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So I've got myself an electric power wheels that I have converted to use a 24V Kobalt drill battery. It occurred to me that making it RC might be even more fun than trying to ride around on it like some sort of Buffoon. I've had lots of RC cars, but not done a lot of building on them. Looking to see if I could get some suggestions on the best way to go about this.
My current thoughts are:
1) Tear out old Control box.
2) Find/wire in 24v reversible Speed controller. Recommendations?
3) Get pistol grip radio and receiver - are the cheap ones on Amazon good enough?
4) Figure out how to get the 24V motor/speed control system and whatever voltage the receiver needs to be on to co exist within the circuit. LM2596 work for this?
5) Find a servo that will allow proportional control of the front end steering. The car is equipped with an electric steering motor so that a person could buy the aftermarket Radio controller and harness, but those things are TERRIBLE and I doubt that the motor can be made to behave like a servo with the return to center behavior.
Any thoughts and help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Sam
My current thoughts are:
1) Tear out old Control box.
2) Find/wire in 24v reversible Speed controller. Recommendations?
3) Get pistol grip radio and receiver - are the cheap ones on Amazon good enough?
4) Figure out how to get the 24V motor/speed control system and whatever voltage the receiver needs to be on to co exist within the circuit. LM2596 work for this?
5) Find a servo that will allow proportional control of the front end steering. The car is equipped with an electric steering motor so that a person could buy the aftermarket Radio controller and harness, but those things are TERRIBLE and I doubt that the motor can be made to behave like a servo with the return to center behavior.
Any thoughts and help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Sam