Neil, that is exactly the way my door lock actuator is being triggered right now....
Derek T065 On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:36 PM, <funkyne...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
