I am trying to make a turning target for a law enforcement firearms range that will turn 90 degrees forward then back. Either with motor, servo, actuator. Open to suggestions.
I want to minimize electronics unless we have to program it to do that.
I want to be able to control it with a switch or remote control.
Thank you for your consideration.
Hi,
You will have to post more information so I can help you with the choice of the material.
What is the weight of the target? What is the speed you need the target to turn?
Do you have a drawing of your concept?
Let me know and It’ll be my pleasure to help you.
The target can be motorized on top or on the bottom.
Target is paper and is mounted to a 24x48" cardboard piece
I was planning on the sides being 1x2" pieces of wood running down the sides and either top and/or bottom
Total weight would be around 5lbs.
Thank you.
Are these going to be fixed stations? The above design leads me to believe that you want them to be mobile/movable? Action Target has a lot of solutions to base your design on. They also have a target that is held from the bottom and ‘drops’ out of sight which they use for shot recognition, but can be modified for ready to fire positions.
Do you have a speed requirement for when the target appears or disappears?
Do all targets turn from the range control officers station or will it be an on demand solution per shooter and/or group of shooters?
I’m assuming that a servo solution will be the best bet because step motors aren’t always 100% accurate when you set them to turn to a specify degree.
Yes, Action Target and others have designs at a great expense. We are trying to create something more on a budget for an all volunteer law enforcement organization.
We would like to have it so we can turn them.
-Some of the qualification course turns the target at 4, 5, 6, or 15 seconds-that way the student has only so long to see a facing target before it’s removed from view.
-We want them mobile. The targets can have a lower base than pictured, so we can take them to various ranges or layouts on a range.
-The motor/arm/etc can be on top or on the bottom.
-A central location behind the student is desired.
-we’ve tried with ropes, fan motors, windshield wiper motors, gutted electric drills
Some inexpensive way to turn my target 90 degrees back and forth on command. Prefer some electric method and even better if I could control it remotely. We want to start with one and then have multiple individual ones and a rack that can turn two or three targets at the same time.
