BEST GUIDE:DIY STEERING COILS!
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February 18, 2003 at 1:59 am #10971
Hi all, ?Ive written a guide on how to make your own steering cols!
Its really easy, and it doesn’t take long!
You can get it here!IN HTML FORMAT-
http://www.geocities.com/dutch644d/sbfcoil.htmlDOWNLOAD IT:
http://tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8242&perpage=15&pagenumber=1Or email me for it:
scottyboyfun@yahoo.comLet me know what u think!
Edited by – scottyboyfun on 17 February 2003 21:01:30
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February 18, 2003 at 2:04 am #40974
thats a wicked idea man, thanks for sharing.
now my cars without steering can work again:D:smiley16:—-
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February 18, 2003 at 2:23 am #40972
Great to help!:D
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February 18, 2003 at 4:31 am #40971
yo scotty what guage wire are you using?
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February 18, 2003 at 6:09 am #40970
I am using a guage that is slightly thicker than the standard steering wires.
Im not sure of the guage cos the paper with it written on has gone missing.
Its best to get as close as you can to the original wire.
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February 18, 2003 at 2:15 pm #40968
Very clever. I wonder if that could be used to make a stronger or quicker (more responsive) turning BCG by using more or less wire??
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February 18, 2003 at 2:20 pm #40969
I believe that the more turns of wire that you have = stronger magnetism = quicker turning
To get more turns in there, you will need THIN wire, as you can fit more turns of this in the same amount of space as the original coils.
You can make the coils slightly bigger than the originals, as long as they will still fit in the space, and I wouldn’t reccommend going wider than the original coils, as this may obstruct the steering.
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February 18, 2003 at 2:28 pm #40967
hey if ya made the coils stronger wouldent they just SUCK the power and drain ya batt sooner besides the stearing happens pretty quick
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February 18, 2003 at 3:34 pm #40966
More coils would equal more resistance I think, but that’s where my electronice knowledge runs out. I’m not sure if that would shorten the battery life or not. Anyway, by redoing your own coils you would no doubt end up with something different form the originals, either under or over.
I wonder what results more coils of a finer wire, or less coild of a thicker wire would produce. Play around Shypo and Scotty, and let us know.
The results of that should go in the technical area here and on QFM.
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February 18, 2003 at 6:12 pm #40957
A Higher resistance = lower current consumption, so more turns of thinner wire should mean less battery drain.
Basically a thicker wire is closer to puting effectively a dead short in the circuit. But more current = a stronger magnetic field, then again you batteries are only capable of providing a certain amount of current, so it is a bit of a catch 22 situation.
But then you go the other way, more turns of a thinner wire should also result in a stronger magnetic field with a lower current drain.
Me thinks trial and experimentation will be the best way to find out the optimum wire guage and coil size / number of turns.
Then the problem of fitting it all in raises its ugly head.
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February 18, 2003 at 6:51 pm #40956
Yup. That all sounds familiar. Now you have the theory lads, go forth and duplicate those coils.
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February 18, 2003 at 8:53 pm #40945
What happened to replacing the centre magnet? :question:
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February 18, 2003 at 9:09 pm #40944
Gee, winding by hand is kind tedious isn’t it? Since we’re not actually counting how many turns the coil is, couldn’t you put one end of that drawing pin assembly into a drill and start it winding at low speed? Less monotonous effort… plus you get a more regular winding…
I remember reading something about rare earth magnets being duds, because the magnet that came in the bit was already a rare earth magnet… and was stronger than the replacement ones to boot…
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February 18, 2003 at 11:29 pm #40938
hmmm, i thought about using 2 steering coils but i guess u guys publsihed it first, i seem to remebr DaveF and i talking about it…
u hav to use 2 rare earth magnets stuck toghgther Crom otherwise its just pointless
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February 19, 2003 at 3:32 am #40895
I didn’t count the no of winds when I did the winding, I just measured a length of enamelled wire, and cut 1.5m,
I just wound and wound till it was all gone!
Make sure that the two strands that you solder to are the same length.
If u find that you cannot wind nemore on, then just cut a bit of,
measure the length cut off, then subtract this from your original length.
This will give you the length that u need!
It was actually quite quick to wind with this method!!!!
The guide is in the AUSMICRO.COM download section now.
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