I seem to remember seeing one of these sort of things used to inspect pipelines at a nearby school. It had a cable on the back for power and video though. It was very interesting watching the video, especially since the pipe was old.
-Gregory On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Smiddie <[email protected]> wrote: > Started out as a crawler for inspection of empty pipelines. 400mm > long, 370mm wide, 120mm high. weighs 9Kg. drive motors are from > cordless screwdrivers rated at 4,8V and 220 rpm.(translates to approx. > 2,5Km/h. controled by standard R/C transmitter & receiver. Motor > controlers are 2 x tazer 15T's powered by 2x 6V 4Ah sealed lead acid > batteries. Camera and video transmitter 2,4Ghz powered by 1x 12V 7Ah > sealed lead acid batery stepped down to 9V by means of DC to DC buck > converter rated at 3Amps. Camera pan & tilt with standard servos. Hull > aluminium frame covered with fibreglass. Road wheels and drive > sprockets plywood, and tracks are solid 2mm conveyor belt. Runs well > although no suspension or track tensioning. Only problem is the video > transmission range. > > http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab344/DeSmidt/Image028.jpg > http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab344/DeSmidt/Image023.jpg > http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab344/DeSmidt/Image037.jpg > http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab344/DeSmidt/IMG_5142.jpg > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
