I would start by taking out the roboteq and bench testing it on it's own like I told you to before you do anything else
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I would start by taking out the roboteq and bench testing it on it's own like I told you to before you do anything else
your problems might be caused by bad spirits, try drilling holes through the roboteq. the bigger the hole, the more demons can get out.
Is the ali box maybe some sort of voltage regulator? Not sure, just a guess going by what its connected to. You can keep the gyro, but take it out while you're trying to problem solve as it just adds another complication to everything then add it in if you really need it when its all working properly.
Test the Roboteq independantly, straight to a battery and motor like Gary says and establish that that isn't the problem, then go from there and add in components that are needed one step at a time.
:lol: :lol:
or better still...throw it away and get a watty :wink: job done.
Matt,
The bit in the aluminium box appears to be a solid state rc relay. This is similar to the ones on the team delta web site and i bet if you take it out it says team delta on it.
http://www.teamdelta.com/products/prod2.htm
The three wires going into it on the right hand side of the photo are the rc leads. It's not unusual for these to go to a connection box where they're soldered or a pcb with some suppression capacitors on it. You don't see them so much now as the need for suppression on 2.4ghz is less.
The two outgoing red wires from this on the left are the switched circuit. These pass through the relay on the left which is a 'buffering relay' designed to take the load of the coils on the valves. Trace these back and i bet the just create a loop between your live and negative terminals (again at this age they probably take a really arduous route through various PCB's etc which are now realatively unnecessary due to the new rc gear.
The relay on the left seems to operate the valves. I suspect the blue wire coming out is a negative and the other two are switched circuits (mainly because the blue wire seems to go to both valves.
Trace all the wires out and see where they go but it actually seems fairly simple.
It's a good enough system and you don't need to replace it unless its failed.
Test it without the roboteq connected if you have a receiver battery.
Gyro I would lose and just learn how to drive it without. Never used one, never seen the point and the only one i tried to connect made the speed controllers do strange things. At least do your testing without it and then connect to see if that's the problem.
I see no bec there so you may be simply relying on the bec from the roboteq. It may be ok on 40meg but they tend not to be man enough for a 2.4ghz set and cut in and cut out so best to put one in or use a 4.8v receiver battery. (team delta stuff does not do 6v batteries very well)
Andy
ORDERING A NEW PLUG SEEMED TOO DO THE TRICK, BULLDOGS ALIVE! :proud:
Though fowards and back are left and right on one stick and left and right are the same, but on the other stick... I think I can live with that
thats to do with the channels the rc plugs from the controller are plugged into on your reciever easy fix
Not quite sure what too do as I tried that, it either didnt work or didnt failsafe
Got it working on one stick but still with left and right being forward and back, is it worth swapping the + and - round on the servo leads
Do NOT do that under any circumstance!
If the up and down turns left and right, then either it's plugged in the wrong channel or one motor is wired the wrong way. Drop me a FB message later and I'll talk you through it.
Get it in the configuration so it works and doesnt failsafe.... then re-set the failsafe positions....not hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattsdragons
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Get it in the configuration so it works and doesnt failsafe.... then re-set the failsafe positions....not hard.[/quote]
rebind then (reset dave said )
Tided the wiring up yesterday, shortened a lot of it so its not all hanging there
2 jobs left are replace the powerlight as I blew that so bulldogs light will now be red and sort out turning as left is right and right is left, but got 2 months too sort it
Off too the glade arena in Kidderminster tomorrow but not for robots, day at a reptile expo :lol:
can i reccommend that you move the power light from your gas/link panel as at Guilford i remember that causing a few problems
For steering it should be a case of flipping the channel (not sure what TX you're using).
I shall be re-locating the light probably too the back panel since it did cause some issue
Got the drive working well but as with everything, a new problem comes about
When trying too fire my flipper, the 'Up' valve gets hot quite quick yet the repay inside doesnt respond and click, tried replacing the main valve head (black cuboid thing) and it still does it
any ideas?
Your valve is staying on... When you fire it your turning it off.... Get a multimeter.... And test it.
Youve probably reversed the channel on your rc by mistake...
I may well have done as I was flicking them about yesterday but must have hit the valve channel by mistake
Now with a whole new control system for the flipper, bulldog is coming back barking :lol:
New ram just arrived, new batteries and a suprise, see you at whitwick
Going to ruin the surprise
After a long talk with jonno, decided that im going to teach an old dog new tricks
New ram, buffer it, new wheels, more speed, new flipper, slight change on the body but will look basically the same
Been very quiet with Bulldog Breed, now the FW champs are out the way its my full priority, started to put it back together so I can figure out were everything will go, then take it all apart again to do all the upgrades
It will look fairly similar to how it did before but you will get one hell of a punch when that flipper fires
New battery cases and roboteq mounts done today, will get the chains back on this week, wire it all up and give it a test drive then its onto the new pneumatics
Bulldog has taken a back bench for a while but I am pleased to announce that I will be teaming up with 2013 FW annihilator champion 'Calumco' for the European Championships in September.
We shall be working jointly to get Bulldog Breed in the best condition its ever been in, shall be taking out time to ensure we have both a strong but reliable machine ready for battle
Do you have any pictures of it :)
New wheels just arrived for BB, time to breath life back into this dog!
Got around to ordering new bearing, once arrived I will get axle materials and new sprockets
Spent some time today cutting the new silver steel drive axles and mocking everything up, still need a plate to attach the wheels to the axles but it will look similar to this:
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Reason for the 2 wheels is I like the amount of grip BB had with the old kart wheels so going to try and keep with it. The new wheels allow space (And hopefully weight) to add in a small 1kg buffer tank to help the ram out. I will keep it within that configuration for a while to see how the chassis copes with the power, if it can handle more I will add a second small tank in to bring it up to as close to 2kg worth of buffer as I can
Still a lot of work to do before Whitwick so lets hope I can get it ready