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Posted on 14/04/06 10:36:35 |
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Richard
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Building a Video Truck
I wouldn't mind taking this on as a project soon ... http://howorld.net/archives/videotruck/CamTruck.html Dave, any chance I can grab a cast truck body from you at the next meet? I'd rather 'wreck' a cast than cut up an original truck 
Heh - and a question I'm sure *no-one* has the answer to - how do you gear DOWN a chassis so it goes slower??? 
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Posted on 14/04/06 22:27:20 |
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Dave in Perth
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does look like a fun thing to build. I don't have any decent cast trucks left, but might have one that would be serviceable. as for gearing down, the best thing to use is a worm drive as found in Tyco US1 trucks or modify a TCR Jam Car chassis to run on slotted track. |
Posted on 24/04/06 10:10:55 |
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Karl Hashfield
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Nice idea. How much are the ccd's with sender units built in? Try lowering the voltage to make it slower. How's this for an idea (depending on the current draw from the device). Instead of batteried, place a voltage regulator on the back coupled with a large enough capactor to keep a few seconds of footage going while the hand controller is backed off for the corners + diodes to stop brakes from shorting the cap. |
Posted on 24/04/06 14:11:53 |
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Richard
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Seen them go on eBay.au for as low as $20, some are "buy it now" for $40 to $50 - just watch out for the Hong Kong sellers; they slug extra for postage, so the price might be a bit misleading ... (Note: I've never had any problems with stuff I've bought from HK)
Heh - but I want to record all the SG+/Wizzard cars ripping past 
The reference article mentioned they had originally intended that; but there were technicals reasons (which I've forgotten) as to why they eventually went with the "batery on the back" design. The cam's I've seen on eBay mostly run from a 9v single battery unit, which shouldn't cause too much drama for lugging around (and may actually help with the increased weight to reduce the speed of the truck!). And besides, how would I record the ultimate crash if it's running from rail power 
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Posted on 03/05/06 09:50:39 |
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Karl Hashfield
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Re: Building a Video Truck
The next step is really to build one of these to see what problems there actually are, then iron the bugs out. Speak to you soon (Saturday) |
Posted on 05/07/06 21:23:32 |
richard
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Re: Building a Video Truck
Is this the chassis you speak of, Dave?  _________________  |
Posted on 05/07/06 21:54:06 |
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Dave in Perth
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yup, thems the ones. extra weight is needed for traction if the tyres are worn, but I think you'll have enough weight on there... Would be cool to have a semi trailer containing the batteries and other hardware 
Those trucks don't like Hairpin turns btw |
Posted on 06/07/06 06:30:31 |
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CamZH
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The worm drive will also be great for the extra weight as it'll have torque a go go ! I'll be interested to see the results of this ! cya, Cam |
Posted on 14/07/06 15:56:02 |
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richard
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Re: Building a Video Truck
Stumbled across these video's from someone else's setup: http://www.brianosaurus.org/slot_cars/oncar/ enjoy! _________________ Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Racer |
Posted on 16/07/06 10:07:30 |
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richard
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Jam Car Chassis:  _________________ Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Racer |
Posted on 21/07/06 09:14:44 |
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richard
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Finally got the video camera, delivery from HK should be early next week _________________ Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Racer |
Posted on 27/07/06 23:20:24 |
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richard
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Still waiting .... _________________  |
Posted on 29/07/06 21:54:52 |
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richard
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Got all the bits     _________________ |
Posted on 30/07/06 02:32:56 |
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CamZH
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Cool ! are you going to run the cam from the 9V battery, or from the track power ?? If you use the 9V you could stick it in the back of the truck
Cam |
Posted on 30/07/06 09:32:31 |
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richard
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From a 9volt battery ... similar to the picture at the top of the thread it will be mounted being (may even invest in a 9 volt battery holder to go there permanantly _________________ |
Posted on 30/07/06 18:57:37 |
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Dave in Perth
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this is gonna be cool
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Posted on 02/08/06 09:18:28 |
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richard
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Hmmm, went back to refer to the article and got a "File not found" error; tried a few variations, but couldn't find it 
Wrote to the editor of the site, Bob (howorld@comcast.net) and asked him if he could give me a new URL, but he said he didn't know where it was ...
Did anyone grab a copy of this article before it went offline?? _________________ |
Posted on 03/08/06 22:22:24 |
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richard
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An updated pic; you can't see all the chassis work there, but there was a bit of it - the lead weight originally sat horizontal in the front over the wheels - to get the cam in, I had to modify this to sit vertically and file away some of the chassis. In the background you'll see a black box which will be the battery holder (the tipper section will go).  _________________ |
Posted on 03/08/06 23:42:10 |
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Dave in Perth
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you could prob remove the front lead weight entirely.. |
Posted on 04/08/06 00:13:00 |
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richard
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thought about that - but there is no weight in the camera itself, and I'd rather not have a de-slot .... _________________ Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed Racer |
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