I myself have burnt out a door actuator or two and one Idea I had was to fit a 4 amp use after the battle switch and before the actuator, see pic http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/neroc1/?action=view¤t=fusefrombattlesw.jpg
This is ok but I have had an idea recently that now also makes the battle switch redundant . My Idea is so simple I cant believe I or anyone else hasn’t come up with it before . I have a toggle switch on my TX so I thought what if I triggered a micro switch at mid point of the servo arm swing. See pic http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd267/neroc1/?action=view¤t=newswitch.jpg This set up triggers the actuator for a very short while as the arm passes through the central part of its swing , the connection time can be fine tuned by sanding the servo arm a little shorter. This is the set up for To68 and has worked well in tests , I will put a fuse in the system just in case since a door actuator is 8 pounds and a 4 amp fuse is 8 pence. I will be very disappointed if your challenger misses even one battle . Neil ` you can do it with a Neil switch ` R ---- Chris Malton <chr...@cmalton.me.uk> wrote: > > It is probable that July 11/12th will see an absence of the Challenger > due a small technical hitch involving car door lock actuators and high > currents.... See historic discussions for more info on that. I will > probably be running T027 (which now does turns on the spot :-) ). > > However, if I can make it to Surrey, which I can't see being a problem, > and assuming it goes ahead, I shall be there, complete with T027 and at > least a firing Challenger, hopefully a moving one. > > I need to produce a little circuitry to make the trigger system in the > challenger slightly more reliable and easier on the operator (I.E. push > one button, and it only runs the actuator for a few milliseconds, and > we'll see how that works. It'll go in-line between the C6C and the > BattleSwitch. Should solve the problem I had. At least that's the > plan. It all depends on whether I can write the code for the chip > before the 11th July or not as to whether the Challenger can make it. > If not, there will be a spare C6C control system available. > > Chris "And you thought I'd never do it, Neil" Malton > > On 24/05/2009 17:25, funkyne...@ntlworld.com wrote: > > > > that’s very good work Chris ,nice to see To27 fully operational again. > > You may be tempted to operate it in one or more of the up and coming > > battles. > > > > Neil R > > > > > > > > On May 24, 2:04 pm, Chris Malton<chr...@cmalton.me.uk> wrote: > >> Updated with fully armed test this morning. > >> > >> http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/cjsoftuk/RCTC%20-%20T027/?acti... > >> > >> Sorry about the slightly shaky camerawork, but I was trying to do > >> everything (including turn on and off the air system) with one hand - my > >> LEFT hand. > >> > >> Chris Malton > >> > >> On 24/05/2009 01:36, Modena wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> nice work > >> > >>> On May 24, 3:57 am, Chris Malton<chr...@cmalton.me.uk> wrote: > >>>> See:http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/cjsoftuk/RCTC%20-%20T027/ > >> > >>>> Need I say much more? > >> > >>>> Chris M- Hide quoted text - > >> > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
