Hey Steve,
AHA... a eureka moment!!
So that's why you picked the off white for the White Knight...
Smarter than the average bear.
Like I've said once before, Nothing runs (nor looks) like a TYNG!!
Dave D.
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From: TyngTech
To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Home made speed controller (ESC) 24V 160A
continuous, 400A peak
These beasts generate a ton of heat.
In every power conversion starting at the batteries all the way to the
traction force to the ground, there's an energy conversion loss at each step of
the process. DC current fights its way through copper to the motor controller,
current gets turned into PWM current at the controller, PWM current goes
through more copper to the motors, in the motors current gets converted into
mechanical rotation, high speed rotation goes through a reduction device then
to the drive wheels. At every step there's a loss of energy because no power
conversion is perfect. Whatever erg of energy doesn't get converted to the
next step is dumped as heat into your paintball spewing r/c vehicle of death!
Add the fact that most paint their tanks in nice dark colors that loves to
suck-in the afternoon sun, our models get VERY hot inside and one needs to give
cooling a high priority when designing and building their tank.
Steve
On Monday, August 27, 2012 3:57:29 PM UTC-4, odyssey...@aol.com wrote:
how are these boards for handling heat (their own and surrounding)? i have
heard in the past these guys tend to play in the heat with their vehicle's
inner temp's rising. I think i heard one planing on cooking eggs on the tank's
motors (so i'm guessing the inside of the tank can get pretty hot on a sunny
day)
Chris
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