RE: Turret rotate [TANKS]

["Steve Tyng" <SteveT44-at-comcast.net>]

Chris wrote:

>     I'm rebuilding my Tiger turret from the ground up, rotate, elevate,
> marker, everything. First of all I'm going to attempt to use proportional
> speed control for the rotate. Does anyone know how to make, or
> where to buy a cheap proportional speed control (under $20 if possible).

A cheap (under $20) reversible proportional speed controller is hard to
find.  One that's close ($29) is the Scorpion Mini from Robot Power that
I've been using in the Cromwell turret rotate.

http://www.robotpower.com/products/scorpion_mini_info.html

So far it is working well.  I had to modify it for 24v operation by removing
the onboard voltage regulator (easy to do).

Oatley Electronics has a $39AUD kit
http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/kits/k161B.html.


Steve Tyng