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Alright I've searched and searched but have yet to find anything I understand.

I have the frame figured out, the tubing, the pouch but I'm an electronic dunce!

First question: I'm running the tritronics(garmin) pro 70 collar and transmitter. Is there any way I can rig a servo up to accept this signal and program it to a collar setting I don't use? I'm trying to avoid having to handle 2 different remotes.

Second question: I plan on running the servo to an archery release, besides the servo and battery what else do I need to make the thing work

Please when answering talk very slowly and explain what you are talking about. I don't know electrical terminology whatsoever
 
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Been down this road. It can be done, but I found buying Dogtra or Garmin electronics with trainrite releases while was some more money. It seemed much cheaper after the money I threw down the rat hole jury rigging something.
 
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Pre-Bumper Boy days, I made homemade remote controlled dummy launchers. I use an archery release that I "glued" to the side of a servo. The servo has very little pressure on it as it take no power to flip the archery release. It works very well and you do NOT need a separate battery. But you cannot run it from you collar, you will need Electronics designed for that. Garmin, Dogtra, Sportdog release electronics. The servo has to be rewired, you have to take the back off, cut the triple wire coming out, then solder wires to the side of the motor. I have some pics of where the wires go. If you send me your email I will send them to you.
The train rite release is all done for you so that is an option that will be faster.
 
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Steve, one tip to watch for. When I made my first dummy launchers, I tried using RC Aircraft electronics. I found that when setting up, when I turned the receiver on, and did not have the antenna all the way up on the transmitter console, the servos would "jitter" back and forth and sometime enough to launch. Newer stuff may be more stable, but watch for that and make sure you have enough room for a little play. In other words do not have a "hair trigger"!!

The links you have look like they will be much easier to work with than what I tried to use. Did not take long for me to tire of the unreliability of the RC elec and bite the bullet and buy Dogtra elec. Now I use Sportdog. I suspect you will be a better engineer than I was!!


Good luck.
 
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NateB said:
Steve, one tip to watch for. When I made my first dummy launchers, I tried using RC Aircraft electronics. I found that when setting up, when I turned the receiver on, and did not have the antenna all the way up on the transmitter console, the servos would "jitter" back and forth and sometime enough to launch. Newer stuff may be more stable, but watch for that and make sure you have enough room for a little play. In other words do not have a "hair trigger"!!

The links you have look like they will be much easier to work with than what I tried to use. Did not take long for me to tire of the unreliability of the RC elec and bite the bullet and buy Dogtra elec. Now I use Sportdog. I suspect you will be a better engineer than I was!!


Good luck.
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Thank you Nate,

I don't how good but one things for sure, I will study on it until I know enough to proceed.

Steve
 
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