They offer the two edged sword that the wheels cant backdrive the steering motor. On the upside that means your wheels point where you tell them. On the downside if you hit a bump or the like that forces the steering to the side something else has to give or everything has to be stronger because you lose that safety margin.
They can also be quite slow. On 2014-03-24 7:13 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > recently during one of my boring moments sitting here on line, i saw a > some of sketches for a wheeled vehicle i work on from time to time and > continued the thought..... > > i all ready worked out the basics for the upper and lower control arms, > how to make them pivot, i worked out how i would make the spindle/hub/block > thingie for where the wheels/hubs would mount as well as figured out (3 > quick doodles later) the best way to make it have steering for the powered > wheels making for an all powered wheeled vehicle (i think i even have the > suspension worked out, i just have to hit home depot at some > point) ........ but that just left the one big thing, how to steer it. > > i saw the threads for using a wiper motor and at the moment that seems to > be about the most basic way to go (plus the "whatever stuff" for making it > auto center afterwards like a servo) ..... a bit over my head for the > moment i guess, but was just thinking, what about one of the linier drive > thingies? them things with the long worm screw powered by a geared motor? > other than space being a possible restriction, would they be any easier to > work with? would they offer better benefits such as more torque? or would > it just be harder to work with? > > chris > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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/d/optout.
