After making a few units for the new Discovery t.v. show called Weaponizers, [Jeremy] decided to release this video showing how to modify a golf cart for radio control. The radio and controller are basic off the shelf R/C gear, running some linear actuators.
[thanks Divide]
So really it isn’t modding, just an addon. No?
Posted at 2:49 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by Addictronics
^ whoops left out that this is a super neat video and I can’t wait to catch the show. Didn’t intend to sound negative. Love to see more
Posted at 2:54 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by Addictronics
Can you remember when you were young and you kept bashing your shins and everyone elses with a little tamiya R/C car?!
Well with this, i think you could really smash some shins, and knees!
Awsome ive always wanted a big R/C car preferable the real lunchbox and a big stadium! Please jim can you fix it for me?
Posted at 2:57 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by grovenstien
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 mph, you’re gonna see some serious shit.
Posted at 3:30 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by sky
f1r5t p05t
Posted at 3:56 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by obvious troll
really cool, and practical if you live off of wealthy parents. Do a price check on linear actuators. it’s more realistic to use stepper motors and pulleys with those prices.
Posted at 5:08 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by TJHooker
Anyone know a cheap place to get linear actuators? I had a hard time finding them in the past and when I did they were wildly expensive.
Posted at 5:27 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by MIchael
Would be great to let someone ride in that, then hide behind a bush and whip out the remote. Their expressions would be priceless…
Posted at 5:55 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by decemberdoom
wow 9 posts and nobody commented on how trippy that guys hair is? what has our world become?
Posted at 6:38 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by roshamboe
I LOVE this stuff.
I keep threatening to bring my ROV out of mothballs, and seeing stuff like this makes me want to even more.
Posted at 6:59 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by strider_mt2k
Build a weather station on this and rig it to live on the golf course and relay…stuff.
Posted at 7:00 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by strider_mt2k
What was the name of the motor controller he mentioned?
Posted at 2:08 am on May 23rd, 2009 by Niklas
motor controller is http://www.roboteq.com He’s using one of the lower end controllers, not sure which one.
tjhooker, michael: linear actuators are approx $100 on ebay. search for “linear actuator potentiometer”
Great job Jeremy! Pretty good film production too…
The video would have to be fecking quicktime! Use YouTube or something that doesn’t require a 3ghz machine to bloody play! Apple really gets up my nose.
Posted at 11:59 am on May 23rd, 2009 by Haku
@Haku
We wanted to actually see the video, not some pixelated crap on gootube.
Posted at 12:06 pm on May 23rd, 2009 by barry99705
That’s why they introduced the HQ option.
Posted at 2:54 pm on May 23rd, 2009 by Haku
I love how the linear actuator for the steering buckles under stress, well built I say. Also, nice hair.
Posted at 3:44 pm on May 23rd, 2009 by Marc
Yea, I just watched the Tobias lockpicking vids smooth as silk, but this video plays at about 1 frame per 15 seconds, even after I let it fully cache, on a 2.4GHz machine. Quicktime sucks…
Posted at 12:59 pm on May 24th, 2009 by Hitek146
Sorry guys that’s not ready for prime time. I’ll let you know when it’s properly released!
Posted at 3:15 pm on May 24th, 2009 by spacematters
Well i was too late.
“Sorry, this video has been removed from blip.tv by its owner.”
Posted at 10:43 pm on May 24th, 2009 by kaiswil2
I guess he was asked politely by the DoD ,
LoL
Posted at 10:35 am on May 25th, 2009 by manipulated
For everyone that commented on the high cost of linear actuators, check out old (the big ones) satallite dish mounts.
They used 12v linear actuators to move, and are often available cheap/free.
Posted at 9:57 am on May 26th, 2009 by ridefst
no kidding, if u wanna save 10 strokes at a minimum, putt your brains out, all the time. drive for show putt for dough. if u are shootin 139, then u probably have close to 45 55 putts, get it down to about 35, and u will knock off 10 to 20 that way. hope this helps
Posted at 12:50 am on Aug 6th, 2009 by Ray Headrick
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Awesome use of linear actuators.. these guys are great.
Posted at 2:46 pm on May 22nd, 2009 by Troy