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- From: haley@ee.ualberta.ca (Richard Haley)
- Subject: Re: SPEED CONTROLLER
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- Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
- References: <1992Oct16.162857.1@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:36:53 GMT
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- pbrickwood@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au writes:
-
- >I am interested in building a speed controller for a model speedboat
- >which is powered with a 380 size motor on 8 X 1200 ma nicads. If necessary
- >I could change to 7 nicads. I understand it may be possible using a 555
- >chip and a pot driven by a servo ( in this case Futaba S128) switching a
- >mosfet device. Any ideas out there. I could wind a reostat with nichrome wire
- >but it is a bit inefficient. The Futaba controllers are around $140 Aussie.
-
- >Any ideas out there.
-
- >THANKS IN ADVANCE
-
- >Peter Brickwood
- The problems I had with the 555 are finding a pot that will
- travel 0 - 100% in 90 degrees and carrying even more junk in
- my plane. The circuit itself is a simple and cheap solution.
-
- I removed the servo and replaced it with a slightly more complex
- circuit using one quad opamp chip that controls 0 - 100 %
- throttle directly from my Airtronics receiver. I connect my circuit
- to the existing fuse and add one small reference wire to the switch.
- It weighs next to nothing and should run a motor up to thirty amps
- using an IRFZ40 mosfet from International Rectifier. Anything larger
- than my 050 would need a small (less than one ounce) heat sink.
- I hope to have a circuit one day that will fit where the servo was
- originally mounted ( 20 x 53 x 10 mm).
- At present my circuit is a bulky 50 x 75 mm and weighs about one ounce.
- My cost is about $10 complete but there is a fair amount of work
- involved since I'm not an expert.
- Richard Haley
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