Originally Posted by
strmnd54
A large capacitor in the turret could help taking some of the load of the slip ring...
In the same line of thought; I wonder if a high voltage flash unit driver would supply enough current to the nichrome wire as to ignite the charge...
Norman,
I don't use the Hi V flash because I set the gun up to work with a socket for interchangeable modules - one with an LED when just flash is wanted and the other is a BP cartridge for pyro flash and smoke. The socket is activated by a servo mounted switch in the hull. The servo is simply Y'd off the Tamiya Elevation/MG channel.
In the sketch below how would I add your suggested capacitor? Seems that the servo and switch would need to be in the turret for the high current to be above the slipring. But then the ground leg would see the current anyway?
On the HiV flash....thought about using it for the nichrome igniter, but , one, I didn't know how to hook up the trigger (third wire) circuit, and two, I needed to know for sure that no power/charge was in the circuit when I load a BP cartridge.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks much,
Dan