[TANKS] Re: Sturmtiger performance at Ft. Snelling
Excellentwhere's the vid? Derek Engelhaupt wrote: Had it out running today in the tank exercise area today with all the crowds. Lots of questions, all positive comments. Promoted the site as much as I could to encourage new tankers. The new attachment chain tracks were flawless. Last year with my old tracks, the pea to marble sized gravel played hell with them. They fell off after 5 minutes of running in the gravel. Today, rock solid performance (pun intended). Not a single track issue in the gravel after at least 30 minutes of runtime. The larger 2060 pitch on the chain left room for the sprocket teeth when rocks got in there. I actually dug a 2 crater in the dirt doing a continuous neutral turn spitting gravel everywhere. It sucked all kinds of rocks into the tracks and just spit them back out. Love it. Even the heat did nothing to its performance. Fun was had by all today. Now all I need is someone to battle with..hint, hint... Derek T065 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption: http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittelli frank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modena b...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittelli frank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modena b...@holnet.net wrote: Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modena b...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittelli frank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
Very impressive indeed. Chris Malton On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote: and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittellifrank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
I wonder how it would do on a less slippy surface. Or grass. On 14 June, 12:43, Chris Malton chr...@cmalton.me.uk wrote: Very impressive indeed. Chris Malton On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote: and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittellifrank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: so how was todays battle?
Doh! Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: so how was todays battle?
oh hell, i could have been there then i don't know what it is this week with dates Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Nema 34 stepper motor
How well would two 24v dc nema 34 stepper motors work for the main drive system? Jason --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
Fantastic work! Good control apparently and nice suspension. And I like the vapor machine idea too! Will the vapor harm any of the electrinics once the engine compartment is closed up? I suppose that works like one of those humidifiers you can buy from stores. Perhaps you could make one by disassembling and modifying one. -Mike M 2009/6/14 Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com I wonder how it would do on a less slippy surface. Or grass. On 14 June, 12:43, Chris Malton chr...@cmalton.me.uk wrote: Very impressive indeed. Chris Malton On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote: and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittellifrank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. Frank P. -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Sturmtiger performance at Ft. Snelling
Well, I didn't get any vids of the tank in the gravel. I was concentrating the real ones this weekend. I did do some very minor damage to the tank with all the running around. I backed into a chainlink fence and bent one of the track guards. I also ran it into a 10-ton truck tire demonstrating the range of the thing from around 150ft. A guy walked into my line of sight for a second, and BANG! No real damage, just bent the front mud guard down a little. Nothing a vise can't solve. I also lost a track pad, but I expected for some of the rivits to let go eventually. That's another 2 minute fix. Just have to pop rivit a new one on. Lastly, I broke one of my suspension spring mounts. I kinda launched the tank over a real tank track. It was moving at full speed so the front end came down over the rut from a height of about 12 and slammed into the dirt pretty hard. That's an easy fix too. It was still driveable so if it were to happen in a battle it wouldn't have been the end of the world. Overall, I was very pleased with the way it handled. I used and abused it. Even let a few really small kids drive it. The whole thing is just covered in dirt from the tanks churning up the demonstration area. Derek T065 On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Chris Malton chr...@cmalton.me.uk wrote: Hey, quit the whining Neil! I've spent rather too long organising this upcoming battle for you guys. Chris Malton On 14/06/2009 09:14, funkyne...@ntlworld.com wrote: Derek wrote:- `Now all I need is someone to battle with. Hint, hint…` Tell me about it buddy . well done on the performance of To66 . it’s a real downer when things don’t work when your attempting a domo. Derek Engelhaupttan...@gmail.com wrote: Had it out running today in the tank exercise area today with all the crowds. Lots of questions, all positive comments. Promoted the site as much as I could to encourage new tankers. The new attachment chain tracks were flawless. Last year with my old tracks, the pea to marble sized gravel played hell with them. They fell off after 5 minutes of running in the gravel. Today, rock solid performance (pun intended). Not a single track issue in the gravel after at least 30 minutes of runtime. The larger 2060 pitch on the chain left room for the sprocket teeth when rocks got in there. I actually dug a 2 crater in the dirt doing a continuous neutral turn spitting gravel everywhere. It sucked all kinds of rocks into the tracks and just spit them back out. Love it. Even the heat did nothing to its performance. Fun was had by all today. Now all I need is someone to battle with..hint, hint... Derek T065 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
Great work, now I have to find some place to mount that unit too ;) Nice work. I'm assuming you're planning on running it out both exhausts on the Tiger. Derek T065 On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: Fantastic work! Good control apparently and nice suspension. And I like the vapor machine idea too! Will the vapor harm any of the electrinics once the engine compartment is closed up? I suppose that works like one of those humidifiers you can buy from stores. Perhaps you could make one by disassembling and modifying one. -Mike M 2009/6/14 Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com I wonder how it would do on a less slippy surface. Or grass. On 14 June, 12:43, Chris Malton chr...@cmalton.me.uk wrote: Very impressive indeed. Chris Malton On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote: and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittellifrank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. Frank P. -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Nema 34 stepper motor
