Last week I ordered a pair of 200W gear motors to mount. Need to order parts for my lathe to repair the damage I caused and then can make adapters. Plan will be to customise some firmware for TZ85as to run them to start with. (Massive overkill but should make it semi bullet proof ESC wise)
I have started curating all the custom firmwares I can.
The real issue is that all these firmwares are meant for planes. Will be interested to see if they can translate to a drive ESC. _________________ Steven Martin
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Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:19 pm
maddox
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Nebelwerfers drive works fine. In Hannibalito it's a bust. The machine moves, but not well enough to satisfy. And finding bigger brushless with a 3.2mm shaft is a problem.
Most are 28mm motors with a ribbed housing and a different bolt pattern.
Most decent 36mm brushless use a 5mm shaft, and I don't have the tools yet to drill and ream original pinions.
Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:17 am
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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I can easily drill & ream pinions to 5mm for you, but most drill gearbox pinions are far too small to drill out to 5mm. Is there any reason you can't use a low KV in-runner like I have in Mr Mangle? They almost always have 3.18mm shafts with a flat that pinions will slip straight on to. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
This continues to be something that I have on my mind. Unfortunately time always seems to be what I am short of.
As quite a few of you may have seen Gene had some great sucess with the Afro ESCs and Reversing SimonK. Spending a bit of time hacking around with the software on Tz85A recently has inspired me to try this on the ESC.
It shouldn't be too hard so will keep you updated with the tests. Is anyone interested in a BotBitz Brushless TZ85a tuned for Drive motors? _________________ Steven Martin
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Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:18 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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Its definitely interesting - what sort of brushless motors do you think the TZ85a will drive? _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
I do have a nice axe setup waiting for a speedo.
A NTM5060 coupled to the 31-1 gearbox on Kashei.
Just can't find a decent esc that can be "adjusted" to the task.
Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:58 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
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i like the tz size and shape better than the trackstar escs that are so chunky….so does reprogramming just make em go reverse aswell? _________________ Miles Blow - Julie Pitts
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