Morning Jon,
Had a look at the e-Bay, Vortech and Summit Racing parts. Thanks for sending the info.
The RW governor kit on e-Bay uses the Blue Streak governor controller that I'm looking for. Does anyone have more info on it? where can I purchase just a controller?
The Vortech electronic controller is the same unit used by the turbine heli guy's, to govern their T62's. Anyone have more detailed info on it's operation, an operation or maintenance manual of some kind? Seems like it can work for me. In my days of playing with T-62's, I had units out of Alturdyne GPU's, they had mechanical fuel pressure regulated governors, not the torque motor/electronic controller style governor.
The Summit Racing kit is a typical automotive type. Yes, it can work, but I made the "tactical" decision early on to not go for such a style controller. If the mosquito kit uses the same controller, it's just gone off my list...
Tell me, so you have to get your system up to RPM, then hit "set", and it will attempt to keep it there. It only pulls on the throttle linkage, does not actively push it back? You have to rely on the spring return of you throttle setup to lower the throttle, when the cable releases. What if it pulls in power, and you want to drop it back, can you override the pulling action? I suppose this depends on how you integrate it, not on the fact that it's pulling only. Have you flown it, does it droop the RPM when you pull in fast, or overspeed when you drop fast? Maybe I should try one out on a bench.
Thinking on how it works, seeing it has a cable or pullrod connection, is it simply a DC motor that activates, and winds up a cable? Does the motor wind back in reverse, under power, or does it simply slowly releases when it wants to throttle down. I guess what I need to know, does the actuator mechanism inside the controller get driven both ways, or only in one direction.
I'm a bit sceptic on the quality of the actuator motor inside, if it's anything like a central locking motor, it's all plastic. Hmmmm, not sure about that. Mind you, it should work in a car for a couple of years of daily use, much more wear and tear than if used as a heli governor.
Comments please, assistance with finding documentation on the Blue Streak and T-62 controllers?
Also, can anyone confirm the mosquito system is the same automotive controller as the Summit Racing style one?