I have read the article and tried this, It does not work. He tells you to connect 2 wires to drive the new motor, but when I connected them there they did not power the motor.
On May 29, 5:35 am, pixelFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve Tyng posted about this a few years ago: > > Here's an interesting article on modifying a standard servo to drive an > external gearmotor. Basically the geartrain is removed from the servo which > is then used as a position sensor for the gearmotor. The servo electronics > are used to drive an offboard h-bridge. > > http://www.fieroaddiction.com/servo.html > > An h-bridge that would work well with this setup (the Tecel D200 referenced > doesn't appear to be available anymore). > > http://www.robotpower.com/products/simple-h_info.html > > I've always wanted to give this a try but haven't had an opportunity. Neat > idea though. > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 9:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Someone in here posted about a servo made from a wiper motor - i know > > because i had it saved (and since then stupidly deleted it...). > > > so if anyone has that information saved, please post it again > > > Chris, > > Odyssey Slipways <http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > PF > > astromech.net > astromechbuilder.com -- 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
