[TowerTalk] Prop pitch question

[George Dubovsky]

Prop pitch motors came with brakes, sort of a disc brake; the first step in
converting them to ham use is to remove the brake assembly from the bottom
of the motor. It took a slug of current to operate them so that's why they
had to come out.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:25 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
richard at karlquist.com> wrote:

> Way bigger than mine!
>
> Does the Green Heron only detect free wheeling when
> in debug mode, and not merely in normal "ON" mode?
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 5/22/2020 12:37 PM, Stan Stockton wrote:
> > Rick,
> >
> > Here is a nice video I took of the antenna about a year ago.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-_Rq8w7Kc
> >
> > Boom is 45G. Vertical Truss is 55G and side trusses are 25G.  Antenna
> > weighs something like 1500 pounds.
> >
> > I have a Green Heron controller and if you leave it in debug mode it will
> > show movement in the motor with the reed switch pulses for indication.
> > Without a pot, you don't know where it is pointed, however.
> >
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