The “Marty’s Van” kill switch technique worked for me, too. It must be a magnet for out of control RCTC vehicles.
From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcombat@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of TyngTech Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 11:45 AM To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Remote kill switch All excellent points. At our current "mobilization level", a hobby standardized kill system is a moot point anyway. Besides, the Cromwell's remote kill system has already been tested and validated. I just have to make sure Marty's van is parked at the correct spot when something goes wrong! ;-) ST On Monday, November 17, 2014 11:38:50 AM UTC-5, Frank Pittelli wrote: Way back in the stone age, my doctoral thesis was on the design of fault-tolerant electronics. A lot has changed in the 25+ years, but reliability theory hasn't changed much since Roman times when the historian Juvenal coined the phrase "Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?" (i.e., But who will guard the guardians themselves?) and an anonymous sanitation engineer coined the phrase "Custodite Hoc est simplex stultus" (i.e., Keep It Simple Stupid). So, I ask the question: Is it more reliable or less reliable to add a secondary RC-based control system to a vehicle as a safety cut-off for the primary RC-based control system? Typically, the following topics are addressed when trying to answer such a question: 1) Will the RC-based kill system handle all of the same fault scenarios as the manual cutoff system? 2) Will the RC-based kill system introduce additional fault scenarios that must be handled? 3) Will the RC-based kill system use electro-mechanical parts that are more or less reliable than both the primary RC-based control system and the manual kill system? -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com <mailto:rctankcombat@googlegroups.com> To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
