[RCSE] Re: "UPS" powered winch for DLGs,

2006-03-17 Thread Jo Grini
- From: "Jeff Steifel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jo Grini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: "UPS" powered winch for DLGs, Very cool... Yep, you have too much time on your hands... You remind me of a

Re: [RCSE] Re: "UPS" powered winch for DLGs,

2006-03-17 Thread Jeff Steifel
Very cool... Yep, you have too much time on your hands... You remind me of a local friend One question since it is controlled by your tranny that is also controlling your plane, do you have an arming switch? I could see the slider getting knocked and making a mess out of everything. Hey Mik

[RCSE] Re: "UPS" powered winch for DLGs,

2006-03-17 Thread Jo Grini
Some years ago (nov.01 in my diary) I made a small winch for a scratch built model I made (made from scrap materials). I did it all just for fun. Guess I had too much time at the moment! I used a speed 400 motor, small Rx and 7 cells. I operated the winch with my transmitter so that I could adju

Re: [RCSE] Re: "UPS" powered winch for DLGs,

2006-03-16 Thread S Meyer
Or you could just chuck it.  :-) At 08:29 AM 3/16/2006, inventorforhire wrote: Here's a quick idea. Get a small wiper motor from junk yard for $5 - $10 or someplace like this: http://www.73.com/a/0082.shtml   Make sure it can free turn, or you will need a needle clutch bearing on the spool and

[RCSE] Re: "UPS" powered winch for DLGs,

2006-03-16 Thread inventorforhire
Here's a quick idea. Get a small wiper motor from junk yard for $5 - $10 or someplace like this: http://www.73.com/a/0082.shtml   Make sure it can free turn, or you will need a needle clutch bearing on the spool and a couple of collars.     I got a UPS (computer back up) battery from Wilson Tr