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Wulfonce

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I have a 36cc liquid cooled pocket bike engine (capable of 15000 rpm) sitting in my shed and I'm thinking about building an RC car with it. Im not an electrician so I'm not totally sure what I need to make this thing.

I suppose I would need 2 servos to control turning and throttle and obviously the controller. I read something about a transmitter. Is this the controller itself or something different? What does it do and do the servos connect to it via wires? If im missing any necessary electric components please tell me which ones.

What servos would I need for the turning? I assume they come in different strengths. Im estimating the car will weigh around 30-40 lbs when its all put together.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks
~Wulfonce~
 
i would visit a local hobby shop n ask them... i used to have a gas powered rc car, loads of fun, but i sold it cause it was too much money to repair.
 
A transmitter is the handheld control. In the car you will have a receiver hooked up to a steering and throttle servo run on a battery pack.

You will need a 1/4 scale servo for steering on this size of car. the smaller 1/10th scale servos aren't strong enough for a vehicle this heavy.


I assume the engine has a clutch. You would probably be able to use the chain drive and sprocket from the bike.
 
Aqua Sanctuary;3488136; said:
A transmitter is the handheld control. In the car you will have a receiver hooked up to a steering and throttle servo run on a battery pack.

You will need a 1/4 scale servo for steering on this size of car. the smaller 1/10th scale servos aren't strong enough for a vehicle this heavy.


I assume the engine has a clutch. You would probably be able to use the chain drive and sprocket from the bike.
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Thanks for the info.


I got the pocketbike out of the shed today, dusted it off and after close to 2 hours of maintenance I finally got it running. I had to clean out the carb, replace the fuel line, re-gap the sparkplug, refill the coolent and a few other small annoying tasks.

It wouldn't start without a fight though. After sitting for 4 years I don't blame it. I had to dump some raw fuel into the cylinder to get it to turn over. Once I reved it up a bit to get everything flowing again it started running good.

I took a video of the first start but my dad has the USB plug for my camera so I cant uploaded it onto youtube yet. I'll post the video in a few hours.


Next task is to buy some servos and whatnot and find some scrap aluminum somewhere. hmmm.... :confused:
 
cut out paper wings on it to make it run faster
 
Buy a failsafe too. That thing glitches out from interference or it goes out of range, it could do some major damage if it slammed into something.
 
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