gun stablization/ helicopter gyro

[spongehoobtank82]

So this could turn out to be a dum question but here goes! I want to stabilize the main gun on my 2a6 so it continues to point at the same target in the vertical/ horizontal pain until I tell it to move, I plan on adding servo rotation and elevation, now is it as easy as just adding a helicopter gyro been the servo and control board? Or do I need some specialist piece of electronics to achieve my desire! Hope you can help guys because this is beyond what little area of expertise I have ha ha ha

[Tankbear]

No not a daft question and I'm sure a few others including me want to do the same.

From what I have read basically yes a heli gyro is what's required and I bought one to try but the instructions are all heli talk so couldn't figure it out

Ian

[spongehoobtank82]

That's what I was thinking of doing Ian, but I thought I would try abit of research first, but like you say every heli site is in some weird heli/ technical language, I think am prob just going to have to do it and see what happens!

[Tankbear]

I think the one I bought was a ga250 which looked simply servo elevation into it gyro, then elevation servo out plus a plug to spare receiver channel to turn on and off.

But instruction goes on about changing pulse widths to match servo, fine but I don't know the pulse width of my servos. then it doesn't mention how to mount the gyro, horizontal or vertical in turret or on gun/elevation

Strangely I managed to get better results when connected to the traverse servo, but the traverse tended to creep rather than keep still then after a bit just went out of control.

Need some heli guy to help translate

Ian

[tomhugill]

Don't bother it doesn't work, bough a couple of heli gyros and no luck. What you need is a submarine auto leveler. However the issue is you can't switch them off.

[spongehoobtank82]

Do you mean you can't override them and move the gun where you want Tom? Or just that there always active? Gutted about the gyro thing thought it would be a cheap solution! Where do you even buy auto levellers?

[MichaelC]

Clark board G series has vertical and horizontal gun stabilization that is more tank friendly.

[tomhugill]

Hey sponge, no you can override for up and down movements but you can't switch out the levelling action on most I've seen.

If you want to go this route I know a man who makes them, about £25 posted. It's downside is it only has three sensitivity settings.

There's a German one from modelluboot.de that's more adjustable

[spongehoobtank82]

Never heard of the Clark G series Michaelc? Tom tell me more about this 25 quid option! Any pictures?

[edpanzer]

Is this any help?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-RC-Mod ... 3cf8ad5254