Stator

Stator

A project across the bench this week, soldering terminals to hub motor stators and extending the hall sensor wiring.Another great use for high-temperature lacing cord and polyamide (kapton) tape.
Working with rotary switches?

Working with rotary switches?

These pre-made PCBs fit the 10-way Grayhill and Elma Rotary switches that have PCB pins. Featuring aString of 1K resistors, with optional top and tail resistors to stop hard connection to the supply rails. Easysolution for an evenly spaced ratiometric output and a lot...
Intermittent Quick Release Steering wheel issue?

Intermittent Quick Release Steering wheel issue?

If you run a steering wheel with a Krontec QR earlier than 2018, check it has the steel spacer ringinstalled. Early Krontec QR’s did not have this included. The Autosport Connector was only retained by agrub screw and could get pushed back over time, resulting in...
Antenna grounding issues?

Antenna grounding issues?

Technically the carbon on this LMP2 should be a good ground plane for the 1⁄4 wave Radio VHF antenna. Unfortunately, the resin and poor bite into the material often lead to a fairly average ground plane. Adding a copper or aluminum foil ground plane can really help...