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10-06-2016, 02:15 AM
Ok, so I've screwed up a gearbox! It was all down to the speed reduction gearbox I was using to try and manage the speed of my chosen motor/gearbox combination.
The offending article!
Whilst it did work, the speeds were much easier to handle and control but now several of the gears inside the box have suffered some lost teeth and it does still drive but sounds worse than it ever did! (This one has been trashed)
I have now swapped over to what I now think is a better and very smooth gearbox from one of the other chassis I bought, the wheel width is a little narrower than I would like but with the new wheels on it looks ok so I'm going to stick with this for now.
The back wheels have changed, I found some vintage Tamiya wheels on Ebay
They're the same width as the world GT's but a slightly larger circumference, the tyres are also fatter so they look better. Going to keep the front wheels as world GT's.
The main body and chassis is now complete with just the electrics to install, I'm trying to get my head around the Arduino code to flash the LED's on the top, nearly there with that so the whole Droid should be complete very soon.
The offending article!
Whilst it did work, the speeds were much easier to handle and control but now several of the gears inside the box have suffered some lost teeth and it does still drive but sounds worse than it ever did! (This one has been trashed)
I have now swapped over to what I now think is a better and very smooth gearbox from one of the other chassis I bought, the wheel width is a little narrower than I would like but with the new wheels on it looks ok so I'm going to stick with this for now.
The back wheels have changed, I found some vintage Tamiya wheels on Ebay
They're the same width as the world GT's but a slightly larger circumference, the tyres are also fatter so they look better. Going to keep the front wheels as world GT's.
The main body and chassis is now complete with just the electrics to install, I'm trying to get my head around the Arduino code to flash the LED's on the top, nearly there with that so the whole Droid should be complete very soon.