Ротатор BMF Цель 3 Обзор мануал
hello some time ago I invited rotator manufacturers to a comparative test and a competition of new products, Kazan Target Proates M Target and BM Fact agreed to take part, which other manufacturers have dried up. There will be a separate issue with a review and manual for each participant and then competitive tests will be carried out and now the first fighter has arrived in the ring, meet BM Factory target three and his younger brother target two, by the way, these models are available for sale in the Alexander Khovrina store where discounts are provided for subscribers of our channel link to the store you will find in the description the main production of these rotators is located in the city of Dmitrov, Moscow region, this series has established itself as a kind of Kalashnikov assault rifle due to the ratio of functionality to reliability, these are the most popular models of this manufacturer, goal two is a basic motorized model and goal three is a more advanced version which already has a target hold function and an excellent backlit handle for fishing in the dark, which we will talk about separately a little later, both models have a control unit exclusive pedals of their own design, they are also equipped with two remote controls that can be placed on the rod using the included mount with a strap, this is how it will look in general well thought out, so before moving on to the settings, let’s take a closer look at the rotators, having studied the instructions from the rotators more closely, which turned out to be very meager, I discovered that there is no possibility of independently linking wireless remote controls, which is an option for most manufacturers, this is not so good, since usually the remote control is from an electric motor and I wear the rotator around my neck, and last season I once got the remote control caught on some element of the boat. The mount broke and both remote controls flew into the water. The remote control for the rotator sank almost immediately, but fortunately the remote control from Motorguide turned out to be floating, we caught it and now I’m thinking about how to hang it around my neck again, since even a simple case for it costs some incredible money, but with the remote control for the rotator, I just ordered everything in the zone for 300 rubles a day later it was delivered, tied to the rotator and everything is in order, but in the case of these devices you will have to send the control unit to the manufacturer where they will link the remote control. Well, damn, fortunately, due to the fact that the kit includes two remote controls, then even if this happened to you, you can wait until the end of the season and send the unit to the manufacturer in the off-season, or a little later I will show you a little life hack, but in fairness I will note the following loss of the remote control as in mine case - this is a very rare, out-of-the-ordinary event; real practice shows the sufficient survivability of these control panels; then we observe a wired pedal; most manufacturers have already switched to wireless ones, which makes the complex much more mobile; for example, on the go, I place the pedals under the console, and when I arrive at the point, I drag the pedals to the casting point, but the wired ones still limit the degree of freedom in the boat, and you can also use several pedals; on the other hand, wired pedals are always the least amount of lags nevertheless, wireless pedals when cutting the battery or when there is a pile of metal obstacles between the control unit and the pedals, as in the case of placing the pedal under the console, or there in an area of strong interference, in general, there are a number of conditions under which wireless communication can fail, but wired communication is absolute reliability and wired pedals are quite difficult to forget at home. By the way, oddly enough, the previous model goal1 was equipped with wireless pedals, that is, we are seeing a non-standard approach, a transition from wireless pedals with wired ones, probably the manufacturer occupies a vacant niche in which the consumer wants to see maximum reliability, so there is one more minus, which is not a minus, the manufacturer states that the rod of the product is irreplaceable and in case of replacement you will have to contact the service center, however, I easily replaced such a long new one with a short one, sorry, I couldn’t raise my hand to cut this rod in order to demonstrate it to you at the stand, after which, naturally, I called the production chief engineer for clarification, it turned out that they were tired of the handshake some users who not only ruin the product, but then also blow out their whole brain, wrapping their nerves around their fists in other words, if you are a person with hands, that is, don’t think about yourself like that, but you really have straight arms and you understand what belt tension is, what it should be, understand basic mechanics and design, then there are no problems, but if you have even the slightest suspicion, then please refrain from damaging the product, but it should be noted that replacing a bar is a very, very rare occurrence; further, the basis of the walk-behind tractor is a massive collapsible frame made of thick-walled aluminum, like this, armor-piercing anti-tank capable of withstanding any possible and impossible loads, at the same time, if necessary, it is completely dismountable and, despite the power of the structure, it is very light due to the use of aluminum alloys, according to the manufacturer, this frame is the product of a long evolutionary selection, this version is for installation in a T-slot or on a gunwale, depending on the type of vessel and preferences, take a look at what high-quality wings made of composite duroplast are equipped with a set of pancakes, very cool rubber ones are installed in the supporting part dampers that eliminate extraneous sounds when vibration occurs on the go, by the way, a very interesting solution. Also, one of the main advantages of this rotator is the possibility of stage-by-stage retrofitting of the design, that is, suppose you currently do not have the funds to buy a motorized rotator with target holding or you do not have time to collect the required amount by the beginning of the season, it doesn’t matter, you buy a manual one and later buy a walk-behind tractor with pedals and a remote control with or without target holding, to choose from; overall, very interesting the concept, if I’m not mistaken, no one has anything like this yet; further, a sealed engine compartment in which a stepper motor with a planetary gear is located in combination with a belt drive, which also has some kind of reduction gear ratio, we get maximum smoothness and at the same time minimum energy consumption in its class, which is great for PVC boats where every gram of equipment is verified, including the battery; also these threaded fasteners with with safety washers made of polyacetal, the essence is that when you put the rotator in the firing position with a screw, we set the maximum load, upon reaching which, due to the sliding of the polyacetal, the load energy is absorbed by folding the mechanism , but control and check the tightening of the mechanism, do not overdo it, and just in case, I warn you, do not remove the washer made of polyacetal, otherwise the protection mechanism will not work, and another important point is that this kit is assembled for installation on the starboard side, in the case of installation on the left side, you will need to unscrew six threaded connections and flip the guide feather in a mirror image, and here again, personally, I see a minus in the design since there is no provision for universal installation; also, if in a wind wave or when maneuvering in reverse, you come across an obstacle to the sensors, for example, on a snag or aground or on a man-made object, then due to the lack of mirror image of the guide feather, at best, you will lose the rod, which will bend in the worst case, the wheel will damage the sensor or even turn the boat around The T-slot will damage the gunwale and so on, on the one hand we have the most durable design and even with an emergency mechanism on the other side the safety mechanism only works in one direction.
