Re: correct terminology ?

[Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net>]

Steve,

At 08:00 PM 10/9/2004 -0400, Steve Edwards <sedwards-at-awger.net> wrote:
>>... Our tanks have joystick mixing to steer
>>but only control motors forward, off or reverse.
>
>I thought your Hetzer had proportional steering?

It does have variable speed mixing.
I did not wish to confuse the issue.

The only operational hulls that may have variable speed are
Hetzer #T010 - home-made controller
Tiger #T014 - unknown controller
Tiger #T021 - Vantec controller
T-34 #T024 - servos pushing drill switches
Leo #T028 - unknown controller

My home-made controller uses H-bridges so
with the old 12 VDC Makita motors, a track could
free-wheel if that motor was off.  However, the new 24
VDC Makita cannot be back-driven and tracks now
lock when their respective motors are off.

>Hmm... what happens if you insult the MAG *before* you build a tank?

They force you to eat large quantities of
oatmeal (a Coxsackie joke).

Joe


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