You can get those with massive torque ratings (IIRC, the nema 34 spec just standardizes the motor dimensions, and not torque, power etc... but I could be wrong). I'm not sure what type of rpm you could get out of them though. Driver circuits (if you build your own) are slightly more complex, but not difficult. Do you have a source for those at a good price? Because if you did, I would like a pair (3, actually) for an unrelated project On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Jason R Schafer jasonrscha...@gmail.comwrote: How well would two 24v dc nema 34 stepper motors work for the main drive system? Jason -- -- Donald Shankin Computer Engineering Undergrad Blue Marble Security Member IEEE Vice Chair, MTU Chapter NSBE Telecommunications Chair, MTU Chapter CAEL Partner (507) 301-2499 dtsha...@mtu.edu dshan...@gmail.com -- --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Nema 34 stepper motor
Jason, This was posted back in April about good motor options. Since I cut and pasted out of the archive you'll probably have to do the same on the links. These would be motors that would be very effective in our tanks. It's a risk using an unproven solution (motor in this case), sometimes they pan out, sometimes they don't. Personally I don't know anything about Stepper motors except how to replace them when they go bad in printers that I used to fix. Derek T065 On Apr 15, 12:08 pm, Steve Tyng Steve...http://groups.google.com/groups/unlock?_done=/group/rctankcombat/browse_thread/thread/6bb07694faaa0279/28dc2a3b73638bdc%3Flnk%3Dgst%26q%3DM-01%2Bmotorsmsg=b30353d3b6f13740 @gmail.com wrote: Allelectronics has another version of the *M01's* at a good price: http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/DCM-2445/24VDC-450W-M... You'll need to figure a different mounting. It now appears that we have five US vendors for MY1016Z3 or MY1018Z *motors*. http://shop.razor.com/product.php?productid=16391cat=268page=2 $35.99 (in stock) http://www.monsterscooterparts.com/24v-350w-motor-dirt-quad.html# $35.49 (out of stock) http://www.razorama.com/razor-dirt-quad-motor.html $35.95 (out of stock) http://tncscooters.com/partsdb.php?type=ES 350W GEARED Motor - 24 Volts (Style: MY1016Z3) $55 (out of stock) http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/DCM-2445/24VDC-450W-M...http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/DCM-2445/24VDC-450W-MOTOR-W/-PLANETARY-GEAR/1.html $45 (in stock) http://tncscooters.com/partsdb.php?type=ES 450W GEARED Motor - 24 Volts (Style: MY1018Z) $60 (out of stock) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track
Too bad the smokers run on 24 V. I could use those. My tanks run on 18 Volts. Include these and a sound generator for tanks and you have an ultra realistic tank model. C - Original Message - From: Derek Engelhaupt To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 7:02 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Improved T067...and threw a track Great work, now I have to find some place to mount that unit too ;) Nice work. I'm assuming you're planning on running it out both exhausts on the Tiger. Derek T065 On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: Fantastic work! Good control apparently and nice suspension. And I like the vapor machine idea too! Will the vapor harm any of the electrinics once the engine compartment is closed up? I suppose that works like one of those humidifiers you can buy from stores. Perhaps you could make one by disassembling and modifying one. -Mike M 2009/6/14 Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com I wonder how it would do on a less slippy surface. Or grass. On 14 June, 12:43, Chris Malton chr...@cmalton.me.uk wrote: Very impressive indeed. Chris Malton On 14/06/2009 11:10, Modena wrote: and here's another vid of some slope climbing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5K43jCPGo On Jun 14, 5:45 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: Doug: I forgot to add, I welded bolts across my rear idlers on each side to join them together, and I found that this actually made track throwing worse, it threw a track just by pushing the tank along the groundneedless to say the grinder came out pretty quick smart. Our different findings may be due to the fact that, according to your build pages, your track pads are a little bit loose on the chain attachments, whereas mine are actually screwed up tight, in this way I am relying on this tension to aid in keeping that two rows of chain running aligned, maybe joining the rear idlers together removed a crucial bit of give in my system which meant it couldn't cope, anyway it seems to be running ok now. Ben On Jun 14, 5:39 pm, Modenab...@holnet.net wrote: well I bit the bullet and bought a Spektrum DX6i and a BR6000, and I am very happy about it. The level of control these joysticks give is just awesome, together with newly revised track tension (I don't know what I was thinking when I tensioned the track last time when I had problems) and the Victor 883 ESC's, T067 is driving very nicely now, here is a vid of some further field trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQq9RWol_8 I also bought a smoker fogger unit, the type that makes smoke from an ultrasonic thingamebob in water, here's a vid of testing that, it has proportional fan control through the throttle (elevator) channel, and came from the UK, have a read of this forum if you're interested in this contraption:http://modeltugforum.com/index.php?topic=921.0 here is the smoker test vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK-vDz_AwvM On May 24, 8:34 pm, Sgt.A.Johnson callum.king.underw...@googlemail.com wrote: The c6c supports wired pads aswell doesnt it. Because if so you could hack and IR onto the cable of an existing ps2 controller to create your own wireless. Probably not to reliable in proper lab testing let alone combat though. On May 24, 4:23 am, Frank Pittellifrank.pitte...@gmail.com wrote: Modenawrote: FP: it's a Dreamgear gamepad, red lava glower Just for reference I have a PS3, and the quality of the genuine Sony gamepad is still far and away better than any third party unit I've seen. I have DreamGear wireless, Pelican wireless and Sony wired gamepads, and the Sony are indeed the best ones made. Too bad they never made a wireless version of the PS2. The Pelican is also very good and I haven't heard any complaints from others who use them. The DreamGear is usable (I use it on the Goer), but the joysticks definitely aren't as good as the Pelican. Of course, it was the cheapest of all 3, so perhaps that's why. Frank P. -- -Mike Måne @ http://moonrcprojects.googlepages.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4153 (20090613) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank
