Here's some images of the little tracked chassis I built to test the drivetrain and control conponents.
I'm using Tamiya Gearboxes at present and although I've been told the mabuchi motors (toy type) are ok for 6 Volts I've already cooked them much to the cat's glee!
I was amazed by the battery duration though as I'm running it from 5 AA NI-Mh pen cell batters and using BEC.
All the drive spins freely and with the gear reduction of 58:1 or so I would have thought those motors would have been up to the job.
I think I'll have to purchase something heftier and redesign the final drive, the only problem will be trying to fit the gearboxes in to the width of the tank, which will only be 70mm or so in width.
I'm using Tamiya Gearboxes at present and although I've been told the mabuchi motors (toy type) are ok for 6 Volts I've already cooked them much to the cat's glee!
I was amazed by the battery duration though as I'm running it from 5 AA NI-Mh pen cell batters and using BEC.
All the drive spins freely and with the gear reduction of 58:1 or so I would have thought those motors would have been up to the job.
I think I'll have to purchase something heftier and redesign the final drive, the only problem will be trying to fit the gearboxes in to the width of the tank, which will only be 70mm or so in width.
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