ROT:- building toys Gadets.

Apr 02, 2006 6 Replies
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Me and my lad here (aged 7) have just pulled appart a scrap remote control car.



We would like to mount wireless camera on a platform and use the remains of the remote gizmology to adjust the pitch and direction of the camera. This is all just for fun. We would then like to mount it in the back of his R/C defender (not so OT after all eh!) and go and record some off road footage :-)



Can any one point us in the direction of useful gearing and such like that will attach to common garden r/c motors and what have you to help achieve the above. I know that someone here will know such is the diversity of the group.



We could also use it for reccies when lanning ;-)



Lee


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Maplin used to do a little kit, can't find it now, it was just a camera mounted on to a servo which was then mounted onto another servo, one servo left and right the other up and down. Should be easy to do. Your biggest problem would be keeping the camera steady, it will be shaken all over the place.

I would try just mounting the camera onto one servo, use those red elastic bands you find everwhere. Then mount both onto the next servo again using elastic bands (make sure servos are at 90 degrees) worth a try. The servos should be powerful enough to power the whole thing.

Nigel nigel@leginDOTorg

1979 Lightweight Blitz 4x4 and a couple of SJs for spares
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Nigel uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Cheers Nigel,

I found this.... which relies on Lego.

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The motors from the scrap car are 12v quite a biggun with a rapid rpm and a

7.5 volt one, not so fast that was linked to the steering. I could to with gearing it all down a bit. I've lots of little project ideas running around in my head now...doesn't take much... One of which is to build a carrier for the camera and have a number of rubber wheels on which would climb a scaffold pole. Said pole could then be errected on a handy 101 ambulance.. only limitation being the length of the pole able to be carried... would make for an interesting club stand cam.

One motor could then drive the wheels and the other rotate the cam around the carrier for full 360 vision unhindered by cable assuming it has one of those dinky wireless cameras on.

Any one any idea of how to gear it such that the carrier stays put once the motor stops , i.e. stop it comming back down the pole at a great rate.

Lee

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KISS Keep It Simple Silly Just attach the camera to the end of the pole and raise the pole with the camera already at the top?

Nigel

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scaffolding poles are a bit heavy for swinging about mate nip down the local hardware store and get your self an extending clothes line pole they are brilliant for messing with light and pack away nicely. It not that hard to join a couple together if you want to go nuts. I've used them for allsorts of stuff ( make great hide poles after a bit of cammo tape is attached) . You've set me thinking tho I have one of those mini desktop racers actually a hummer I suppose................. Derek ( Disco victim)

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Nigel uttered summat worrerz funny about:

No wheres the fun in that.... next you'll be suggesting I put a IIa engine and box in the IIa ;-)

Lee

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Might be better off to start with a remote control tank, the couple I picked up have turret rotate and elevate, so the camera could be taped to the gun.

They were returns from a mail order company which had been donated to a project to make remote control gizmos for the disabled but over half of them were fully functional. I guess the profit margin was high and the returns low so it was not worth the cost of investigating them.

AJH

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