[TANKS] Re: new progress

2009-04-04 Thread Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos
I am guessing from teh top of my mind that this is number 66. Few wheels, sweet and swift. Great ground clearance too. Is that a friction driven tank? Chrys - Original Message - From: To: "R/C Tank Combat" Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:10 AM Subject: [TANKS] Re: new progress > > I no

[TANKS] Re: SSR go pop - the magic blue smoke comes out....

2009-04-04 Thread Modena
just to add, my drive wheel diameter is 16cm from outer edge of track pads, which if I assume the M01's can turn 350rpm at load, is 5.9MPH top speed --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to r

[TANKS] Re: SSR go pop - the magic blue smoke comes out....

2009-04-04 Thread Modena
I hadn't actually started the climb, the tank was still a good meter away from the base of the "hill", but I was trying to go slowly, something which is proving difficult to do. With the tank on blocks I can confirm that I have the C6C and ESC doing proportional control as I can detect a speed dif

[TANKS] Re: new progress

2009-04-04 Thread Funkyneroc
I now have the little fella moving and have posted a Vid on you tube , I have completed the spring suspension system since making this film as wheel 3 was fixed. and its very nice driving a tank having full suspension . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DM7dT3Yxow Neil R --~--~-~--~~--

[TANKS] Re: SSR go pop - the magic blue smoke comes out....

2009-04-04 Thread Paul Hilton
You might want to consider mounting your SSR's on a large heat sink. Paul H. - Original Message - From: "Modena" To: "R/C Tank Combat" Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:41 AM Subject: [TANKS] SSR go pop - the magic blue smoke comes out > > I was playing with C6C and ESC calibrati

[TANKS] Re: SSR go pop - the magic blue smoke comes out....

2009-04-04 Thread Frank Pittelli
Modena wrote: > then driving around a little in the garage, was about to do a climb > test, and she stopped dead. > The tank had no obstruction in its way, so its not like it was > stalled. These two sentences probably provide some insight into the problem. If you were about to climb a hill a

[TANKS] Tank Overhaul

2009-04-04 Thread Thomas Lum
I've been watching some shows on the Military Channel called "Tank Overhaul" if you get a chance to see it, it's pretty interesting. They "restored" an Elephant on the last one at Aberdeen, evidently only 1 of 2 left in the world. Tom --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[TANKS] Re: SSR go pop - the magic blue smoke comes out....

2009-04-04 Thread Derek Engelhaupt
Doug beat me to it. My M-01 motor set-up has popped my 70 amp battery breaker as well as 30 amp fuses going to the Victor ESC's when the motors have stalled. The M-01 motors can draw as much as 100 amps at stall. I would agree that the fuse was way too large. It should be under your device's ma