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Re: hmph
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Tue, 6 Feb 1996 03:57:57 GMT
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raest <raest@vnetNOMORESPAM.net>
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why not use the cars drive electronics, just bypass the radio part, it
would take a little work to find the points where the motors are turned
on, but it should work. Just watch out for other people with remote
control units.
On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Fred G. Martin wrote:
> > How about buying a $15 RC car from radio shack and adding a $15 servo to
> > do the front steering? I haven't tried it. I'm using RC-10 cars and
> > they're GREAT. Independent suspension, hispeed, good traction...
> > but several hundred dollars.
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> Be careful. Cheap RC cars tend to use 3v motors that want to draw a
> fair bit of current.
>
> Expensive RC cars use motors in a better voltage range for the HB
> (.e.g, 8.4 or 9.6v), but they draw serious current (5 to 10A easy).
>
> -F
>
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) Be careful. Cheap RC cars tend to use 3v motors that want to draw a fair bit of current. Expensive RC cars use motors in a better voltage range for the HB (.e.g, 8.4 or 9.6v), but they draw serious current (5 to 10A easy). -F (29 years ago, 5-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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