Electronics questions

[baker3]

Lil Giants, your right. I would like to use the firgelli rams to operate the blade at least, and I will probably use a servo for the ripper. I want the blade rams to look as clean as possible!! Thank you all for the info and putting up with mass amount of questions, you guys rock!!

[baker3]

Ok guys, I have another question...I converted the drive servos to run without the internal ESC. Here is my question, will I be able to reverse the polarity of them with the radio or how will I do it? Right now they both spin the same direction but obviously when I mount them they will be facing opposite directions therefor spinning opposite directions. Im lost and want to know if Ineed to do some re wiring before I glue the motors in place.

[Espeefan]

In this case you should be able to reverse the polarity to the motor that you need to spin the opposite way by switching the wires on the motor terminals. There are other ways to do it too, but this would be the best.

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by baker3

Lil Giants, your right. I would like to use the firgelli rams to operate the blade at least, and I will probably use a servo for the ripper. I want the blade rams to look as clean as possible!! Thank you all for the info and putting up with mass amount of questions, you guys rock!!

If you purchase the right Firgelli actuator, you won't need an ESC for it. They offer some that plug right into RC receivers, which simplifies things a lot.

[baker3]

Thanks Espeefan!!! Such a simple fix. I figured thats all it would take but didn't want to screw the motor up by screwing up...By the way, where at in Wisconsin are you? I used to go to Racine quite a bit.

[Espeefan]

You're welcome! I'm quite a ways north of Racine. I'm in the central part of the state, in a small town called Mosinee.

[baker3]

So here is another question lol...I am looking at buying this radio:
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...Firmware_.html

My question is what is the difference between "Mode 1" and "Mode 2"?

[Lil Giants]

Which side the throttle ch would be on. I can't remember which is which for mode 1... I think it's on the right. It's meaningless for our radio programming needs.

[baker3]

Alright, thanks!! I may stick to something like this then until I get more familiar with this stuff as I go along.
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...x_Mode_2_.html
Whats the general consensus on this?

[Espeefan]

Mode I has the throttle on the right. Mode II has the throttle on the left. Mode II is the more typical North American radio configuration. Usually it's not a huge deal what you get, for land vehicles, but for an aircraft, it can make a big difference.

The Hobby King radio you have a link for is a very basic bare bones radio. It doesn't leave much room grow with or program, but it's dirty cheap! I think I've seen a couple guys on the forum use these.

[baker3]

Oztruck, can you send me a link to that Radio?

[baker3]

Also, are you using the Ebay ESC's to control your drive motors? I removed the internal electronics as you stated you did and was wondering what type of electronics you have under your hood.

[baker3]

Oztruck, could you show me how you wired all your ESC's to the battery and receiver?

[baker3]

Thanks Oztruck!!! I just ordered 2 of them for the main drive. I am conflicted right now as to blow off my whole "budget" idea and go ahead and get 2 fergelli rams for the blade. Are you using one servo for the blade?

[baker3]

So you have one mounted in the blade ram as shown in the photos and the other mounted on the support arm for blade to tilt it? Are they micro servos?