no1SomeGuy

Hey, new here, but need some help before I go throwing more money out the window. I'm building a wheeled RC tank for my first time and I think I messed up on the motor drivers. I bought two Cytron 30a drivers RC-Cyt-133.

But when I hooked everything up yesterday, I get a weird constant movement/vibration out of the motors once the RC Receiver is connected. I'm doing the build on YouTube but can't post links yet (don't have min post count), so if you search "SomeGuy's Garage" and find my "Project Wheeled RC Tank - Part 1" video you can see the noise they're making if you fast forward a few minutes in after the time lapse.

So if I'm understanding right, RC PWM isn't the same as regular PWM...but the drivers I got only work with regular PWM? And I'd need different drivers that accept RC PWM to actually work...I'm thinking the Cytron 40a RB-Cyt-179 which mention RC control.

So before I go and order these, can someone confirm I'm on the right track? I want to keep two independent drivers, the radiolink tx/rx I have supports mixing directly and gives me some flexibility on the power options using tool batteries, otherwise the Sabertooth ones look well liked...but are also sold out everywhere.

Help

RustyUs

Possibly a better section to discuss your issue is here....RC Tanks

no1SomeGuy

Can I move the thread?

I figured here because it's just between the receiver and motor driver/speed controller, nothing really to do with the tank side of it?

no1SomeGuy

Just posted Part 4

youtube . com / SomeGuysGarage