In addition, if you need to place the rotator on the left side at the very stern, which is often mounted on boats with tiller control, it turns out that you either have to fold the rotator outside the stern or risk losing the safety mechanism here the designers did not think through something, although I described very rare cases, still increased attention and taking into account all possible aspects and nuances will not harm anyone, but one of the advantages of this rotator is that there is another protection mechanism that has become popular recently, pendulum along the Z axis if you accidentally forgot to raise the rotator and went for a worm, and this happens not only with rotators, but even with GPS anchors, I myself forgot a couple of times and once I even almost moored to the sandy shore, it’s good that Aunt Lena noticed and saved our anchor from disaster, so if you go out on the planing plane with the rotator not raised, most likely the rotator rod will be thrown out of the water on the pendulum mechanism, but under no circumstances remove the sliding washer made of polyacetal, otherwise the protection mechanism will not work. Now let’s look at the control unit, it’s quite a massive box and, in my opinion, in 2025 it’s already an atavism. Almost all leading manufacturers of rotators this year have finally switched to blockless designs, and given that this series is assembled on the basis of such a small, economical motor, then God himself ordered to make a compact design, that is, a control board based on an STM or ESP processor, such a small driver, for example TMC2209 with Puaryu control, will be quite enough and that means an accelerometer scarf with a gyroscope or the actual soldering with the harness in general does not matter, also a tiny power board, all this can be done either as an assembly or as a single board, and in both cases the space occupied will be less than the volume of a matchbox and either add 10-20 mm of height to the engine compartment or generally place the assembly between the edges of the motor and the outer frame of the walk-behind tractor, which would result in the most compact walk-behind tractor in its class damn, these are just my personal wishes to the manufacturer, I hope in the future they will still please me with a similar new product. Further, one of the advantages is protection against overflow, let me remove this,
that is, if you are tired of fishing in the zoo in the heat, and all of a sudden, when switching the power from one battery to another, you mix up the polarity, then nothing will happen, the device will not burn out, and this, for me, is quite a big plus, there have been cases now let’s pay attention to The target designator handles are both excellent, each in its own way; it has a neoprene porous coating , which is excellent during the cold season when, for example, in late autumn it pours icy rain and the cold cramps your fingers. But with such a handle, this does not threaten you; you can also order a device with a handle, which is magnificent especially in the dark, since it is equipped with an organic backlight with self-powered amazingly soft directional illumination from which no one’s eyes get tired, and of course it is waterproof and the battery power of the handle lasts for seven days of continuous operation; however, I have a remark even about the handle, or rather about its battery, the fact is that it is not common, unpopular, but It seems to me that the volume of this pen could easily fit two or even four AA batteries, in extreme cases a Krona type battery. Yes, it would not work for so long, but similar batteries can be bought at any rural store. And here, if you didn’t purchase on time... In general,
apart from this minus, the handle is still just very cool. It should also be noted that the rotator is initially equipped with mounting brackets for the Pnoptics or Active Target sensor out of the box, which must be specified when ordering so that the kit includes what you need, this is a really good plus , and so we have become familiar with the mechanism, we have examined its weak and strong sides, go to the manual in the delivery box, you will find a control unit from which three cables also come pedals, two remote controls and a rotator mount, which means there will also be a warranty card and the instructions are so meager, poor, without pictures. Okay, if you have a set with a hold, for example goal 3, you should pay attention to the cover of the control unit on which it is indicated that this unit must be firmly fixed on the boat with the lid up, there is no need to be afraid of mixing up the cables since the connectors have a different number of pins, now we connect the pedals, we connect the rotator walk-behind tractor, and yes, what is it, yeah, now we connect the battery terminals, by the way, the power cable and has a pre-installed factory button, which is very good and by the way, it is of quite high quality, so pay attention if you have a model without holding, then when power is applied, the rotator immediately goes into combat mode and is ready for use, and in the model with heading holding, at the moment of connection, the gyroscope is automatically calibrated according to the instructions. During calibration, you need to set the boat as level as possible and ensure that the vessel remains motionless , and if the calibration is successful, the light will go out and a specific signal will sound, and at first glance everything is clear, but for me this gives rise to a lot of questions, well, let’s do a simulation: Excitement, the wind is against the current, you are saturated with oxygen on the river, which increases The appetite of the pike perch, having arrived at its favorite point, naturally your boat is moving. This is how we will simulate the rocking of the boat on the waves and now during this rocking we turn on the rotator and while the rocking continues the device cannot carry out calibration or give a signal about failure and return to the