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Old July 30th 03, 10:28 PM
Paul Burridge
 
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:11:15 GMT, (John Crighton)
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Hello Paul,
I would try out your old AM set for sure. You never know
your luck. If the servo connections are compatible it will
only take a short time. What brand/model?


It's a Futaba and it *has* been tried. We used it last time out solely
for weapon actuation and the result was *outrageously* dangerous and
uncontrolable. Far, far worse than FM. You wouldn't have believed it
if you hadn't seen it for yourself. It was pure luck that no one was
killed or seriously injured.

Even if you do not fit the AM set to the robot, take the
working AM set in a box to the venue and see if the
servos misbehave in that electrical noisy environment.


See above. We won't be using that set-up ever again for this
application!
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