New motion pack

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:48 pm

My new motion pack turned up yesterday . It only took seven days from the UK to me . It all looks realy good . I will pick up my batterys on Friday . Then I can bench test it then away I go. Dale.

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:49 pm

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:50 pm

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:25 pm

Be very careful when bench-testing the main motors - they have so much torque you could end up floor-testing
them, or even worse, toe-testing them.

Adrian.

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:52 pm

Thanks Adrian . I will cable tie them to a peace of ply .

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:52 am

What was the reason for the change of motors?

Post by **Armortek** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:19 pm

Allan

The new motors are from a UK company called EMD. They are very similar to the Parvalux motor in terms of build quality, but offer an improved power output and are fitted with a more robust and easier to mount gearbox. It also gives us the flexibility of being able to source motors from more than one supplier.

Mark

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:33 pm

Hello Allan . I have started to plug my motion pack together all looks straight foward so far . One thing with the new motors is that there are no support bracket under the motors . So I will fill the eight holes in the bottom plate . Dale.

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:26 am

At 12.30 pm today . I turned on my motion pack for the first time . Everything worked perfectly . I'm hopeless with R/C stuff . I checked everything five times before I switched it on . The pressure was on when I pushed the red button for the first time . So if I can do it anyone can. Whilst I had the motors out on the bench I thought I would see If the new motors and gear boxes would fit my Sherman . They don't as the sherman front gear houseing hits the top of the gear box . Dale

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:37 am

Mark,

Thanks for the reply, more than one supplier is always a good thing.

Dale,

I'm glad you got your motion pack working first time. Always a good thing, I'm fitting the motion pack in my Sherman at present but need to buy a radio receiver before I can test it out. It is straight forward if you approach the installation in a logical way.

New motion pack

New motion pack

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