So I had always planned to rip 6 suspension units off of an RC truck (actually I had planned to buy the aluminum *bling* versions separate and somehow mount the whole thing on my base) so that I could get a robot with suspension that would have independent steering on each wheel so it could turn on the spot and climb stairs and stuff without getting hung up...would have cost $2200 and I would still have to find a way to mount it all to a base and retrofit the whole thing to run on electric motors...
but then I found out there are RC rock crawlers so I took a look. And OMG. They have practically all of this taken care of! The suspension can go over huge huge obstacles and you can practically twist the chassis from the suspension. Sure it has only 4 wheels, but it doesn't get caught up on stuff anyways. The wheels also seem to be unlinked from each other so I should be able to easily fit a steering servo for each one for independent steering so I can turn on the spot. They also seem to use way way more metal parts than normal RC trucks (even though I despise cars I like bling on my robots). it also costs half the price as it did before (or at least the same if I buy the transmission and everything else but then it's all made to go together instead of me using my shoddy mechanic skills). Check it out!
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...Yes I know I need a gf to stop me from getting so excited over something so silly lol.
but then I found out there are RC rock crawlers so I took a look. And OMG. They have practically all of this taken care of! The suspension can go over huge huge obstacles and you can practically twist the chassis from the suspension. Sure it has only 4 wheels, but it doesn't get caught up on stuff anyways. The wheels also seem to be unlinked from each other so I should be able to easily fit a steering servo for each one for independent steering so I can turn on the spot. They also seem to use way way more metal parts than normal RC trucks (even though I despise cars I like bling on my robots). it also costs half the price as it did before (or at least the same if I buy the transmission and everything else but then it's all made to go together instead of me using my shoddy mechanic skills). Check it out!
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...Yes I know I need a gf to stop me from getting so excited over something so silly lol.
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