pic: Talon connected

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

For those who've already ordered Talons, do they come with mounting screws and/or spacers for the optional fans? (This is important for teams in the middle of nowhere like mine. )

Originally Posted by slijin

Also, how deep are the threads? (i.e. how far down do they go?)

The ones I ordered didn't come with hardware for attaching fans.

However, I don't think the mounting will be complicated. Two screws 6-32 x .625" should do it. No spacers needed.

The holes are about 1/4 inch deep. I put a 6-32 screw in one of them as far as it would go, and then counted 8.5 turns while taking it back out.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

The ones I ordered didn't come with hardware for attaching fans.

However, I don't think the mounting will be complicated. Two screws 6-32 x .625" should do it. No spacers needed.

The holes are about 1/4 inch deep. I put a 6-32 screw in one of them as far as it would go, and then counted 8.5 turns while taking it back out.

Easy enough, thanks! 6-32 isn't something I can get locally in any convenient sizes, but I can easily get them either via mail order or when someone gets up closer to civilization.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

Easy enough, thanks! 6-32 isn't something I can get locally in any convenient sizes, but I can easily get them either via mail order or when someone gets up closer to civilization.

If you've got VEX stuff laying around, you've got gobs of 6-32 hardware.

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

For those who've already ordered Talons, do they come with mounting screws and/or spacers for the optional fans? (This is important for teams in the middle of nowhere like mine. )

The Talons do not include hardware to mount the fan. The fan comes complete with pre-crimped connections and two 6-32 screws.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Mike Copioli

The Talons do not include hardware to mount the fan. The fan comes complete with pre-crimped connections and two 6-32 screws.

Are they the same geometry as the ubiquitous victor fans of which we have gazillions and gazillions? (That is to say, the same mounting holes?)

[Tom Line]

Yes, a victor fan will fit on a talon, and vice versa.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

Yes, a victor fan will fit on a talon, and vice versa.

Thanks!

[timytamy]

Would it be possible to tap the fans with a metric thread? Do the holes bottom out before the PCB? Would we introduce too much swarf?

Here there is an extremely limited selection of imperial, the only imperial hardware we use are from AM.

Alternatively is it possible to use something like the clips for the victor fans?

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by timytamy

Would it be possible to tap the fans with a metric thread? Do the holes bottom out before the PCB? Would we introduce too much swarf?

Here there is an extremely limited selection of imperial, the only imperial hardware we use are from AM.

Alternatively is it possible to use something like the clips for the victor fans?

Originally Posted by Mike Copioli

The Talons do not include hardware to mount the fan. The fan comes complete with pre-crimped connections and two 6-32 screws.

The fans come with mounting hardware.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Gregor

The fans come with mounting hardware.

The accumulated fans that I assume many teams have stashed away from prior years' kits do not include the necessary screws.