saved settings, that is, at the same time, it does not respond to any controls and works exclusively in manual mode as if it were not even motorized, but the boat needs to settle down for 5 seconds, auto-calibration will occur, I was actually a little shocked by this decision, I made a request to the manufacturer for that I received an answer that it is necessary to calibrate before the slip of the boat, yeah, that is, if you have a long journey of several tens of kilometers to the fishing point, all this time the rotator will be turned on, in general, I’m a little confused by this all, but these are all theoretical speculations, I made inquiries about the statistics of complaints requests in the Alexander Khovrina store and it turned out that there were never any requests on this matter, and in general during the entire period of sales there was only one request something like that It didn’t work out well with the electrics, in general, there’s just an isolated case of defects, and this all tells us that the device is really reliable and suits its consumer, so tests on water will put everything in its place, then after the calibration has taken place, we begin operation using the A and B keys of the control panel and the corresponding pedal keys, we control the rotation of the rotator to the right or left on the pedals, we see the handle of a variable resistor, the rotation of which sets the operating speed of the rotator. potentiometer underfoot, in my opinion, a controversial decision, maybe I’m
too old, of course, but every time I bend deeply into tight boats in order to adjust something, well, it’s not so convenient and it seems to me that you can disable it by stepping on a boot, well, it seems that no such complaints have been received. Further, to turn on the auto-scanning mode, you must either simultaneously press the pedals or the key From the remote control, this is how the rotator will begin to yaw 80° to the right and left from the central point of the initial position, that is, it will describe a semicircle of 160°, but during scanning you will not be able to adjust the speed with a potentiometer, in order to change the speed you will need to first stop the rotator, adjust the speed with a resistor, then find the central position of the start of auto scanning and start scanning again, in my opinion, well, this whole procedure is not that convenient, but it is acceptable, and finally, one of the most useful functions, let's stop it , hold the target, a very necessary thing when working alone without a gunner without a partner especially on boats with a fish platform, for those who are not in the know, I will explain the essence of the technology when installing a boat on an anchor, regardless of the type of anchor, the boat begins to rotate either by the current or the wind, except for cases of using more than one anchor when the boat is placed on the so-called stretch as statically as possible, but this is not quite our case, better let’s simulate the operation of the device based on what we learned about it, we have an aluminum boat with a GPS anchor, we turn on the rotator BM Factory and Panoptics the rotator will be calibrated in 5 seconds, but now we direct the rotator handle, for example, along the axis of the vessel and turn on auto scanning, for example, by pressing the C key on the remote control, we begin to move through the reservoir at a speed of 4 to 6 km/h, rafting downstream with the right side wind, we observe the situation in Panoptics in search of biological fish and suddenly we detect an object, simultaneously press the anchor setting button on the electric motor remote control and the D key on remote control of the rotator or on the red button on the pedals, which is very convenient since this is done with your foot, at this moment the boat begins to turn clockwise relative to the anchor, but the rotator continues to maintain the direction where the object was detected, even if the fish that falls into the field of view of Panoptix moves, you have the opportunity to steer the rotator using pedals or a remote control attached to the rod and the handle becomes a target indicator of the direction of the request, excellent technology, although there will always be those who will argue that the Earth flat and progress is evil, let’s sum it up overall the device is interesting and based on the statistics it’s very, very it is reliable, it has the maximum possible number of accessories and additional options, the platform and assumes almost any installation on any surface of any vessel, this manufacturer provides a unique opportunity to equip a rotator; none of its direct competitors have such a feature, that is, you can purchase a basic manual model and later upgrade it to a motorized version, for example, with target holding ; I’ll share with you a couple of life hacks that I managed to discover while studying this rotator, let’s break the system and the first one will be like this: if for some reason you want to use the rotator without pedals, then the device will work without them, only you will not have a natural speed adjustment, and the rest everything works, so we’ll plug it back in. Then the manufacturer did not provide functionality for independently linking wireless remote controls and pedals, but since most four-channel remote controls operate at a frequency of 433 MHz and have training functionality, you can order spare remote controls in advance and duplicate the existing ones, taking into account that the cost of such remote controls is cheap and delivery, for example, on Ozone within 24 hours, making backup spare ones will never hurt how to train remote controls, check the instructions for the remote control, and I remind you that you can always buy these rotators in the Alexander Khovrina store where there are discounts for subscribers of our channel, so subscribe right now, like and remember Uncle Vova will not teach you anything bad until m
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