Whooptank?
Haven't built any quads for a while but there was something else I fancied fpving and had to share!
(Sorry if this isn't allowed and will remove if needed!)
After finding the perfect candidate for a micro fpv tank, I quickly designed and 3d printed a new shell and fitted with proper rx/tx, esc and fpv.
Loads of fun with the cat and a fantastic inspection bot due to its tiny size! *65mmx40mmx30mm
Two leds were overkill!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3635486
I didn't use these components as I found them later but they are even smaller.
https://www.banggood.com/Das87-Flysky-AFHDS-8CH-Nano-RC-Car-Receiver-Board-p-1476197.html?rmmds=mywishlist&cur_warehouse=CN
https://www.banggood.com/Das87-1S3A-Micro-Dual-Bi-Directional-Tank-Mix-Speed-Controller-Without-Brake-RC-Car-Parts-p-1476015.html?rmmds=mywishlist&cur_warehouse=CN
Frame |
Happy Cow 777-215 4CH 68*41*40mm Mini Radio RC Car Army Battle Infrared Tank With Light Toy
Banggood.com
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$14.25 |
ESCs |
2 x DasMikro 1S Bi-directional Brushed ESC With Break For Micro Racing Chassis
Banggood.com
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$16.94 |
FPV Camera |
1.2g Super Light 1000TVL 1/4 CMOS 2.8mm Lens FOV170 Degree Mini FPV Camera
(19 builds)
Banggood.com
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$13.94 |
FPV Transmitter |
Turbowing 5.8G 25mW 48CH FPV Super Mini Transmitter 2.9-5.5V for RC Drone
(4 builds)
Banggood.com
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$10.46 |
Receiver |
FS2A 4CH AFHDS 2A Mini Compatible Receiver PWM Output for Flysky i6 i6X i6S Transmitter
Banggood.com
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$7.20 |
Batteries |
Eachine H8 H8S 3D Mini RC Quadcopter Spare Parts 3.7V 150mAh Battery H8mini-003
(2 builds)
Banggood.com
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$2.59 |
amazing. anychance you can draw a quick wiring diagram? would really help, and you would be a top person.
Is the battery definitely charged?
are the tracks and motors definitely free to spin and not to much friction anywhere?
do you have another esc you can try?(I never tried those escs btw!) if so does it have the same problem? and does it happen with both motors?
are you able to check the rx is working properly somehow? perhaps try to control a motor which isn't under load from the tracks first..
Some of these many small components can be hit and miss with quality control, Hope some of these ideas help!
Any other questions just ask! best of luck
What LEDS?
Also what did you hook your receiver to? The esc or the camera part thing?
thanks a ton!!! I am a noob to all of this building things. I got a wizard x220 so i do know a little but not enough. Thanks for all the help and for sharing this awesome idea/build. How ever I do have one more question. Did you also hook the fpv transmiter straight to the battery or did you also hook that up to the esc? thanks for all the help.
Brownga3
Hey Volitant, AWESOME BUILD!!!!! I see you suggested a new esc. does it have the led capabilities like your first escs did?
Wow that nano tank too well.
would you have a technical diagram for the connection of the elements (esc, motor, receiver, etc ...)
Thank you for sharing this beautiful nano tank
this is actually applicable in several fields in science dudee. This is impressive!
Damn I love these things, sick shell/canopy design too! Ordered the parts for this back when i saw the original reddit thread, still waiting on banggood. Do you by chance have any idea what size the motors are on this thing? I can only imagine how crazy these would be with high KV tiny-whoop motors.
Haha thats great! I haven't looked at the motors/transmission but personally I had been thinking of a lower kv motor as the stock ones are very fast already, I limit the throttle to 75% to make it more controllable at lower speeds but I think a higher torque/lower kv motor would make it even better at climbing and more precise.
At the same time it would be funny to see what would happen with some crazy fast motors!
Yeah haha exactly, it'd be absolutely awful trying to control it. Lower KV would definitely help it in that regard..
And yep, I'd just want to try those for the potential absurdity of it (and wheelies or maybe even flips?), especially relative to the mellow speed of the servo-driven ones we see now. Also I think there miiiight be a way to make it more controllable by changing the throttle-expo or stick-curves within a lot of controllers, like the fsi6s-- unless I'm mistaken and PWM has no resolution and is just on/off in this application. Idk I've only ever used ibus lol.
Will have to screw around with them eventually and get back to you!
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Nice one to find your hamster under your couch.