Re: To Joe [TANKS]

[Derek Engelhaupt <derekengelhaupt-at-rocketmail.com>]

I have tested my RS80D with EV Warriors also and it seems to work great.  Haven't tried it under load yet as I don't have a viable chassis done.  The Tiger has presented me with a rash of problems so far so this past weekend I got my plans for the ASU-85 up and running.  Hopefully, I will have a functioning bottom half in the next two weeks or so.  Bottom of the chassis is done, waiting on some sprockets and shafts to complete the motor install.  Wheels are up in the air at this point.  I have some ideas that I'm toying with for those.  Tracks are on the way also.  Upper chassis is started and since there is no turret, that will not take much time to complete.  Hopefully it will be light, small, and fast like the Cromwell.  Since I don't have much paintball marker experience, that seems like it will take me the most time to figure out.

 

Derek   

Trevor Vickers <tkv000-at-gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Joe, i guess I'm going for the "I don't want to let the smoke out" theroy, and trying for the highest load possable, for future considerations, we get a lot of wet heavy snow here I'd like to go plowing through, not to mention mud, I've budgeted up to $400 US for the ESC, so I'll definatly spend some time looking over the Robot Solutions one.

On 3/6/06, Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net> wrote:

Trevor,

At 11:22 AM 3/6/2006 -0700, "Trevor Vickers" <tkv000-at-gmail.com> wrote:
>I have a few questions on ESC's, I'm looking at either the IFI Victors 885's
>or the Vantec RDFR33, I know its not scale, but I want to be able to turn my
>tank by one motor forward and one motor backward spin. Would you happen to
>know if the IFI Victors do this style? I'm a little green here and from
>there website specs I gather that they will do one motor forward or reverse,
>so I would need either one Vantec or 2 victors...

The IFI Victor 885 is reversible, proportional, single channel.  It can
handle 120 A continuous.

The Vantec RDFR33 is reversible, proportional, dual channel with
mixing.  It can only handle 35 A continuous.

You will need need -
a)  two IFI Victors plus a mixer or,
b)  one Vantec.

The Victor 885 is overkill for our tanks.  Most tankers use 60 A fuses
in-line with each motor.

If you are prepared to spend over $200, I recommend the Robot Solutions
RS80D at $275 for 80 A per track, reversible, proportional, dual channel with
mixing.   http://robot-solutions.com/RS1/product_info.php?products_id=29

Joe


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Joe Sommer, Anvilus Machine Works
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