3D printed RC FPV tank rover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2019
- I designed the tank in a way that it can be almost completely 3D-printed. It's of course inevitable to truely completely 3D print the tank so there are small additional parts needed like bearings, shafts, screws, bolts and nuts. The tracks however are completely 3D-printed and don't need little shafts between every link. They are designed to snap together and stay together. It's very hard to take them apart after they snapped together, which is of course the intention.
I initially used 2 12V 1000 RPM motors but they turned out to be to weak so I ordered some new motors which were the same size but instead of 1000 RPM they are now 100 RPM. If I wanted to put bigger motors in it, I had to completely redesign the tank which would take up to much time as I already 3D-printed all the parts.
The 2 motors are currently being driven by 1 L292n motor driver which is controlled by an arduino nano V3. The arduino reads the data from 2 channels on the spektrum receiver. I might replace the arduino and motor driver by 2 car esc's but it's also possible I keep the arduino so I can connect some sensors to it so I can make the tank perform tasks autonomously.
In front of the tank is a camera which is placed inside an "eye" so the driver can look up and down. The up and down movement of the "eye" is obtained by a standard 9g servo. The video feed gets transmitted through a 600mW 5.8gHz transmitter and gets send to some FPV goggles.
The hatch on top of the tank gets hold on by 2 neodymium magnets (1 in the body, 1 in the hatch).
STL and Fusion 360 source files can be found here: bbprojects.technology/collect...
More info can be found here: bbprojects.technology/blogs/p...
My PayPal: paypal.me/BrockenBrian
Tools used for this project:
SMD rework station: www.banggood.com/YAOGONG-8878...
PLA filament: www.banggood.com/Creality-3D-...
Recommended 3D-printer: www.banggood.com/Creality-3D-...
Components used:
1 × Arduino nano
link: www.banggood.com/Geekcreit-AT...
1 × L298N motor driver
link: www.banggood.com/Wholesale-Du...
1 × RC receiver
link: www.banggood.com/2_4G-6CH-S60...
1 × 9g servo motor
link: www.banggood.com/TowerPro-SG9...
1 × FPV camera
link: www.banggood.com/JJA-CM1200-1...
1 × Heat shrinks
link: www.banggood.com/328pcs-Heat-...
2 × Neodymium magnets
link: www.banggood.com/8pcs-N52-20x...
4 × 5mm bearings
link: www.banggood.com/10pcs-685ZZ-...
2 × 12V 100RPM geared motors
link: www.banggood.com/DC12V-100RPM...
6 × M5 nuts
2 × M5 treaded rod about 50mm long
42 × 4.5 X 40 mm wood screws
I used about 42 4.5X40 mm screws and cut them to lenght when necessary.
If you're wondering how I do what I do and how you can get started creating your own prototypes I wrote a basic guide about it.
Part 1: Mechanical design can be found here: / basic-guide-to-start-d...
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Awesome design. It's best attribute is its simplicity and ease of manufacturing.
This rc tank looks awesome
one could use this to explore a space that is too dangerous to go, like a crawlspace or the attic.
Lol
Or the rat infested bins lol
i love the idea of using wood screws to bolt everything together. It so obvious but i wouldnt have thought of it. Great job !!
Haha it’s certainly not the best way but it’s quick, easy, simple and it works 😜👍
as an alternative and more reliable connection, I use ruthex melt-in threads where you can use metric screws
Very nice #D printed project. I always have to print a lot of parts over till I get the tolerances right. Then trying to find a print orientation to make the strongest parts. Will have to look at the project in more detail. I just fly RC planes and helicopters but this would be fun.
awh man, really wanted to see some dvr
I know that was a mistake, I really wanted to do this but i didn't have the right cables to connect the RX to my computer, I might post a video with the fpv footage ;-)
*I WAS waiting for someone to build An FPV like this* BTW congrats
Came here from your prosthetics video! loving your stuff!
Thank you very much. I’m glad you like the videos. Stay tuned because there’s a lot of awesome stuff upcoming ;-)
Nice work. Cool little rover
Thanks 🤗
Amazing tank
Tanks man 😜
Awesome awesome design. And it's got enough screws to hold together an engine block
Great project. I hope to get the detailed instructions to implement but while looking around, a lot of things was unclear to me. Thank you for sharing anyway!
Excellent.
Fantatsic design!
Just found your channel, subbed right away 👌
Hahaha awesome, thanks man 😉👍
Awesome
like the very simplistic track system
thanks man ;-), can I ask you how you found the video, because i'm seeing a spike in my views on this one and it would be nice to know ;-)
@@BrianBrocken youtube suggestion. This just...happens...The algorithm suggest something people find interesting and the increased view count ends up causing a positive feedback, as it's recommended more often.
Ok thanks man, I can now see in my analitics that the video is being recommended which is great
I build these sort of things myself and currently working on a mini APC out of the Aliens film to be controlled from a Web UI (work in progress). This one of yours, I believe is very well made and functions great! I wanted to look at the motors you used but your link seems to be broken for those. Do you have another link for the motors at all?
Thank you for pointing that out. I already changed the link on thingiverse but forgot to do it here also. The link shoud be fixed now ;-)
This is incredible! Any shots from the tanks pov?
Thank you. Unfortunately no, I didn't have the right cables at the time of filming this to record the fpv footage.
Brian Brocken That’s too bad. I think many of us would appreciate you posting some when you get a chance.
