t > > > s_id=206&osCsid=9d8ee84c2e2d01343bacd89272ce62a2 > > > ><http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com/product_info.php?cPath=81&produc > > >t s_id=206&osCsid=9d8ee84c2e2d01343bacd89272ce62a2> > > > > any thoughts from the technical minded to the suitability of this > > > product for use with 250W 24vdc motors (can also be found on this > > > site as SG250) and either RC or the C6C?? > > > -- > > 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 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
