Brushless Motors
05-21-2018, 12:30 PM
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Brushless Motors
Hello,
I'm currently in the process of trying to make my own RC tank/car/drone. I have a 3D printer and would like to do all my own designing and printing of the parts minus the electronics for it. I would like to know how to connect and use various remote controlled systems so I would really just want to know how to setup a brushless motor, what connectors and any hardware I would need and a good remote controller that has a very good range and ability to be used in different scnarios such as being used for a tracked rc, 4 wheel rc or drone.
Here is a link to some nice brushless motors but I'm sure there are just as good ones out there on other sites:
www . rcsunnysky . com
Could anyone please help me setup something that will allow me to get into this? Provide me with some useful tutorials. I mainly need to know what electronics to buy, what controller to get and how it all connects to each other. I can then design my rc cores around that.
Thank you!
Appletatoes
I'm currently in the process of trying to make my own RC tank/car/drone. I have a 3D printer and would like to do all my own designing and printing of the parts minus the electronics for it. I would like to know how to connect and use various remote controlled systems so I would really just want to know how to setup a brushless motor, what connectors and any hardware I would need and a good remote controller that has a very good range and ability to be used in different scnarios such as being used for a tracked rc, 4 wheel rc or drone.
Here is a link to some nice brushless motors but I'm sure there are just as good ones out there on other sites:
www . rcsunnysky . com
Could anyone please help me setup something that will allow me to get into this? Provide me with some useful tutorials. I mainly need to know what electronics to buy, what controller to get and how it all connects to each other. I can then design my rc cores around that.
Thank you!
Appletatoes
05-22-2018, 11:25 AM
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If you don't know enough to choose a motor, then you have no chance of designing a vehicle around a motor that we pick.
To be helpful in your endeavor, let's start with why this project interests you. Is it just that you want an RC vehicle? Maybe you are hoping to save money by making one on a 3d printer? If so, just go buy one. It will be cheaper and will work a lot better. From it, you will be able to learn about design and maybe tweak your next project from there. If the reason is that you want the challenge and like to tinker, start with a known good vehicle and design an improvement or modification to it. Even a simple RC vehicle is an interrelated system that has to work together to function at all. If you don't have the training to design something like that, you are just going to get frustrated.
To be helpful in your endeavor, let's start with why this project interests you. Is it just that you want an RC vehicle? Maybe you are hoping to save money by making one on a 3d printer? If so, just go buy one. It will be cheaper and will work a lot better. From it, you will be able to learn about design and maybe tweak your next project from there. If the reason is that you want the challenge and like to tinker, start with a known good vehicle and design an improvement or modification to it. Even a simple RC vehicle is an interrelated system that has to work together to function at all. If you don't have the training to design something like that, you are just going to get frustrated.
05-22-2018, 12:02 PM
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Thank you for the reply. I would like to design a RC tracked vehicle using two brushless motors. I need help in figuring out what brushless motors I should consider buying (leave room for possibly buying stronger motors for a faster tracked vehicle) what ESC I'll need to purchase, what battery to go with and radio system (including transmitter and receiver) to get to control the two brushless motors.
If you could provide me with some links to the items I would need to achieve control over two brushless motors, I would really appreciate that!
Thank you!
Appletatoes
If you could provide me with some links to the items I would need to achieve control over two brushless motors, I would really appreciate that!
Thank you!
Appletatoes
05-23-2018, 09:05 AM
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You'll need a tank controller for the motors. There are plenty of those around. But there is no way to spec your system without having the vehicle built first. I don't think you realize how complicated what you are planning to do is. Just buy an RC tank and get familiar with it. If you then want to design something different have at it.
