New Moteck 1.8M motor

[kymics]

Anyone planning to beta test this baby once it's available?

Not something that I could ever take advantage of due to my small yard, but sounds very interesting all the same.

 

[PipeDream]

Boy, after looking at the picture I can't make heads or tails out of it. Doesn't make any sense to me. Don't see no way to mount to dish. What is this, some new fangled digitized contraption?

 

[Anole]

a picture is worth... 1000 questions !

I looked at both pictures (the little one can be enlarged).
I'm not getting how the geometry works, either.
Certainly not from the first picture.
Looks like it could swing the dish vertically (up and down), but who has an arc like that?
Oh, maybe it's mounted for someone near the equator??

 

[voomvoom]

Where did you see a picture? I can't find one with a search.... I did find a motor by Manhattan designed for up to a 1.4m dish. But, no picture of it either.

Al

 

[Mr Tony]

Al
http://sadoun.com/Sat/Products/S/H180-Moteck-hh-motor.htm

 

[voomvoom]

Thanks Tony!

Al

 

[updatelee]

whats interesting is that the connections look like its designed to be controled by a cband ird or with a vbox (as mentioned)

but later it states that any ird that supports v1.2 or usals can control it ...

 

[Anole]

I was kinda annoyed nobody posted a link nor a picture, too.

So, I took my search phrase from the topic:
Moteck 1.8M motor
Imagine my surprise when Google came up with Sadoun for the first reference!

Then, it was so obvious, I felt stupid and totally forgot to list the link!

 

[Mr Tony]

whats interesting is that the connections look like its designed to be controled by a cband ird or with a vbox (as mentioned)

but later it states that any ird that supports v1.2 or usals can control it ...

I think the bottom part on that link is wrong. You would need a VBox or a C-band reciever to control it

 

[kymics]

I was kinda annoyed nobody posted a link nor a picture, too.

I saw it on Sadoun's page, but I didn't put the link because I hadn't had a chance to check any of the other sponsor sites to see if there was more than one link to post.

 

[voomvoom]

It looks very simular to the old AJAX motors. They were designed for 5' and 6' dishes. They were controlled with your analog receiver. That's an excellent price if you already have an analog receiver or a VBOX II to controll it with. And it's still a good price if you have to get an analog receiver or a VBOX II to controll it. It might be worth it to some of us, because of the 80* in either direction. That's 10* more then an SG2100 and about 20*-25* more than the STAB motors.

Al

 

[updatelee]

how does does an accuator give you aprox in either direction ?

 

[voomvoom]

I'm not sure if this is what you're asking, but here is my answer anyway. With an actuator, it really depends on the weight of the dish. For an eastern arc set-up, it will go to the ground on the east side and go as far west as the weight will allow before it flops over (or until the actuator runs out of space). On a western arc set-up, it will go to the ground on the west side and go to the east as far as the weight will allow before it flops.

Al

 

[Sadoun]

I think the bottom part on that link is wrong. You would need a VBox or a C-band reciever to control it

Bottom part corrected.

Yes, you will need a V-Box II since this motor will require the 36V power coming from the V-Box II or from a receiver with built-in positioner (such as the old analog receivers)

 

[BKP]

Will this motor work with the same mount that comes with the Fortec Star 180CM C-Band dish..

 

[Mr Tony]

Will this motor work with the same mount that comes with the Fortec Star 180CM C-Band dish..

highly unlikely as the mount that comes with the 6 footer bolts to the "O" ring that the pieces of the dish attach to

 

[Sadoun]

Will this motor work with the same mount that comes with the Fortec Star 180CM C-Band dish..

A small custom modification will be required. As soon as we receive these motors in the warehouse ( a few days from now), we will fit one to a 180cm dish and take some pictures. I think we will have to attach a couple of support bars across the back of the dish. Then we mount the motor on those two cross bars.

The cross bars can be made out of angle iron bars (from a hardware store). It will be a nice little project to do.

 

[Anole]

1" square aluminum tubing?

I've seen a video (on someone's web site) of dishes with motors that looked like this.
It was somewhere in Europe.
Maybe they are more common for the 4 to 6 foot size , light weight dish.
...which are apparently unusual in the USA.

We look forward to your pictures, Mr. S.
Having seen so many creative adaptions of antenna and motor, here on this forum, I can imagine an adapter plate/kit would be very easy, even for the Fortec Star 180.
Sure makes it a lot more attractive to me than the traditional lash-up. :up

 

[BKP]

highly unlikely as the mount that comes with the 6 footer bolts to the "O" ring that the pieces of the dish attach to

That's kinda what I thought..

 

[BKP]

A small custom modification will be required. As soon as we receive these motors in the warehouse ( a few days from now), we will fit one to a 180cm dish and take some pictures. I think we will have to attach a couple of support bars across the back of the dish. Then we mount the motor on those two cross bars.

The cross bars can be made out of angle iron bars (from a hardware store). It will be a nice little project to do.

I hoped Sadoun would chime in... Basically, an easy modification.. That's cool..

Would this motor work with the larger Primestar dishes as another option without having to modify the original mount because of it's weight issue..