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Originally posted by spaz13
Well, I wanna spend as less as possible. I have 2 servos, pager motor, bit gears, bit motors, soldering iron, dremel, drill, hack saw, and some other tools. What do I need to build something pretty simple? And please give me info on where to get the,. preferably in the US. TIA
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:ö: spaz13, man you're at the right track, you already have most of the things needed to build a 1/87 rc truck!...
¤ you have 2servos right?.. how small are they?.. if they are as small as the pico 5.4grams servo, then they are perfect for your project
... you need one for steering the front axle, and the other servo.. can be modified to be your E.S.C or electronic speed controller (we've posted threads on how to do this mod)... the pager motor (7mm) in my own opinion, have more torque compared with bit motors, now when you've already modified the servo electronics to function as your esc, you are left with a motor, and servo gear sets... these gear sets are smaller than the bit charge gear sets, well it's up to you if you plan to use them on your truck or not, but the converted servo esc can manage to accept a certain amount of amp load from the motor, that's one reason why you cannot use the gear ratio as the bit-charge gear ratio, which is very high that may damage your electronics.. all you need now is a reciever small emough to fit inside a 1/87 truck, an rc model plane is the best choice and the GWS r-4p FM reciever has the perfect measurement for this project, i believe you already have an FM transmitter right?... and some small batteries, usually the same size as the bit-charge batteries, ei, don't forget the 1/87 model truck body, which i understand is widely available in the US's hobby shop
there you have it!.. and in my own opinion, the simplicity of your truck will be based on your chassis design
