AWS28 - 7th March 2009

Remote-Controlled Dave · Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:55 pm

Wish I was coming....my life sucks right now!

Team Orr · Post by **Team Orr** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:08 pm

ooh cant wait now... pretty much new designs all round ( eccept Valliant... good old faithfull) .

craig, would it be ok if i drove valliant in the under 18's and my dad drove rip in the over's?

jack

Team Terror · Post by **Team Terror** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:28 pm

What are the new designs like Jack?
I can't wait for AWS either

Jack Evans
Captain,
Team Terror

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:41 pm

I can wait...I've just burnt Stewie's new flipper servo. I should have known switching polarity on the servo wouldn't work on a servo. It was operating the opposite way to the original one, so I switched the polarity over, and smoke shortly followed after putting the link in.

Would switching over the motor wires inside the servo get the result I want ?

I've done this 3 years and I still do n00bish things like this

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:27 pm

Hi Dave, if your transmitter has a reverse switch then I would have used that. Bad luck, and I hope that (er) new battery is OK.

Simon

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm

Unfortunately Ch3 on my TX doesn't have servo reverse.

Oh, and that battery is exactly the right type and size, but its the wrong one: mine had no heatshrink on it, but its still the same make, amp, etc

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:12 am

Yes, well there's a story about that. I'll tell you when I see you.

Simon

Andrew_Hibberd · Post by **Andrew_Hibberd** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:38 am

Dave you should be able to swap the wires on the motor as that would reverse it, however if you are using it for as a non modified servo you will have to swap the two side pins on the feedback pot as well, if you didn't change the pot it would have positive feedback turning the motor on and break the servo.

Craig_Anto3 · Post by **Craig_Anto3** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:05 am

that'll be fine Jack Orr we'll sort out whos driving what in what on the day

I might have a suprise in the form of Anto

Craig_Anto3 · Post by **Craig_Anto3** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:24 am

Thats is it, entries are now closed, I have a list of all entires, I have a double elimination bracket for the event (same one I was going to use at Rebel Robots)

best of luck guys see you next week