A few big steps forward and one step back.........
Fwd, inside the hull all resined, a servo tray made one of the pin rails made and the biggest step of all (after a massive learning curve on another thread!) is that I can now control each of the 4 winch servos from one 6v NiMH battery pack and remotely switch on an ESC powered by a lipo should I need to.
I was hoping to avoid a lipo as I didn't want to keep having to remove it in order to charge it, but, only switching it on if needed means (with any luck) that it may only need the occasional charge after quite a few outings
. The power can be checked by plug in checker. The NiMH can be charged in the model after each outing
I have to hold my hand up and say my lack of knowledge on the electrical side lead to some 'schoolboy error questions' thanks to the guys for helping me out (you know who you are)
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Now, my one step backwards......... After connecting 3 of the four winch servos (I have to order the 4th) and connecting a lipo and getting it all to work I started to wonder how much a 10.63kg servo could actually lift? Well not wanting to blow it up with a 10 kg weight I thought I'd try it with a 3kg weight first......... It blew up
....... Actually it slowed down then stopped and now it doesn't work at all.
. I've emailed the seller and asked him to explain and see if a fix is possible as it's probably my fault for trying to over work it (for believing a 10.63kg servo could lift 10kg) we live and learn. Wow if I carry on learning at this rate I'll be the cleverest poor person here.......
I also picked up the deck planks today so I'll be cutting and fitting those soon. Photos at weekend hopefully