Joker wrote: > Not to hijack or anything, but wouldn't adding those two switchs just > give you 'full on' or 'full off' in either direction?
Yep. But that's all that is needed when using a low RPM geared motor for a rotate system. Cheap, powerful, simple, effective and reliable ... hard to beat that combination. Of course, if you want to spend more money for a more complex and less reliable proportional speed control, you can add that if you want. Simply replace the servo/switches by the speed control (keep the servo/switches in your field box, because eventually you'll be putting them back in the vehicle when the speed controller starts acting up.) When it comes to servo motors, a hacked servo simply won't have enough torque or reliability for rotating a fully equipped turret. Hacked servos are great for kiddie toys and table-top robotics, but our tanks are at least an order of magnitude larger than such things. (The one thing you learn in the science and engineering world is to respect orders of magnitude.) We're talking about quite a few pounds of weight in the turret alone being tossed around by various dynamic forces on the battlefield (including the inertia of 100+ pounds when you run into something) and the rotate motor has to handle such loads many, many times in a single battle, let alone over many years of battling. Just keep one thing in mind: No veteran battler has ever been sorry because they over-engineered any of their tank systems. Frank P. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---