DIY Mojo Dove decoy!

[Jacobh05]

Nice!! I'll defiantly be making some of these

[horns07]

Following. Awesome write up.

[Blood Trail]

MAn I forgot all about this thread! Been 4 years and mine are still going strong!

[RascalArms]

TBH ingenuity...gotta love it! Good stuff guys.

[Teximo Man]

I am so going to try this!!

[Big_gun]

great build... I would want to do it, buy material and it would sit for the next 5 years and get tossed... LOL seeing the video, I would use slower RPM motors and change the wings to same rotation...

[TexasFarmStore]

Awesome! Mojos work but they are way over priced

[dodgeman]

I see a winter time project in the garage soon.

[10Ring]

I'm starting to think the shafts on the motors I used are too short. Definitely try to get shafts that are minimum 15mm, 20+mm would be better.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JR6GIVS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=ADU49CWKDPUP&coliid=I1235PT9RF6WGO

And talked to my electical engineer brother, who suggested this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CGXJSNY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It acts as a speed controller, by switching the power on and off (duty cycle %). It can conceivably increase battery life 10x.

[locknload]

good job

[BtheBuck]

Awesome!

[10Ring]

Upgrades.

Now have 6 motorized decoys, mounted on upside down tomato cages.

12 volt lawn mower battery --> PWM (pulse width modulator) to allow adjustment of the speed, and make the battery last forever with it set to a slow duty cycle --> wire harness with a wire to each dove.

Here's a short clip of testing the PWM.

https://youtu.be/QzQKus513X8

[Blood Trail]

Looks awesome! How they work this year?

[Blood Trail]

I'm starting to think the shafts on the motors I used are too short. Definitely try to get shafts that are minimum 15mm, 20+mm would be better.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JR6GIVS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=ADU49CWKDPUP&coliid=I1235PT9RF6WGO

And talked to my electical engineer brother, who suggested this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CGXJSNY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It acts as a speed controller, by switching the power on and off (duty cycle %). It can conceivably increase battery life 10x.

The motors I use are long shafted on both ends.

[10Ring]

Looks awesome! How they work this year?

Haven't had 'em out yet. They'll be ready for the south zone opener next week. We're hunting on a big ranch between George West and Beeville.