Forgot to add a link. Perfect video example of mixed steering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N294K7hz2KE
ST On Monday, April 7, 2014 9:23:52 AM UTC-4, TyngTech wrote: > > On Monday, April 7, 2014 7:59:58 AM UTC-4, lotus7 wrote: > > If someone has the time,could they explain to a newbie like myself-mixing? >> >> I assumed that the right transmitter sticks up and down movement >> controlled the right side track motor and the left transmitter sticks up >> and down movement controlled the left track motor? >> >> What would be wrong about that? Thanks in advance! >> >> nc >> > > Dual stick steering as you describe it is certainly doable and would even > recreate the driving style of most WW2 armor. The issue in practice is > that it's not a very intuitive way to drive. Also, since such a setup > spreads your driving controls across two sticks, it necessarily spreads > your gun and turret controls across two sticks. Not very practical at all. > The preferred method for most battlers is mixed driving controls on one > stick (either left or right) and the turret/gun controls on the other. As > TNA explained, mixed steering is where the inputs from one stick are mixed > to provide the forward/back and left/right control to the two drive motors. > The mixing function is usually provided by a dual channel ESC it or a > seperate mixing module that plugs in between the R/C Rx and two single > channel ESC's. Another option is a computer Tx that has mixing built in. > > More info on mixed steering: > http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/Circuits/SteeringMixer/SteeringMixer.html > > Steve Tyng > > -- -- 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.
