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hello I am no good at electronics but I got a project I am working on.
I am working on a radio controlled army tank for my son. we need to make a recoil system for the tanks main gun. i want to use a small selenoid to pull the barrel back fast when i shoot and then after it simulates the recoil i need it to go back smooth and somewhat slower. I thought about putting a capaciter into the circuit so it would when it the circuit is tripped by a simple switch the capacitor would charge up power the selenoid back fast then after switched off would bleed the energy and the selenoid would return slower. this would simulate how the real tank guns fired. the battery pack is a 7.2 volt dc common with tanks and cars. the selenoid i was looking at was from selenoid city. Its a small one its .50 inch by 1 inch. there is no lenghty duty cycle for the selenoid. I can score one around 7.2 volts but I dont know the slightest about capacitors or even where to start any suggestions????
I am working on a radio controlled army tank for my son. we need to make a recoil system for the tanks main gun. i want to use a small selenoid to pull the barrel back fast when i shoot and then after it simulates the recoil i need it to go back smooth and somewhat slower. I thought about putting a capaciter into the circuit so it would when it the circuit is tripped by a simple switch the capacitor would charge up power the selenoid back fast then after switched off would bleed the energy and the selenoid would return slower. this would simulate how the real tank guns fired. the battery pack is a 7.2 volt dc common with tanks and cars. the selenoid i was looking at was from selenoid city. Its a small one its .50 inch by 1 inch. there is no lenghty duty cycle for the selenoid. I can score one around 7.2 volts but I dont know the slightest about capacitors or even where to start any suggestions????