RE: Oatley servo kit [TANKS]

["Doug Conn" <dwconn404-at-comcast.net>]

That's very generous, Frank, thank you so much. One of them should be just
fine to get me started. I'll return or replace it when my Oatley shipment
arrives. I'm hesitant to put my physical address on a public forum. The
tankers are OK, it's the rest of the world I don't want knowing. And Amir.
Please send me a note at dwconn404-at-comcast.net and I'll give you my address.

        - Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On
Behalf Of Frank Pittelli
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:00 AM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: Re: Oatley servo kit [TANKS]

Doug Conn wrote:
> Has anyone actually used one those before ? I'm curious what voltage 
> range of motors it will support and how much current it can provide. 
> Does anyone know ?

I used one in the Tiger for a year as the elevate servo.  It uses FETs 
to drive the motor, so the voltage range is probably pretty wide.  I 
used 6-12 volts for the motor, so I know it supports that.

> I tried emailing Oatley a couple of times, but never heard anything 
> back. I'm not sure what I did to piss them off.

They don't reply quickly and they apparently mail it by carrier pigeon 
as well because it takes a while to get here.  I can send you one or two 
that are sitting in my workshop at the moment so you can get started. 
Whenever you get the kits from down under, you can either send me the 
originals or the kits in exchange.  I was going to hand you them during 
Tank Expo, but you left while we were working on Don's Tiger and I 
forgot about them.

        Frank P.