EzraT Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hi all, I recently managed to get my hands on one of these: http://www.mod-sales.com/vehicle/history/62770/British_Aerospace_Rapier_Missile.htm With the aim of eventually being able to use it as a towing winch. If anyone has any information or ideally a wiring diagram that would be awesome. I have no idea about what power source this thing needs or how to wire in the controller- please see pictures here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0zfcz5x84u6fagl/nknpnV47m5 Any help would be greatly appreciated! Ezra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 try 12 22 16 regt RA sites as they were the ones to use fsb3/4 iirc its the lift from the Bedford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzraT Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share Posted April 17, 2014 try 12 22 16 regt RA sites as they were the ones to use fsb3/4 iirc its the lift from the Bedford Thanks- that's really helpful! I'm a little new to this, can you tell me what "fsb3/4 iirc" means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris c8 fat Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 rapier was a n air defence system towed by landrovers but the later type was towed by a bedford it had a winch to position the tracker unit iirc i never got to play with this set up having to man handle every thing out the back of a 1tonne:cool2: FS ment Field Standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 The disappointing thing is that the electric motor on them is 400 volt AC. Supply must have come from the generator supplying the Rapier system. I think a lot of people ate buying them blind off the auction site not realising this fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzraT Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks for all the help- From conversations with my electrical engineering friends the motor is powered by a fairly standard 3 phase arrangement with a 24V DC control system. Hopefully we will work out the exact voltage/ampage soon and with a 3-phase inverter get this thing up and running soon! Edited April 22, 2014 by EzraT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mill comms Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 About 30 years ago I worked in the Rapier FRTV facility in Stevenage, on the DITMCO test line. Im sure all the Rapier kit runs on 400 Hz 3 Phase (so not the 50 Hz we normally use) So you will need a aircraft solid state static inverter(they do come up for sale from time to time) or a Rapier SCREAMER genny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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