Combat Digi-Q Insides - Page 2

PopeRocket · #16 10-10-2002, 02:36 AM

A screw-gear? Corkscrew thingy. . Not a mechanical engineer

@ "All" Awesome solution for the gear noise. Thanks all for the posts. .

patric

gertman · #17 10-10-2002, 07:38 AM

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Not a mechanical engineer

I am

gertman · #18 10-10-2002, 07:58 AM

Is that gear driving another one or is it directly linked to the turret?? Is the gear easily turnable with a screw driver tip?

The pitch of the gear looks too large to be able to mesh with a small Bit motor. The size of the teeth on the pinion's of Bit motors is very small----hence some sort of gear-box would be necessary.........assuming their is enough room, maybe use the guts of a micro servo? A totally custom job!!

To allow for full controll of the turret to the left and right, a gear box simillar to a servo--or a servo itself need to be used.

All I can say is, good luck

Is there a dummey switch already incorporated in the remote?

Ply · #19 10-10-2002, 08:49 AM

The gear you can see in the first picture is directly linked to the turret. It turns fairly easily.

But the biggest problem would be control. No, there is no dummy switch on the controller for the turret. All the buttons and switches serve some other function.

Ply

korosu · #20 10-10-2002, 02:25 PM

how many other buttons are there? from what i've read, i'm thinking it has the forward/reverse, left/right and 2 shoulder buttons. i think Namuna wrote that you have to press both shoulder buttons at the same time to fire. if that's true, it makes me wonder if they plan or planned on using the shoulder buttons to turn the turret and then push both at same time to fire.

PopeRocket · #21 10-10-2002, 03:26 PM

*Both buttons to fire. .

Ya. . That would lead me to believe that one pressed at a time would have been to send the 'left/right' command. . The question is: Are the instructions still in the controller? *crosses fingers and squeezes eyes shut*

korosu · #22 10-10-2002, 04:23 PM

i was just looking at toyeast.com and in the combat digiq accessories section, under the mini-sandbags, take a look at the second detailed photo or just click the link.

http://www.toyeast.com/proddetail2.asp?pdtid=ARCQ058#

it shows a turret that is turned, but they probably deliberately turned the turret themselves. hopefully future tanks will be able to remotely turn the turret

PopeRocket · #23 10-10-2002, 05:21 PM

Thinking about 'non-rotating' turrets. .

Makes the whole situation just like the old Atari game 'Combat'. . Heh. . If only we could port the sounds from the game into the controller. .

Hm. . Now to build an arena with mirrored walls to duplicate those intense matches of 'Richochet'. .

korosu · #24 10-14-2002, 05:00 PM

ooh...that looks interesting. but i'm looking at the controllers of my tanks (i just got them this past weekend for my b-day!!

) and they don't have those 2 buttons. maybe that was a prototype pic?

pitstain · #25 10-14-2002, 05:02 PM

that would be so cool if they can make the turret turn, but they should focus more on the tracks running evenly issue..

Ply · #26 10-15-2002, 09:31 PM

Well, I broke my tank...not with lube, not with anything but my own supidity.

Thankfully, my wonderful wife let me buy another one to replace the busted one (she knows that toys make a happy husband

)

I was trying to clean out the drive wheel by pulling out the drive axel. This went okay, but when I tried to push it back in, I ripped a tooth off of the axel gear because the gear wasn't lined up right. I didn't want to pull the darn thing apart...oh well, lazyness got me. Now I've got a tank that will turn in one direction...oh well.

Got my new tank today, used some grease that came with my HPI Nitro RS4 Racer 2 to lube the gears, and it had the same effect as the WD40, just less mess. I very much reccomend using nitro grease to lube the gears.

Anyone got a broken tank they want to sell to me for parts??

Maybe someday I'll get my hands on one of those dinky little plastic gears...

Ply

1 mono-directional Panther
1 omni-directional Panther

usagi · #27 10-15-2002, 10:24 PM

That control does not belong to the Digi Q Tank series. Is a different model.

pitstain · #28 10-15-2002, 11:04 PM

that remote is lighter in color isn't(or just flash) anyways about the broken tank, i just bought one, when i take it apart to lube it(i got some better lube than hpi lube) what should i watch for? i paid 70 for mine and i don't want to poop it up

usagi · #29 10-15-2002, 11:10 PM

tamiya white gease works good.............

Ply · #30 10-15-2002, 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by pitstain
that remote is lighter in color isn't(or just flash) anyways about the broken tank, i just bought one, when i take it apart to lube it(i got some better lube than hpi lube) what should i watch for? i paid 70 for mine and i don't want to poop it up

Like I said, lubing it didnt break the tank, it was taking the drive axels off that did it...so don't do that!

Just be careful with the screws so you don't round them and don't strip out the plastic. The 2 wheels that are in the way of the screws are easily removable (just a little finger force pops them off), but be careful not to lose the friction pins.

Ply