ORIGINAL: philipat
Thanks for the pics.
Not tracking on a couple of things:
1) Grounding references...not sure why that mattered. As long as each wire going into the turret has a corresponding ring and plug, then it should work without any problem, right? Oh, I pulled open my Bulldog (intended recipient) last night, it looks like there are 6 wires going into the turret: 1 red/black pair (very thin) probably for the MG LED, 2 red and 1 black plus the antenna wire. Looks like I'll need six grooves.
2) You said there wasn't enough space in your Tiger for this ring. Is that because it's your El-Mod Tiger and has the extra electronics in it? Was the battery box in the way? (I thought you took it out of all of your builds.) How wide was the ring?
3) What were the springs for? I don't see them being used in the picture.
Thanks.
It didn't work because I wired everything up wrong! There's a reason why I have 2 - 1gallon zip lock bags of blown up boards!
Yes, the electronics tray I built for the 211 Tiger will not accomodate the ring unless I redesign it. I have plans to ditch the airsoft unit and install an infrared battle system and recoil unit.
The springs kept tension on the ring so the arms wouldn't lose contact, especially when the turret turns toward to the end of the arms. Originally I had springs under each arm and the tension put too much strain on the turret motor so I removed all but 2 and shortened them a little.
Not shown is where I soldered wires and connectors to the arms where they wrapped around the support. I wasn't big on taking pictures back then, and pretty bad a taking them too!