This is what you call a radio controlled buggy. Puts my original Roughrider to shame!!

http://www.fieroaddiction.com/buggy.html

Once you've done 1:1 scale, nothing else really comes close

Nice..... He says there is no sevos available strong enough to use.....well topgear has done servo controlled cars so what did they use?

Nothing available as a "boxed" item - but you just use a honking great big 500w+ motor with something like a roboteq controller and a feedback pot

I do like that a lot.
- I can see the servo might be the first bit problem tho.

Even with my 8th scale you looking at about £40 for a high torque metal gear servo for the steering and a £20 one for the brakes/throttle to get the power/transit times you need.

The larger servos for the 5th scales are really very expensive.


Daniel

Why though? just build a car you can drive - where's the fun in standing beside the road or whatever clutching a box with some joysticks on it if you're over the age of 17? Surely a good steering wheel/pedal/game combination on a PC/xbox 360/PS3 is going to be more involving anyway..........

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Originally posted by D Beddows
Why though? just build a car you can drive - where's the fun in standing beside the road or whatever clutching a box with some joysticks on it if you're over the age of 17?

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