MagForce motor system installation: Difference between revisions
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A straight head stock, especially when not incorporated with counterweight above the bell (with either a wooden head stock or additional iron weights), will require a powerful motor to swing the bell. | A straight head stock, especially when not incorporated with counterweight above the bell (with either a wooden head stock or additional iron weights), will require a powerful motor to swing the bell. | ||
=== Radius from head stock pivot to motor === | === Radius from head stock pivot to motor === | ||
The center | The center of the motor should be mounted at a minimum 80% of the bell diameter down from the top of the bell. For straight yokes (and flying clappers), this will be the length of the reactor plate mounting arms. Motors can be mounted above the bell (at the same radius from the pivot point) if the weight of the reaction plate is taken into consideration when setting the headstock crank depth. This will also slow the ringing tempo. | ||
The motor induction housing should be painted with a polyurethane coating for UV resistance when used outside, and can be painted with the tower to match. | |||
== intelliSwing control feedback == | == intelliSwing control feedback == | ||