Hey Community , i really don't do enough fun projects. As you may notice many of my projects have a utility function. Squeegee mops, jarvis vacuums, smart marine fish tank is... well smart lol. So this is just for fun and I hope others enjoy it. I have already contemplated using it as a demonstration tool to get kids interested in technology. . Dang it! This is just for fun , ok I'll try not to get to serious with this. My friend Marty was talking about being able to drive the power wheels around while his kid was in it around the neighborhood. Or if his kid was driving and got to far he's just a button click away from stopping it. We found a free power wheels that had seen some rough years and we gave it a complete makeover. It looks better than new, new Gel cells from power sonic , smart charging and more. I gave it a cool high grass stripe camo.pattern and gave it to his son for his birthday. I'll post a couple pics. He's on the fence about doing the further mods so i searched craigslist.org for another power wheels that had been loved a little too hard. Searching for something with space and power I wanted I set my heart on a f150 , Toyota 4x or jeep 4x4. I didn't find a 4x4 model but f150 was the next best as it had dual gearboxes with rs585 motors. Also a good gel battery and charger was included. Here come some pics...
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I found plastidip in spray can format and tried it on the grill.
Here is the grill , predrilled with 48 holes for 850nm leds. The grill will be like a giant illuminator.
A 3 inch lip all the way around the vehicle was coated in the hard rubber sealant , the grey primered area will be plastidip coated just like the grill. Very stealthy looking I like it.
awesome color.
i wouldn use paper do.it absorbs paint and can leave marks behind it.
Thanks bud
The rubber spray is so thick the paper doesn't absorb it at all. It should be a descent. I don't believe the project will have any runs. If it does I will touch it up once the whole project is together and ready to use.
The garage was "hazy" with a aerosol in the air so pics are blurry. I will take better pics tommorow weather permitting when i assemble the car back together.
I will probably use a saber tooth or generic motor controller I already have. I will use a servo gearbox I believe for steering and ofcourse ezb. I am considering wiring it for 24 volts to make the car reasonably gast since it lacks 60 is pounds of a child riding in it. That's about a 40 percent weight reduction.
Sorry the pics are dark but you will have a better view tommorow.
http://hackaday.com/2012/01/11/power-wheels-jeep-makes-an-awesome-rc-car/
A pink barbie power wheels made to be Radio Controlled was featured by Hackaday. So let's make this a giant robot and see if we can submit the project to hackaday. Honesty I don't know why I have not thought of submitting anything to them before.
At the bottom there is a video of his steering. It is a servo city gearbox. He rigged a servo to press the gas peddle so he didn't have to buy a motor controller of anykind.
This is really awesome Josh!
Ok here are some 90 percent assembled pictures. All the screws are not in the body so some things may be out of alignment. Right now I am working to install all the IR leds in the grill.
Ok so there is the stealth black on black paint job and rubber chip guard around the entire bottom edge. I will probably remove the seats but right now they cover two large holes in the floor.
Ok so here's the IR illuminator I promised. This will light up like headlights when a electronic IR sensitive camera is used. I already modified a 2.4 GHz ez cam that I am considering installing dead center of the grill where the Ford logo is.
The 48 850nm IR leds are hot glued in place , now just for wiring parallel to 1.5 volts.