Re: Untethered Action! [TANKS]

[adt22-at-drexel.edu]

> Photo? What Photo?

The classic blunder.  Its at the bottom this time.

----- Original Message -----
From: adt22-at-drexel.edu
Date: Saturday, August 6, 2005 11:27 pm
Subject: Untethered Action! [TANKS]

> I finally got my tank running RC'ed today thanks to Joe's MRC 
> controller.  No more walking along side the tank - woohoo!
> 
> A word to the wise - don't leave your v-belts on when your tank is 
> in storage they'll stretch out.  oops.
> 
> A question for the wise - is it ever possible to skimp on the wire 
> running off of the negative side of the battery?  I was thinking 
> that the amps were "consumed" by the motors.  (See photo attached) 
> Feel free to laugh at me now.  My ~16 gauge wire got warm after a 
> couple minutes of running.  So I'll be beefing it up but just 
> wanted to understand what was happening.
> 
> -Amir
> 
>

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