My RC Car (Homemade tank) 56k'ers beware - Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

pike · 26th December 2004, 05:52 AM

This is my rc tank that i built together and designed : Admins move this to robotics if nescessary. (but i just want the publicity)

pike · 26th December 2004, 05:54 AM

hmm they wont lemme post more than 3 images. Here we go again

pike · 26th December 2004, 06:03 AM

one last image admins plz:

pike · 26th December 2004, 06:09 AM

It runs pretty nicely actually. The suspension does however sometimes lock> it is a snack to run. Speed?? about 90m per minute.

*the neighbours can finally get some sleep.

Juglenaut · 26th December 2004, 06:18 AM

should use a chain saw bladed chain hehe.

It would get better traction.

samcheetah · 26th December 2004, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Juglenaut

should use a chain saw bladed chain hehe.

It would get better traction

yeah and it would make mince meat out of anything it runs over :twisted:

great work there pike!

doctor_prox · 27th December 2004, 01:37 AM

Class can your cam take videos :P

pike · 27th December 2004, 02:58 AM

Nah my cheappy camera cant take videos and it doesn't have a zoom function either. So it kinda stuffs it up when i want a closeup. but you cant see anything cuz my shadow is there.

I thought of that chainsaw blade idea but each chain costed $22 each. alot cheaper to use the $4 bike chains. There is almost nost traction on tiles and concrete. On grass though that is a different story!!!

Vaibhav Birit · 27th December 2004, 04:25 AM

pike your tank is excellent, its RC isn.t it. What did you use for making it RC. Did you use built in chips for RC. could you share some detail.

pike · 27th December 2004, 07:30 AM

http://www.lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/tx_picboard.htm
http://www.lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/rx_picboard.htm

These are the 2 webpages that i got my infromation mainly from. The principal in how the information is transmitted is just about identical.

Judging from your location you are interested mainly in the radio transmitter/receiver end yes??

RFmodules my friend 8)

pike · 27th December 2004, 07:45 AM

O.K i found some of the diagrams that I drew along time ago:

These licence free radio modules are excellent!!!

**Nigel Goodwin** · 27th December 2004, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by pike

http://www.lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/tx_picboard.htm
http://www.lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/rx_picboard.htm

These are the 2 webpages that i got my infromation mainly from. The principal in how the information is transmitted is just about identical.

Judging from your location you are interested mainly in the radio transmitter/receiver end yes??

Interesting you used my old Cybot radio plans :lol:

It's not really a very good example of how to do it, as it uses plain (inverted) RS232, with no coding at all - but for this simple application it works fine, because it simply transmits the data continually.

pike · 28th December 2004, 07:40 AM

Yeh i know its not the best way to transmit information. Range is somewhat limited compared if you used a shielded enclosure.

I didn't actually use your code to write it. I wrote it from scratch.

Thats why now i want to switch over to the amatuers band. and use higher power devices while staying in the limits. Thats why alot of remote control toys operate in this frequency range here. less power restrictions means more range and less malfunctions.

laurent sixtooth · 30th December 2004, 08:01 AM

i really like your project when i saw it my heart blow.cause i've never build something like that cogratulation.can u send me circuits
and plans for this project

bloody-orc · 30th May 2005, 09:58 PM

hi thre... old thread but who cares. it's still a masterpeace.

anyways those motors of yours, you got them from drills as you say, yes?
but what gears do you use? the same the rdill had or bought new ones or made yourself? i plan and hope to do something also in the summer and now i'm cathering information on everything...

also how much you spent on all that thing? over 1k$?

and about those nice tracs... where you got the wheels and those little toothgears? from a local bikeshop? do they really sell them seperately?

and with what do you control it? with a laptop? well i plan to do so using RF also and hoped that if you did control it with your laptop then maybe you could share your knollage with me :wink:

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26th December 2004, 06:09 AM	(permalink)
pike	It runs pretty nicely actually. The suspension does however sometimes lock> it is a snack to run. Speed?? about 90m per minute. *the neighbours can finally get some sleep. __________________ www.winpicprog.co.uk - Great PIC language tutorials.

26th December 2004, 06:18 AM	(permalink)
Juglenaut	should use a chain saw bladed chain hehe. It would get better traction. __________________ Your website has been blocked

27th December 2004, 01:37 AM	(permalink)
doctor_prox	Class can your cam take videos :P

27th December 2004, 02:58 AM	(permalink)
pike	Nah my cheappy camera cant take videos and it doesn't have a zoom function either. So it kinda stuffs it up when i want a closeup. but you cant see anything cuz my shadow is there. I thought of that chainsaw blade idea but each chain costed $22 each. alot cheaper to use the $4 bike chains. There is almost nost traction on tiles and concrete. On grass though that is a different story!!! __________________ www.winpicprog.co.uk - Great PIC language tutorials.

27th December 2004, 04:25 AM	(permalink)
Vaibhav Birit	pike your tank is excellent, its RC isn.t it. What did you use for making it RC. Did you use built in chips for RC. could you share some detail. __________________ www.vaibhavbirit.bravehost.com

27th December 2004, 07:30 AM	(permalink)
pike	http://www.lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/tx_picboard.htm http://www.lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/rx_picboard.htm These are the 2 webpages that i got my infromation mainly from. The principal in how the information is transmitted is just about identical. Judging from your location you are interested mainly in the radio transmitter/receiver end yes?? RFmodules my friend 8) __________________ www.winpicprog.co.uk - Great PIC language tutorials.

28th December 2004, 07:40 AM	(permalink)
pike	Yeh i know its not the best way to transmit information. Range is somewhat limited compared if you used a shielded enclosure. I didn't actually use your code to write it. I wrote it from scratch. Thats why now i want to switch over to the amatuers band. and use higher power devices while staying in the limits. Thats why alot of remote control toys operate in this frequency range here. less power restrictions means more range and less malfunctions. __________________ www.winpicprog.co.uk - Great PIC language tutorials.

30th December 2004, 08:01 AM	(permalink)
laurent sixtooth	about tank i really like your project when i saw it my heart blow.cause i've never build something like that cogratulation.can u send me circuits and plans for this project

30th May 2005, 09:58 PM	(permalink)
bloody-orc	hi thre... old thread but who cares. it's still a masterpeace. anyways those motors of yours, you got them from drills as you say, yes? but what gears do you use? the same the rdill had or bought new ones or made yourself? i plan and hope to do something also in the summer and now i'm cathering information on everything... also how much you spent on all that thing? over 1k$? and about those nice tracs... where you got the wheels and those little toothgears? from a local bikeshop? do they really sell them seperately? and with what do you control it? with a laptop? well i plan to do so using RF also and hoped that if you did control it with your laptop then maybe you could share your knollage with me :wink: __________________ Need Help? Press F1 If that doesn\'t help you, ask me... I might know better.