We used 9 talons with fans during first robotics. Only good things to say about them. On 2014-05-23 10:53 AM, "Joe Sommer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hetzer T010 used the following drive system during > recent battles on May 18. > > two Makita drill motors > two 12V 18Ah batteries wired in series (24V) > two Talons - Coast (not Brake) setting, no cooling fans > IMX-1 mixer > > Bad news - The Hetzer fried two original Talons (not SR) during the > second sortie of the first battle (Defend the Town). The IMX-1 was > not damaged. > > Air temperature was not hot and the failure occurred early in the > second sortie with about 20 minute break between sorties. > Consequently, I do not believe that it was a thermal failure. > > The failure did occur while performing rapid reversal steering > maneuvers in very tall grass. The failure was probably due > to impedance reversal spikes. > > Good news - It only required about 20 minutes to replace the dead > Talons with two new Talon SRs. > > The new Talons SRs did not fry during the second battle (Fox and > Hounds). > > Joe > > > -- > -- > 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.
