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Article #1962HELP - MOS/FET Speed Controller Problem
From: David Cook
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:10
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:10
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For several years I have controlled my R/C truck with an older Futaba 2 channel 2 stick radio and a Futaba MC12B MOS/FET speed controller. Recently I changed the radio to a Airtronics VT2P 2 channel pistol-grip radio. Still wanting to use the MC12B I changed the Futaba G connector to Airtronics, re-adjusted the neutral and high point pots, connected the motor (a Kyosho 22x1 Outlaw Stock MEGA Motor) and thought I was all set to go. WRONG!!! I got lots of intermittant stutter both in the steering servo and the speed controller. This was particularly apparent at slow speeds. Anyway I realized that since the Airtronics receiver is a BEC type I should not feed the regulated +6 volts from the controller back via the servo connector but should split it off and feed it to the receiver's battery connector. I did this and got some improve- ment but not what it should be. I can run the receiver with a seperate battery and everything works great. Why is the +6 volts from the MC12B not good enough for the Airtronics receiver? I checked it with my meter and it is +6 volts although I have not looked at it on a scope to see what kind of noise may be riding on it. Do I need another capacitor across the motor terminals? What is the proper configuration for motor capacitors? Any comments, suggestions, ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your responses. Dave
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From: davidc@hplsla.hp.com (David Cook) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:10:28 GMT Subject: HELP - MOS/FET Speed Controller Problem Message-ID: <9310016@hplsla.hp.com> Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hplsla!davidc Newsgroups: rec.models.rc Lines: 23