Here's a really cheap 43amp ESC option I've been testing. It's a $9 Vex ESC driving a $10 43A h-bridge stage. The Vex controller provides a no frills 100% forward and reverse PWM signal and the h-bridge module provides the 24V/43A capacity with high current shutdown. Cool huh?
Steve Tyng <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ykw0omv9XVw/VVzjOqbNcpI/AAAAAAAAAfM/W6bew_Phbtk/s1600/CheapESC.jpg> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 10:05:12 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > Would it be possible to control a SSR via a low power, relatively cheap, > reversible ESC connected using a Y-harness to a servo operated micro-switch > to control direction? > > The primary motors speed would be controlled by the SSC proportionate to > the output of the low output Speed controller whilst their direction would > be switched mechanically by the micro-switch. It would be a sort of MAG > speed controller with proportional throttle via the SSR. I assume that the > secondary circuit (ie the Speed controller and SSR input) would probably > require a small load (a fan, perhaps?) to be included to prevent a direct > short of the speed controller output. > > The reason I'm asking is because high power speed controllers are > expensive and, in my limited experience, of limited life whereas a MAG > speed controller is cheap and reliable but crude. If the system I'm > suggesting here is viable it could make a reasonably cheap system possible > with the added advantage that if your ESC goes belly up during a battle > then you just take the SSR out of the circuit and you're back to a basic > MAG speed controller. > -- -- 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.
