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at one point i will do the same, but will do it from scratch. i will keep my thumper as one project and start a 6 wheel project in the future. I did receive my robot claws. so that is the next step.

last upgrades, pictures to follow; head lights front and rear. still working on "bobcat" controls.

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@Raybot After some thinking, calculating, I figured that buying 2 cars was cheaper than buying parts(depending on brand ?50 - 150,- per wheel(complete suspension with all the bearings and stuff)). I didn't want to completly design all the parts, because there are quite a few, I also figured it would take a few weeks of milling to make them all. And I'm to lazy to start from zero.

At this point I'm designing a base plate where I'll attach everything to. After that I need to design some more parts and send them out to be CNC'd.

Some pictures:

My robot in peices:

My new suspension: With some awesome purple anodized parts

My base plate rev.AA 1/6 of the way:

May I ask what kind of 2.4 ghz camera are you using? Analog cameras that operate on 2.4 ghz are a wide band and cause interference. Have you tried EZ Cam? Also the easy cam has ten channel options and wifi routers usually 16. As long as they are not on the same channel everything is peachy. I will say that the more a signal is amplified you get more spectrum bleed over. This causes interference on other channels of 2.4ghz. Specifically if you don't want to use ez cam (which is a good little camera by the way) then make sure whatever cam you use is a wifi ip camera and be sure that the antennas are not near each other. Once example would be a rubber 6db antenna on one side and identical antenna on the other side 10 to 12 inches apart. - Josh S.

I don't know how "techie" you want to go but you can make a narrow field antenna , like a sat dish sitting on top of a servo. , use a few adc ports to make you a custom signal tracking turret that always point "home" to the signal origination. Its somthing the military uses all the time as a adhoc connection verses having to actually use a sat link is space for communication. Doing this you can get much more range from a lower transmission power. Lower transmission power and a direction antenna means less interference for other equipment. My roomate operated and built equipment like that and he was a journeyman Radio tech in the united states air force.

@jstarne1 If I don't have to buy new equipement, in a way like switching to 5.8ghz ,I'm up for anything. But I think it'll be quite a challange to make it point to my pc at all times, but sure it's cool, so thats another reson to do it. But I first have to finish my little "suspension project", before I start with something else.

Uhm about the camera... Well I think it's the most cheap Chinees camera one can find, it might just jam everything... My asus eee pc 900hd used to lose wifi if I powered the camera. The specs should state that it's a 10mW camera on channel 2, but thats about it... Don't know the rest.

@budel0

can't you use the RC car frames and mount them back to back, AKA use the front where the steering components are of each car and fabricate a mounting plate to mount them together. Cut of one set of rear wheels and use one complete frame and one just for the front (what becomes the rear steering setup)

does this make sense?

Ray

@Raybot Well that mostly was the plan, but I figured to design my own base where I'll mount everything to. I'm thinking aluminum, maybe anodized because it looks cool.

About 3/5th, its missing a few holes (like the complete mid-section)

@budel0 looks great, i don't have those design skills / software so i always think simplistic I'm an Executive Pastry Chef for a living so all i do is handy work i do have some friends that have CNC routers and Laser cutter do........ which i will put in use in the future.

Ray