Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Radio Control 8


Beach buggy bodies ok, still brown over spray to do.
Monster chassis with wheels in front.

Sunday, 7 August 2016

Radio Control 7

Decided to cut it short, yes I'll create the bodies and they will be accurate, but the main purpose is to test usability of my ESP8266 RC module against standard RC kit.

Twin rolling chassis, yellow tape is my module, brown tape is standard FlySky receiver.

Left is standard ESC and all wiring including switch, charge sockets, connectors to batteries.
Right is my module with piggy backed ESP8266-03 module.

Same on left, right is FlySky 4 channel receiver.

The compare very well in operation, I think my module is good enough.
Now to finish off, got 2 bodies printed, put together and rubbed down. Got Airbrush and paints on order. Bodies clip on well.
Whilst awaiting painting gear, I may well get on with monster mod, both Grand Children are eagerly awaiting their buggies with monster truck wheels, should then work on lawn.
Then I'll package it all up and publish on Thingiverse.
Not sure how Thingiverse will the whole design with module, PCB etc. Should be interesting.