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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jstarne1 , I can,t wait to see where this goes. I picked up a pink jeep out for garbage near my inlaws house? Maybe a big RC vehicle or EZB? Steve S
Now that EZB can be controlled by wifi or bluetooth with the android app you can turn about anything into a programmable RC vehicle. Flying quad or hex copter, car, tank, beer robot or whatever you can dream up. Ezb can do what hundreds or even thousands in specialty marketed hobby items would do for you.
So far I'm waiting on the speed Controller to have forward and reverse so i may not have much progress this weekend. Also I'm waiting on the led headlights and tail lights I ordered this week.
A few items on the agenda.
Lights arrived...
A single bulb lighting up the corner of my kitchen , they are fairly bright so imaging 4 of them
now I just need the speed controller to start wiring and testing this bad boy
Hey, I have a brushguard bumper of a jeep pwr wheels that would look great on the front of that rig. Do you want it? I can get a little bigger box and add it to your care package.
Sure man if you want to send it i can see if it will fit on. You know me I love custom stuff.
Great news the Hobby King 45 amp Brushed motor controller came in.
i will need to change the connectors to my favorite Turnigy XT 60 connectors because this isn't going into a little traxxas branded car. It's going in a Giant sized RC power wheels truck.
so how are you going to do the steering set up. i have a similar project I'm doing but I'm sure there's an easier set up then the way im trying to make work. I'll post some pics of mine