Hell's Angel upgrade - questions

[razerdave]

Hi Everyone

Ive decided to upgrade the drive on Hells Angel, getting rid of the drill motors and electronize speedos and replacing them with Victor 883 speed controllers and team Whyachi motors. However, before I do this I need to know a few things:

A: do the victors require a signal booster (PWM Signal Driver) if Im using a Skysports 6 radio ? or, for that matter, does it need one if you use a spektrum ? (another possible upgrade)

B: Ive seen a lot of these whyachi motors but I dont know which would be best for me, all the stats mean very little to me

C: is the mounting block for those motors ali ? if so, can I just get them welded to the base ?

Thanks in advance
David

[jamesb]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

A: dont know
B: twr18 are good value for money.
C: yes its ali, tapped to 10-32american thread, so get the bolts shipped over too or retap them. Dont weld it.

[geoff]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

Dave,
If you use a pair of Victors you will need some sort of mixer for throttle & steering, this one..

http://www.robotmarketplace.com/marketplace_robotlogic.htmlhttp://www.robotmarketplace.com/mark...obotlogic.html

is a very good and it does away with the need for the signal driver leads, plus it has a flip function for inverted driving. (I use one in P.I.T.A.)
Personal opinion is a pair of Victors are a little OTT for the TWR 18, you may wish to concider something like a Scorpion XL (available from the nice Mr Baker!) This will save you a reasonable amount of weight (200G +/-) and is a lot cheaper.

As James said, DO NOT weld the gearboxes to the machine, 10-32 fixings are available over here. (Or very nicely ask Terry at Whyachi to send you a few with the motors!)

Hope this helps,

Geoff.

[razerdave]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

Ok, in that case, Mr Baker, could I please purchase from you a scorpion XL speed controller ? And, if youd be so kind and its not too much bother, can a fan be installed, like that inside Whirlpool (They said it helps).

Do the fans just get wired in paralell to the main power source ? Also, do the scorpions need a signal booster ? Itll save me money on the mixer if not

(Message edited by razerdave on May 25, 2007)

[leorcc]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

Scorpions dont need a signal booster or a mixer.

[razerdave]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

oh, so I can just plug it in to channels 1 & 2 and have the controls on 1 stick ?

(Message edited by razerdave on May 28, 2007)

[jamesb]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

yep
good innit?

[jamesb]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

did you get my email Dave?

[antrock101]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

did u get my email james?

[stu]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

did you get my email anthony?

[robotic_ants]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

did you get my email stu?

[antrock101]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

did you get my email chris?

ps i did actually wanna know if u got it james

[razerdave]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

I got james e-mail, been off the net for a while, so its not me being ignorant, just unconnected :P

[stu]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

I did Chris, but please dont send those type of pictures to that email address...

Mr Stu

[geoff]

Hells Angel upgrade - questions

Remaining posts removed due to inappropreate content.

Geoff Smith,

Chairman,
Fighting Robot Association.

(Message edited by scorpion on May 29, 2007)