Puma has arrived!! 1st unboxing pics
#151
Bret, I've got the Matos and the Aura speakers are on the way so I can do a side by side in a week or two. Right now the Matos are in the Tiger with the Asp, along with a TG speaker, and as soon as the video finishes uploading you'll be able to check them out. They make a huge difference for me, but the Asp has speaker outputs for three speakers, I think one at 20 watts and two at 3 or 5 watts. If the new speakers are as good as Dan says they are I'll have one very fine sounding tank, and with two SD cards on the juno I think you could set up just about any sound you wanted to. I'm wondering if I'll ever get good enough at this stuff to have General Patton (as played by George) giving that famous speech from the beginning of the flick. Hold 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass! I guess now I really do have to buy a Sherman.
#155
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Right on Will, gonna bring mine for anyone that has any questions or ideas on stuff. Just the lower hull is pretty much complete haven't gotten into modeling the
upper yet. Also gonna have to figure out a better way to get the upper off to access the lower and change out batteries. As it is now you have to remove the fenders on one
entire side then unscrew 4 screws from underneath that go into the upper...not very convenient.
upper yet. Also gonna have to figure out a better way to get the upper off to access the lower and change out batteries. As it is now you have to remove the fenders on one
entire side then unscrew 4 screws from underneath that go into the upper...not very convenient.
#156
i plan on picking your brain on what you have done so far, as for the battery, can you do a battery charging port? i dunno how compatible that would be with a LiPo. Anyone know? I have ordered the electronics and bearings for this kit already, that is something we will for sure have to talk about!
#157
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Will, I'm still working on ironing out the Elmod myself. Got it pretty much settled out but need to figure out how to kill all the momentum in 2nd and 3rd simulated gears. Wish it had essentially a drag brake setting but it doesn't so you have to go into acceleration and motor % setting for each gear and do it by trial and error.
#159
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Seems like I'm the only one posting up any findings on this sucker, but I don't follow any of the oversea's forums either.
#161
Hello!
I think the only speakers that will fit is the mato pair speaker. I have tried to fit visatons smallest speaker and its not possible to fit it. I ordered the mato speaker, hope the sou d will be okey!
//Sebbe
I think the only speakers that will fit is the mato pair speaker. I have tried to fit visatons smallest speaker and its not possible to fit it. I ordered the mato speaker, hope the sou d will be okey!
//Sebbe
#162
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Yup, not much room in there. Are you running the Elmod board?
#163
Three of the most welcomed words I know ( although still pale behind " I love you") - "Out for delivery"
followed soon thereafter by a soft( emphasis on soft) thump at the front door.
Yes dear friends my little Pumas are here...
Jerry
followed soon thereafter by a soft( emphasis on soft) thump at the front door.
Yes dear friends my little Pumas are here...
Jerry
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#165
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with this sucker.
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What about a controller profile that has a braking?
Or go Brushless and use an ESC that is programmable for braking.
Or go Brushless and use an ESC that is programmable for braking.
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#167
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#168
Sorry if I missed something (been busy with RL!) but if you are using the El-Mod board (?), can't you fiddle with the acceleration profiles via the USB programming gizmo? The Thinktank4 board had that capability, and I believe every board from them since has (certainly the M16 has).
I've got some of the chassis assembled, but I'm waiting to hear if Carson is going to go ahead with the better gears we asked him for before I go any further - I have enough in the build queue to keep me going while I wait...
I've got some of the chassis assembled, but I'm waiting to hear if Carson is going to go ahead with the better gears we asked him for before I go any further - I have enough in the build queue to keep me going while I wait...
#170
Figured as much, that's the downside of El-Mod - it largely feels like hit and miss as to whether its going to work the way you want
You should at least be able to lose some of the inertia tho? I could see that Xion/MO asked for a profile that protected the gearbox in terms of acceleration (we do that all the time in automotive after all) but I'd hope that there was a little more room for guys like us to unlock a bit more performance
You should at least be able to lose some of the inertia tho? I could see that Xion/MO asked for a profile that protected the gearbox in terms of acceleration (we do that all the time in automotive after all) but I'd hope that there was a little more room for guys like us to unlock a bit more performance
#171
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Yea, I'm guessing this board is geared more toward driving around the yard than IR battling. No control on inertia in the parameters. Only thing you can do is reduce acceleration and this is suppose to reduce inertia...well ya. Gonna mess with this a bit more tonite and take it to danville to consult Buckeye36 who has been messing with elmod for a couple years. Get his opinion on my parameter settings via pc on a workbench and see if I'm just possibly missing something with nomenclature on the settings though I've pretty much done the trial and error of putting everything at 0 or 100%.
#172
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Another point of interest is I am using a 20T motor. This could be the culprit of the unwanted inertia too. Using the recommended 55T motor would have more drag/torque on it, but less top end. I figure if I can't get in the ball park of scale top speed it's kind of a let down on performance so I'm hoping to stick with the 20T. If anyone gets their Elmod board up and running post your findings/thoughts and what motor your using.
#174
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I believe you Joe. Only problem is the interface for this vehicle is different from the tanks I believe. There is NO parameter just for inertia. Just acceleration and gear change %'s along with brake %'s at neutral and -80% throttle stick and the usual vmax, vmin, etc. For the most part I think it's just going to take a bit of a learning curve to drive this sucker in battle if I want to keep high top end. Look out houses, trees, rocks, basically anything on the battlfield! Gonna have to look into a beefy aftermarket front bumper from RC4WD...he he!
#175
Do you have the latest El-Mod software? Sometime in the past I can remember scratching my head wondering why I couldn't change parameters that others were suggesting, and it turned out that my software was out of date and not showing me all of the available parameters.
Also, yes the motor will have an effect - they suggested 55T or more I believe? El-Mod typically isn't very tolerant of unusual motor / gearbox combo's when trying to set the inertia up.
Also, yes the motor will have an effect - they suggested 55T or more I believe? El-Mod typically isn't very tolerant of unusual motor / gearbox combo's when trying to set the inertia up.