Battery drill, zip-ties, lumber and you're on the road...

[Boink]

What a clever little car:

[odd, BTW, that a YouTube post only appears as a link for me but not for others - used to be OK]

 

[Guest]

Dig that rope and pinion steering.

 

[Boink]

I would have first thought of a direct drive to the drill, but their friction solution on the wheel was so simple!

 

[Gliderman8]

Try this....

 

[JPSmit]

Amazing, i would not have thought it would get so far on a charge. I did have a friend though who powered his large RC warship with a drill and a servo.

 

[Boink]

[I used to be able to post a YouTube using the embed feature but it no longer works for me - odd - wonder what changed]

Anyway, you should look at some of the related OTHER videos. Amazing, though similar, stuff.

 

[NutmegCT]

Mark - if you remove the "s" from the "https" in the link, it should work ok.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Cool, simple idea.

 

[Boink]

Mark - if you remove the "s" from the "https" in the link, it should work ok.

Thanks! I'll try that. [didn't think I was doing anything different than before.]

 

[Gliderman8]

Tom has it right

 

[Boink]

Tom has it right
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Odd that I don't remember doing that before. Will do now (thanks Tom and Elliot).

 

[Gliderman8]

Mark- I don't think you had to remove the "s" before. The added "s" means it's secure. I guess YouTube must have started adding it to the URL address.

 

[Boink]

Mark- I don't think you had to remove the "s" before. The added "s" means it's secure. I guess YouTube must have started adding it to the URL address.

Thanks. Makes sense now. I shall de-S those.