I if were to want to make an RC car, but I needed a motor and wheels (etc.) would it be possible to go to the dollar store (for instance) and get a small, cheapo RC car and scrap?
What I did to save some time was buy a $20 rc car and wired a 9v battery pack adapter in series with the battery pack that was onboard. The shell of the car comes off. Tape the 9v to the top of the innerds. Turned that cheap rc into one really fast little sucker. Fun as heck. I went as far as two 9v batteries in series with 4 AA batteries. Anymore than that and the gears will probably shred themselves. I can do a 360 just by hitting the reverse button. I did this to two cars.
They are actually quite fun now.
Wonder if I can do the same with a $2 RC car... hhah ;p Not wanting to spend a lot of money on something I would play with just for proof of concept, or something like that.
Ya. Can do it with any battery powered cheapy. Start small and see what kind of boost you get as you add a little more juice each time. Make sure you are soldering the wire connections in series.
Thanks for the tip XD
You can do a lot more with a second hand RC Race car -
Yaw Control
Data Logging
Lap Timing
If you can find a cheap Tamiya M03 its a great little car.
Cars -
And more projects -
http://rcarduino.blogspot.com/p/how-tos.html
Duane B
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