Re: Elevate sevo. [TANKS]

["Marc en Wendy" <marcmethorst-at-zonnet.nl>]

Chris, 

Exactely what servo kit are you referring to? Pictures? Websites?

Thanks!!

Marc
Need more power on StuG elevation

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Pittelli" <frank-at-rctankcombat.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Elevate sevo. [TANKS]


> chris barthelson wrote:
>> Frank,
>> I'm going to build the elevate and rotate on my tank soon and I need to 
>> know how your servo controller kit from oatley is working out??? 
>> Surpluscenter only has 3, 2.1 rpm motors left, are they too slow for 
>> elevate. I'm going to use one for traverse. Would the 18.3 rpm versions 
>> be sutiable for elevate if I use the jumbo servo kit from oatleys, or 
>> are they too fast???
> 
> I built two of the jumbo servo boards and they both worked fine (one was 
> missing a couple cheap capacitors, but that's no big deal).
> 
> One of the boards was attached to a 6 rpm geared motor, while the other 
> was attached to a 20 rpm motor.  Although the 6 rpm motor was stronger, 
> it moves a little too slow for the feedback circuit, causing some 
> studdering when it nears the target point.  The faster motor works 
> better with the circuit and still has plenty of power for elevating the 
> gun (even without the counter balance weight).
> 
> I would go with the 18 rpm version you cited above.
> 
> Frank P.