->Back to Main Page

How to assemble the bank motor mounting:

To actually implement the motor pulley cable system I had to mount somehow the motors. For that reason I used ready pre-drilled shelf rack supports called Dexion. I bought many meters of it (can't tell for sure how much) in two dimensions 35x35 and 40x60.

Lets start:

As I said in the wiper motor pulley section you have to attach a caster on the pulley  before continuing the motor mount.

For start take a long piece of 40x60 and bolt the motor near its base using a small 35x35 piece. I won't refer exact distances here since its easy to count the holes from the pictures. And after all if something isn't right you can always un-bolt it and use other holes easily.

 

Then add two small 35x35 pieces on the caster forks too as the photos below to be able to bolt the opposite long 40x60 piece.

 

 

 

 

Here is a photo of the whole motor mount. You will notice the diagonal parts I used to steady the construction from the pulley cable tension forces. I used another two bars bolted on the floor of the joyrider and used again a diagonal part to keep it in angle since the roll frame keeps pushing and pulling the motor mount while moving. The pulley cable must be a little bended to the inside of the pulley as shown in the photo, or else, if you move the roll frame up or down it will be pulling the motor mount towards the joyrider. This way you share the push-pull load in half.

        

        

    

On the upper part of the pulley system I used two small pulleys with ball bearing center that they roll freely. To mount them I used a long bolt and a lots of nuts with washers to firmly secure them in place aligned with the large motors pulley.

 

Here you can see the way the movement of the roll frame affects the cable tension.

   

As you can see here I just winded the cable around the roll frame pipe to get secure it. Since the cable I use is coated with plastic coating it won't slip at all. You can wind it two times if you like. Around two meters of wire rope is needed for pulley drive.

   

 

Here are some photos of the wire rope I used and its clips:

    

   

  

 

After a few days had it in full working condition, I decided to move the entire bank motor mount construction to the front side of the joyrider. I've measured the travel of the Pitch motor mount and since they were not colliding each other I moved it to front. Now it was completely safe for the pilot, as now there wasn't any possibility to hit his head on the mounting or have a hand caught in the wire loop. Another advantage of moving it forward is that now the rear  side is free to place a moving canopy enclosure to block all the external motion cues, something that I haven't find time to do but its also important. But a cockpit panel is also needed to complete the picture too.

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

As you can see here the basement of the bank motor mount is fixed on the joyrider base with just four small screws!

   

 

->Back to Main Page