RE: [TANKS] 12 volt dimmer /motor control as speed control?

2015-02-03 Thread Doug Conn
I agree 100%. If your goal is a working vehicle with an ESC, pick up a Victor, a Talon, or something equivalent. Operational vehicles can also be built using relays or with servos mechanically pressing manual switches. That technique hardly seems worth the effort, though, since you can now get

Re: [TANKS] 12 volt dimmer /motor control as speed control?

2015-02-03 Thread OdysseySlipways via R/C Tank Combat
i thought Talons were no longer being produced? chris In a message dated 2/3/2015 11:50:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dwconn...@comcast.net writes: I agree 100%. If your goal is a working vehicle with an ESC, pick up a Victor, a Talon, or something equivalent. Operational vehicles

Re: [TANKS] 12 volt dimmer /motor control as speed control?

2015-02-03 Thread srwh74rn
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Re: [TANKS] 12 volt dimmer /motor control as speed control?

2015-02-03 Thread srwh74rn
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Re: [TANKS] 12 volt dimmer /motor control as speed control?

2015-02-03 Thread srwh74rn
So would something then like a harbour freight (for example as its on sale) router control possibly work? Strip it apart and use the guts. But since its meant for for 120 volt would it even work with the lower voltages you guys use? Stewart Working with limited budget and scottish genetics.

Re: [TANKS] 12 volt dimmer /motor control as speed control?

2015-02-03 Thread 'Micah Leibowitz' via R/C Tank Combat
Most cheap dimmers chop the wave form to get the dimming effect. They rely on AC, most remote equipment runs in DC. Simple answer is no. Complex answer is... if you invest maybe 4 years in the equivalent of a undergrad electrical engineering degree you can make it from scratch. (I know