[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Andy and Joe,
Thanks for your complete and detailed responses. I have to admit, all of your details have gone through my mind in the last 48 hours. I fully agree that the gear box is not an integral part of the motor, but a rule is a rule and we comply with the rules.
So, that being said, now I have to find a way to encode the azimuth of our turret. Without revealing too many secrets (Just kidding) I am currently baffled as to how to do it. We have no external ring gears to connect to. No central shaft exposed enough to tie into and the only point where the turret pivots around is in a location where a pot connected to it would not be able to be held to a reference point. Oh well, this isn't the biggest obstacle we have had to overcome.

Thanks again!!

Have you considered a string pot?



I have not used them but Delphi's test lab swears by them.

I also don't know if you can find a cheap one. But, if you could use one, you'd have a 1 to 1 mapping of azimuth angle and pot output. You could use a lookup table to linearize and/or convert back to true azimuth angle.

Here are some more pictures. Anybody have success with these products?

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Lets take the conversation about strinp pots to a new thread: String Pots: Good, Bad or Mixed Bag?

Feel free to continue to discuss the Denso motor modes but take any string pot discussion to the other thread. Thanks JJ
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Joe J.