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Lawn DIY – How to Make an RC Lawnmower!

Posted on November 15, 2009 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMazvf-R98

Here’s a rather interesting hack that involves a regular lawnmower converted into an RC lawnmower.  Brilliant!

This should make lawnmowing much more fun.  Better yet, your kids will have a blast cutting the lawn.

This instructable will show you how to make your Arduino into an R/C interface that you can use for just about anything requiring remote control. I will also show you how I built an R/C lawnmower using my Arduino, a cheap R/C transmitter and receiver pair, and a couple of electric-wheelchair motors f

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RC Mini Cooper!

Posted on October 27, 2009 by max

Just plain bored?  Or need some ways to entertain your cats and dogs?  Get this RC Mini Cooper for just $9.99 at ThinkGeek.  Not only are these thumbnail sizes, they will virtually kill time for hours and let you have some fun.

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc6oW8PiQyQ

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DIY – Nomad Autonomous Buggy

Posted on February 6, 2007 by max

Here’s a nice little RC buggy for future reference on RC mods…

This was probably the most important thing to achieve. The R/C vehicle that I’m using has 2 servos, one to move the position of the front wheels and therefore controls steering and the other controls a mechanical speed controller (push it forwards and you go forwards, backwards and you reverse with an zone in the middle of not moving).

Servos are driven by a PWM signal which allows accurate positioning of the servo &

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Remote Controlled Shark for $120

Posted on November 2, 2006 by max

Here’s a video of a cool remote controlled shark!

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via captainjon

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Cool RC Foamy Flying Wings

Posted on October 16, 2006 by max

Here’s cool DIY plans that you can make some RC Foamy flying wings! Please send me some samples to Max! 🙂

All the 3D maneuvers are mixed up with conventional aerobatics to make a breathtaking routine…. But unlike other types of flying, a specific plane is needed. To fly 3D, you have to have a plane that’s has lots of pitch and yaw control. Elevators taking up 50%-60% of horizontal stabilizer’s surface is a must. They need to be able to travel to 45 deg in either way. The same

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RC Hydrofoam

Posted on October 16, 2006 by max

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RC Hydrofoam that can go over water, concrete, dirt, and also kinda fly~

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Micro Mosquito Helicopter

Posted on September 22, 2006 by max

Here’s a cool mosquito helicopter that is better than the one from Radio Shack…

…using the ingenious BladeRunner double-propeller system which relies on a coaxial rotor to make piloting the ‘chopper as easy as stroking a tame chipmunk. A three-channel digital remote controls up & down motion, forward & reverse, turning left & right and even allows the Mosquito to hover.

With two frequencies available, you could feasibly buy a pair of them and have Airwolf style sky battles, though you’d have to rely on the glowing green “eyes” to scare your opp

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Radio Shack Rescue Helicopter

Posted on September 22, 2006 by max

Here’s a review of Radio Shack Rescue Helicopter which can fly indoors pretty nicely.

The only thing is that it is very unstable and cannot land…also you cannot really go forward or backward…just hover and randomly it goes…

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