On Apr 23, 11:36 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> 1. pretty far i have the hull, suspension, wheels, treads, bearings and
> the elements for the wheels.
>
> sounds like your pretty well off for gathering materials and items for your
> build
> 1. yeah 400$ so far doing well
> 2. no i do not have the receiver or the transmitter.
>
> i am not 100% sure, but it think a lot of the guys are starting to go
> towards using the wireless game pads (i know someone would be willing to tell
>
> more about them in greater detail)
> 2. What do you mean wireless game pads
> 3. The only motors i have are the ones i described to you. If you have
> any suggestions on motors it would be appreciated the weight of my
> vehicle is problably going to end up to be around 156lbs due to the
> use of extremely heavy material (not going to be up against
> paintballs). The vehicle should move faster than 5mph but i would like
> it to be able to have high amounts of torque.
>
> does your motors have anything on the output shaft such as a sprocket,
> gear, flat spot?
>
> i have only known of trade offs, either you have torque or speed, but i am
> not aware of being able to have both
3. I do not have the adequate motors for what i am using according to
a group member so ill get a motor based off of the overall preformance
of the motor according to your expertise.
>
> 4.the tank i have is absolutly huge size isnt a problem. im doing
> electrical systems last so i do not have any batteries.
>
> still, knowing a size or scale is a good help as it will give some of the
> guys in here an idea what kind of components to suggest to you to use
4. 38"-15"-7.5" are the interior holding perameters. i can handle
quite a bit more stuff.
>
> 5. The speed control is my main problem, i do not know how to do this
> part. if i were to build my own how would i control the opening and
> closing of the loops to reverse polarities. would i wire it like this?
> receiver---mixer---esc/homemade---motor. this is the thing that if you
> have a picture or diagram of your tanks complete electrical systems
> that would be highly beneficiary.
> your help is much appreciated i am new to this and need much training
> to learn the skill.
>
> can't help you there
And yet this is where im totally confused on. howd you build a tank?
>
> if you could tell them a bit more about your tank as well, as in what kind
> of tank it is, the scale / size, and if possible pictures (of what you have
> including the motors and such).
how do i attach pics to here? and my tank is not modeled after
anything special this is more of a building project that i will use
often. and i have motors but they are terrible due to the fact i cant
find a decent motor controller for them.
>
> Chris,
> _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html)
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