Looking for a fast chassis?
07-01-2013, 11:29 PM
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Looking for a fast chassis?
Hi guys!
I'm new to the robot/RC scene, but I've been a geek most of my life. I'm pretty well acquinted with arduinos/electronics and am looking to use that knowledge to build a robot. To get it out of the way, my budget is in the low hundreds for this.
Now, here's the hold up. My ideal setup would be a four wheeled fast "car type" chassis, think RC car (10-15mph?). I don't mind the look of rovers or tracked vehicles at all, but I haven't seen any that meet my desire for speed. I would like it to have quality motors, servos, electrical system, etc. But I just don't know anything about hobby RC and am afraid I will get taken for a ride. Since I want to use an arduino for it's brain, and most likely an xbee pro for the RC aspect, I really just want a preconfigured kit with decent motors/chassis/power supply so I don't make any n00b mistakes trying to piece one togeather. I am fine with learning from losing, but I don't like wasting time/money when I couldv'e just asked from the get go... So that's what I'm doing.
Does anyone know of a kit that fits my description? From some extensive googling I'm fairly certain they don't exist or there is an internet wide conspiracy to hide them from me :P . Also let me know if this question would be better asked on the RC car side of the forums.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide!
I'm new to the robot/RC scene, but I've been a geek most of my life. I'm pretty well acquinted with arduinos/electronics and am looking to use that knowledge to build a robot. To get it out of the way, my budget is in the low hundreds for this.
Now, here's the hold up. My ideal setup would be a four wheeled fast "car type" chassis, think RC car (10-15mph?). I don't mind the look of rovers or tracked vehicles at all, but I haven't seen any that meet my desire for speed. I would like it to have quality motors, servos, electrical system, etc. But I just don't know anything about hobby RC and am afraid I will get taken for a ride. Since I want to use an arduino for it's brain, and most likely an xbee pro for the RC aspect, I really just want a preconfigured kit with decent motors/chassis/power supply so I don't make any n00b mistakes trying to piece one togeather. I am fine with learning from losing, but I don't like wasting time/money when I couldv'e just asked from the get go... So that's what I'm doing.
Does anyone know of a kit that fits my description? From some extensive googling I'm fairly certain they don't exist or there is an internet wide conspiracy to hide them from me :P . Also let me know if this question would be better asked on the RC car side of the forums.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide!
