vicious p
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 | | 26 May 2010 10:23 PM | | Dang.. was really hoping to get a look at it on the water, you've done a great job so far. This build has been making me want to find the one i started and finish gluing the ribs together. I know you said spectrum servos but are you running 2.4ghz? Just curious.. | | | |
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Kotori87
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| | 27 May 2010 02:03 AM | | I had radio problems in little Willie Maykett, my microscopic transport. Turns out it was the motor, and switching to 2.4ghz fixed it. | | | There are 101 different types of people: those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who just can't count... | |
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Tugboat
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| | 27 May 2010 06:56 AM | | I'm pretty sure that my problem is the motor and pump motor,several servo wires go past these. In my case, switching to 2.4GHz made it worse. Might be that my Spektrum rcvr is more sensitive to voltage transients.
I'm sad about it too (was a little depressed last night), but with the light ofday, I've thought about how she will be redone, and avoid the EMI problem. | | | |
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djranier
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| | 27 May 2010 07:18 AM | | Did you plug a Spektrum transients cap into your receiver and see if it still gliched? | | | Its better to give than to receive.
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RichelieuBB
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| | 27 May 2010 09:10 AM | | If it has a little bit of weight left, perhaps you can use a ferrous ring on the servo wires to dampen out any electrical noise. I use them on all of my ships. Not sure if you mentioned it, but three capacitors on each motor (pos to case, neg to case, and pos to neg) will stop any electrical noise generated by the brushes. Lastly, new motors generate lots of noise until the brushes break in. A quick 1 minute submerged dip into water while running will help seat those brushes. Don't forget to blow out the moisture and reoil the bushings afterwards.  | | Mike Mangus
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Operational:
HMS Erin DN
FN Richelieu BB
FN Verite PDN
Under Construction:
FN Mogador DE
FN Gascogne BB (Treaty)
FN Bretagne (1/96) (delayed)
Le Requin Xebec (AoS)
Mothballed:
FN Bearn CV
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Tugboat
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| | 27 May 2010 10:59 AM | | We'll see how much time I have tonite. Brian, Christopher and I were driving our main ships around the pool last night (knid of intersting with 2 BBs and a cruiser on the pool at once). So I will at least have Scharnie ready; all I have to do other than play with Othar is get my gear together and load the truck on Friday night. I may strip out the drive motor and get 2 more caps soldered on while I am rearranging the wiring. I'm thinking that I will also route the servo wires under a strip of aluminum foil along the bottom of the hull as a form of shielding. I have to be careful with weight! | | | |
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vicious p
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| | 04 Jun 2010 08:24 PM | | bah, sorry but lets see some updated pictures of this puppy on the water or atleast with some skin and superstructure put on!! | | | |
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Tugboat
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| | 04 Jun 2010 10:27 PM | | Bah. Skin and SS are on. It's combat-ready except for the EMI issue that will hopefully be fixed this weekend... | | | |
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Nick
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Anachronus
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| | 04 Jun 2010 11:38 PM | | A faraday cage around the motors? | | | I am prepared to meet my maker, whether He is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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Nick
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Tugboat
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| | 06 Jul 2010 04:27 PM | | Bump indeed! I had to solder a new battery into the transmitter. Done now, I have the guts removed to properly cap the drive motor, and to run all the servo wires under a subfloor of aluminum foil (I mean, EMI shield). | | | |
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Anachronus
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| | 10 Jun 2011 02:57 PM | | Annual bumping.
| | | I am prepared to meet my maker, whether He is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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