RE: Item f. This one worries me since I use similar motors and my mounts are 1/2" PVC sheets, but I have an inlet and an outlet (2 on each motor so 4 total) muffin fan to air moving around the motors. Sounds like your making good progress though.
Derek On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:45 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > 1. I tested the Tiger tank in a rough field next to our business. I > ran the tank at full speed at all times: > > a. Continuous speed of 6.4 mph for 39 minutes > > b. Battery was not fully recharged when I started, because I used > the tank to visitors a couple of times, including running in the field. > After the 39 min, 45% left on battery according to my charger > > c. At the end of the 39 minutes, the Tiger was going at about 5.4 > mph > > d. The tank ran for exactly 4 miles > > e. The Talon SR were hot, the right one was slightly hotter to the > touch, but not burning > > f. The two MY1018 Motors were VERY hot. Could not put my fingers > on it. It did not burn the plastic wires touching the motors. > > g. No apparent mechanical failures: a road wheel shaft is lose in > the middle of the wheels, the right sprocket jumped again the inner guide > tooth, but the tank ran fine in this configuration > > h. Turret rotation worked great throughout the experiment. Steve is > designing another version of this rotation, with finer tuning for better > paintball accuracy. > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
