Hey CJS Great song Love it that was so cool

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Folks,
First orders are going out today... we received over 300 orders for these kits WOW. It has brought my shop down to a crawl with invoicing and such. But no worries!!!

Also, some freebies we sent out Monday came back to us with not enough postage. I did not realize until yesterday that postal fees went up. No worries. They will be going with today’s mail.

Also, for those of you building our kits: I have received a few emails and phone calls about how to assemble them with regard to the rotate linkage; the questions asked - that it interferes with the bracket - hitting it as it rotate. First, our bracket should allow about .03” clearance when it rotates.

Some of you have sent pictures and we did notice the servo arm is not at the right alignment. When asked if you can extend the linkage, 50% of said you can’t. So, we went back to the shop and played around for a few hours and came up with a solution:

To make it work we highly recommend you move the rotate linkage to the front, and not to the rear - nearest to the bracket. See attached picture. In some cases, you might have to rotate the servo 180 degrees.




If this is not possible because of programming / routines already completed (as several of you stated) we will be including two rotate linkages. See attached drawing. We will not be charging for these - but they will be mailed out early next week. This will give you the ability to either go rear or front with the rotation arm, and yet, provide enough clearance regardless of the rotation and length of linkage.
http://www.graveyardmadness.com/Prop..._34-011_X1.pdf

Sorry for the mishap and confusion, but this should solve the problems with interference, linkage lengths, and programming.

Thanks
Joel Briggs

http://www.graveyardmadness.com/Prop..._34-011_X1.pdf

http://www.graveyardmadness.com/Prop...l/rotate_1.jpg

Great pic! That explains a lot and will totally help with the assembly. Looking forward to receiving my kit!!!

-dgm

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Howdy
Does it matter what brand of servo's you use and will the ssc controler work with digital or whatever types?
thanks

Hi all,
Can anyone tell me if a basic run of the mill USB to Serial cable will work with the SSC32. I know that some controllers, such as the Prop 1, have proprietary adapters. I just want to make sure before I order a cable. Thanks.

I 'm running only 1 prop this year and this is How I was told to do it by CJS
serial cable from computer to the controller, then Cat5 cable from the
controller to the skull. I cut the pigtail off each servo, about 6" long, and
soldered each to a wire pair of the cat5 cable, so it plugs right into the
controller. Then soldered the other end of the Cat5 cable to remaining
pigtail still on the servo.

so to answer your question yes ,they will worlk . if you dont know how to do cat5 you can get ready made extention cables drop me a pm.Hugs

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1-48” standard-duty extensions are great for micro servos up to standard size digital servos. They offer 24awg wire and come with gold plated connectors. These come directly from our own manufacturing facility for the highest quality for $6.95


1- 48” super-duty extensions are perfect for standard servos up to 1/4 scale and digital servos. They offer 22awg twisted wire, gold plated connectors and thick wire jackets. Twisted wire cuts down on electrical interference. These come directly from our own manufacturing facility for the highest quality.for $7.95

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Aye 'mate, search eBay fer "USB to RS232 adapter", ye will find many at $6. In th' Lynx manual it be sayin' "connect with serial cable or USB ta Serial be workin fine" It be what I usin' on me higher-end laptop with no serial port.. an' it be fine. When ye installs the cable ye 'ave ta go inta Control Panel, System, Device Mgr, Ports and set th' Com port of th cable ta one not used, or change th' others. I made me cable address Com1 by changin th' others..

Capt. Jack

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I'm using two Belkin USB -> Serial adapters to SV203 controllers to CAT-5 cable to the skulls. I am running VSA on a WIndows XP laptop that doesn't have a serial port.

Like Capt. Jack said, you may have to go to the device manager and set the correct COM port for the adapter.

I like the Capt'n idea of connecting the CAT5 using Molex to the controller. Seems safer.

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