Recent content by travellinglee

Cheers buddy, when I get the bugger built I'll post pics etc.

Thanks Parkland, do you know the name of the company?

That's brilliant JBA, thank you. I think I'll leave the measurements as they are as the motors should last longer and will also be able to lift on occasions when water/snow/wind may effect the lift weight. You are a star my friend. Cheers Lee

Here's where I got to, can anyone help with the equation I need?

Thanks again JBA. I have found a 2d modeler called Linkage which should help (still working out how to use it). I'm just working out placement of actuator pivots for max speed/efficiency so one pushes and one pulls at the same time. Tx again.

Thanks so much for putting the time in JBA. If I have understood you correctly, my original set up would work from a lift/power perspective but would only elevate the panels to 34 degrees. I have a second identical actuator which I was planning to use for the east west axis but I can use...

I plan to have a wide sturdy base to attach to the roof to which I will mount a lazy suzan swivel (500lb capacity) to which I will mount the 'easel'set up you describe. I'll have an actuator that turns the entire 'easel' for east/west tracking and then the vertical tracking it the bit I need...

Full extension end to end is 1m give or take a few mil

Messerschmitt - a German builder, they are most well known for building the messerschmitt 109 aeroplane that was the German equivalent of the British Spitfire in the WWII. You'll find it hard to find anything about specs as the Kr200 car is sooo old. B UT what you will find is reports that...

Yes, you could steer with the rear wheel as long as you have forward or backward motion (the Germans built a car with that design about 80 years ago) but you would be way better off just having the tail wheel as a stabiliser (like a caster wheel you get on a shopping trolley) and having separate...

I obviously don't understand the term 'magnitude' in terms of physics terminology, in my uneducated world 'magnitude' is a general reference to the size and/or weight of an object, please explain. As far as direction in concerned I was expecting the answer to be more than just 'upstream' or...

Am I missing something? From the information in the question the only thing that can be calculated is the speed. I'm willing to be educated but I can't see how the magnitude/mass can be calculated from the info provided and neither can direction (assuming direction is expected as degrees...

I am actually building a 2 Axis rig, I only asked about the elevation equation as I have the East/West axis sorted already. I'm going to be pretty much permanently on the move as my visa only allows me in the US 6 out of 12 months so I do spring up the west coast 3 months in Canada, 3 months...

TX Anorlunda - Sorry if I created any confusion...

I want to put solar panels on top of my RV, getting the panels to move in order to track the sun make them nearly 40% more efficient than being static. I have worked out the electronics to control the motors to move the panels by programming an arduino board with light sensors etc but I need...