Personal Projects

the_termin8r · November 4, 2020, 2:12am

I didn’t even know you were following this thread.

Well here’s a short list from the past 21 days.

-Planning to put a faster motor and better battery in Hellhound
-3 post run reports for Camazotz
-Replacing parts on Banshee
-LDD working on my new laptop
-Camazotz burning out another MOSFET
-Me getting annoyed and deciding to put Camazotz up for sale

EDIT:

I think I just found the earliest pics of Banshee that I have, these are from about 2013-2015, I’m running it box stock, not a single mod, I even have the original tyres on. Sorry about the bad quality, they’ve been cropped from much bigger pics.

Honey8 · May 6, 2018, 4:08pm

Hey @the_termin8r !! How are you? How are our great lil
I’ve been lost long… so I’ve soo much to read… hehe that’d take me hrs.
Hope the projects are going good!

the_termin8r · May 19, 2018, 10:59pm

the_termin8r:

I’m planning something big for the summer. I’ve found a really cheap (and ~~probably~~ definitely rubbish) ESC and motor combo that come with a programming card too. The ESC is rated for 60A and the motor is a 4 pole 5200KV brushless. I’m also planning on buying some very small 3S LiPos for as cheap as possible.

My plan is to stick them in Hellhound and see what sort of speed I can get from it. The theoretical top speed would go from a brisk 38 MPH to a totally idiotic 90 MPH! Obviously the real top speed will be a lot less (probably around 60 if I’m lucky) due to things such as weight, aerodynamics (Hellhound’s are awful) and the rubbish electronics.

Also I’m certain the electronics are rubbish, because my good electronics which I run in Banshee cost me ~£123 (for the motor and ESC only). This motor, ESC and programming card cost ~£38 or ~£72 if you count the batteries too. I still want to try it and see what happens though. Also I say the electronics are rubbish, but the batteries are from a brand I trust (I run the same brand battery in Banshee).

Slight change of plan, I’m going for a 3900KV motor, because the 5200KV would most likely tear my transmission to shreds. Also the 5200KV combo with a programming card costs about £38, whereas the 3900KV combo with a card costs about £15. The card and ESC are identical between the two combos so it’s only the motor that is the difference. I’m going for the cheapest combo possible as I really am expecting it to go up in smoke at some point. I’m still planning on using 3S LiPos so it won’t be slow. Estimated speed will drop from an idiotic 90MPH to a still fast 67MPH. Of course that is an estimate, and as I said before, I’m expecting the top speed to be a lot lower, probably in the low to mid 50s.

rickvanmeijel · May 12, 2018, 10:29am

Excited to see it being tested in the streets

the_termin8r · November 4, 2020, 2:18am

Most testing will be done without the flamethrower, I might take it out for a night run when it is finally done.

All photos in the R/C branch have now been restored. I’ll set about doing the Lego ones now. I’ll be retaking all of the pics in the Lego branch because with my new laptop I can run the best graphics settings in LDD.

So things will go from looking like this:

To looking like this:

rickvanmeijel · May 12, 2018, 5:32pm

Yeaaahhh flamethrower at night would be awesome

Graphics upgrade is always nice. I remember being completely blown away as a kid when I increased the graphics of Zoo Tycoon 2

lpfan61 · May 12, 2018, 5:54pm

Yaaaay!!!

AJ_7 · May 12, 2018, 6:39pm

You played Zoo Tycoon too @rickvanmeijel ? I intentionally made the humans walk through the crocodile and lion enclosure

Looking forward to seeing the flamethrower at night!

the_termin8r · May 12, 2018, 10:56pm

Another update:

All site photos are now restored. If you happen to find a missing one, please tell me.

rickvanmeijel · May 13, 2018, 9:37am

Yes! Zoo Tycoon was my childhood

This

the_termin8r · May 19, 2018, 8:29pm

Yet another change of plan, I’ve decided not to buy the cheap combo on the basis that all of the cheap ebay listings are being edited to not include the motor anymore. What I’ll do instead is just continue to use Banshee’s ESC and motor (3300KV), but I will still buy the 3Ss I had planned. I will also buy a cheap fan for the ESC as I’ve heard that 3S is starting to push it a bit, despite it being 3S capable. Speed will now be ~57MPH which still isn’t exactly slow. I might also buy some cheap shocks, but I want to see the car’s performance without them first so that I don’t spend the money needlessly.

framos1792 · May 23, 2018, 4:39am

Bro,
Slight topic hopping haha but quick question or asking for your opinion
I’m messing with my tv, the image went out and started testing the boards,
Found out the power supply board is running twice the voltage it should-instead of 5.1v standby it’s 10.7v, on power when it returns from the control board back to the PS board instead of 12v it’s 25v then the led outs are running at like 250-300v when should be at 100v lol
Looking for the bad resistor on ps board right now but questioning whether it’s worth the trouble if the higher voltage effed the control board and the led lights as well
Any thoughts on that? Literally whether it’s worth fixing the ps board if the other stuff got jacked up running at higher voltages too

It’s a decent tv lol…

the_termin8r · May 23, 2018, 6:14am

That’s a tricky one, because I don’t know how sensitive TV components are to double voltages. If you know someone with a power supply capable of the voltages needed, I’d say borrow it, hook it up to the tv, see if it works, if it doesn’t then you know it’s gone. Otherwise I’m not sure how else to approach this.

framos1792 · May 23, 2018, 4:36pm

Yeah I was curious whether you had tinkered before at all
The power supply wasn’t the issue, it was the actual power board inside that blew a resistor…
it fried the whole thing though crap design… the initial source ended up failing and fried everything down the line from leds to main control board to led driver
Good for future reference though

the_termin8r · July 15, 2018, 10:36pm

Ouch, doesn’t sound like it’s worth the effort. I’m assuming it’s an SMD resistor as opposed to a THT, if it is an SMD, resoldering would be a right pain with a regular iron. Also, no, I haven’t come across a TV to mess around with.

the_termin8r · May 24, 2018, 10:11pm

So I ordered Hellhound’s parts, I decided to buy the shocks without testing, because I remebered just how badly I need dampers. Hopefully over the next few days I can do some testing as some of the parts came in the other day.

Honey8 · May 26, 2018, 2:57pm

hi bro! i am lost so plz forgive i aint able to read so much… hope all going goood with your projects! How are all All fit and fine?

the_termin8r · May 26, 2018, 4:40pm

Everything has been on hold the past few weeks due to exams, but since they’re now over, I’ll be working on them. Hellhound is up first. Also incase you missed it, I’m going to be selling Camazotz.

the_termin8r · November 4, 2020, 2:36am

I’ve been working on Hellhound for pretty much the entire day and I’ve made some decent progress. I covered up the coin slot on the new cash box and put the velcro inside it, filled the shocks, found a good servo position for the compressed air and masked the barrel of the flamethrower by routing the tube and wires through a hollowed out servo.

I only have a couple of problens, first off are the rear shocks, they’re too hard. I even retrofitted the softest springs I have for Banshee (since I don’t use soft ones) and they’re still too hard. I’ve also had to change their positions becuase the originals were a proprietary size. The second problem is that although I’ve routed the lighter wires through the hollowed out servo, they’re still arcing to each other where they shouldn’t, so I have to fix that.

Here are some pics from the day:

lpfan61 · May 27, 2018, 10:50pm

It’s nice you’re working on Hellhound!