Nice Rover! How do you keep your vtx from overheating?
how do you know the dimensions for the track? love the project idea and am working on a slightly modified version. I am just stuck on how to do the correct length for each track
Hello Mason, this is a bit trial and error. I designed one tread to fit around the sprocket and than copied them to roughly span the gap between the 2 sprockets. I didn’t spend any time designing it so a specific number of treads would exactly span the gap between the sprockets because i know the play between the treads would add up and the final length would be a lot different from what i designed it to be. I designed it to be roughly 24 treads but ended up removing one which works perfectly 😜👍
Very cool!
IMO, a motorized vehicle isn't a robot without encoders on the motors. Having the ability to monitor speed and distance really helps with navigation.
Thanks for the fun video. I just subscribed.
Well I didn’t say it was a robot, it was mend to be an FPV rover just to cruise a bit around the garden, thanks for the sub mate ;-)
I feel like ±200rpm would be a fun sweet spot but I fear that the torque might fall off and struggle with obstacles, hard to find small, med speed, high torque motors for projects, Im looking into worm gear motors for my lil tank, nice design btw.
This type of double-sided vehicle is very fun and interesting, you can mount a lot of things in it with the double-sided feature, it is clear that its configuration with antenna prevents the double-sided use but the base of this type of body is double-sided. I shared with another youtuber, I want to see more double-sided configurations to make one soon. Thanks for that video.
The link below is for a double-sided radio controlled model that I want to buy, the negative point of it according to what they say are brush motors.
Cool
it's genius but I hope you'll make it twice better with time 😁
Haha thanks Ph0ni-X ;-)
I would love to make this for granddaughter. I have no experience with RC. Can you recommend a transmitter? Does it matter? Thanks for this work!
Goint to attempt this, its my first project using 3d printing , arduino, and Drone electronics, lets see how this turns out.
I’m wishing you the best of luck!
howd it go?
I would be interested in the ESC's powering the motors and an RC car transmitter, like the DumboRC 6 channel one with mixing built in. Any idea what ESC's yo would use? When you talk about the 42 screws, you're referring to fastening all of the pieces together? Thanks.
You can use 30A brushed bidirectional car esc's. I think 20A would be ok too but I wouldn't go lower than 30A just to be sure. I think these would be just fine: www.banggood.com/DIY-Mini-Z-Car-Bidirectional-30A-Miniature-Brushed-ESC-With-Brake-p-922678.html?p=E01411629100201406T1&cur_warehouse=CN
Yes the 42 screws are to mount the bearings to the side panels, the side panels to the body, etc
Nice project deserve more views
Thanks mate, actually this video is getting a lot more views the past few days so I’m quite happy with that ;-)
@@BrianBrocken that's good, TH-cam promoting your video now, thats why it shown on my TH-cam, I made a 3d printed tracks too for my rc car, check out my channel if you like
Yeah I was thinking the same thing and I will ;-)
@@BrianBrocken subscribed hope to see more rc 😎
I'm working on something 😎 so stay tuned ;-)
Very nice! What robotic mower is that shown near the end?
Thanks Doug, It's a Viking iMow Robot MI 422.0 P (1500m2). We are very happy with it and had little to no problems with it. We own it for almost 2 years now.
When I open the stl files in Cura I am still lost at how you positioned on the bed and the print setting you use. I did not seem to find this info. They will be printed on an old CR-10. Any help on how to set up for printing parts?
Hello gvet47, I'm sorry but I don't use cura, I use repetier host. But i think positioning and rotating the parts shouldn't be to hard, I'm sure you can find some more info or a guide about this online. You can find the print settings I used on Thingiverse. These are:
Print Settings
Printer Brand: Anet
Printer: E12
Rafts: No
Supports: Yes
Resolution: 0.2, 0.3mm
Infill: 25
Filament: Esun PLA Red
Notes: I printed the body and wheels with a 0.3mm layer hight, all the other parts were printed with a 0.2mm layer hight. The Body and "eye" of the tank are the only parts that need support.
j'adore ;-)
nice
Hi. If I was to use 2 car ESCs with the motor in the description what ones would you suggest and also what battery? Thank you
Hello Tyler. If you want to run them on a 3S lipo you could use these ESC's: www.banggood.com/Waterproof-Brushed-ESC-160A-3S-with-5V-1A-BEC-XT60-Plug-For-112-RC-Car-p-1030025.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN
If you want to run them on 2S you could use these ones: www.banggood.com/2030A-Mini-Brush-ESC-Brake-116-118-for-Climbing-RC-Car-Ship-p-1243415.html?rmmds=search&ID=519150&cur_warehouse=CN
Any 2S or 3S Lipo with around 1000mAh of capacity and about 30C C-rating would work.
Brian Brocken thank you very much 😀 love the project by the way thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks Tyler, and no problem ;-)
Génial je suis en train de le construire. J’ai commandé ce qui faut sa s’imprime
wow!
Sup! What is program for modeling?
Hello Eduardo, The program I use to design all my models is Autodesk Fusion 360. This program is free to use for students and hobbyists.
I like that spy tank beautiful blue controller blue money
Nice,what the modeling software u use to make this cool tanks? 😊
You are a good using fusion 360, most I can do is a cylinder and with some luck maybe a cube
Hahaha thank you Toino, Thanks for the sub btw ;-)
25mm 12V 120RPM Geared DC Motor
Can I use 25mm 12V 200RPM Geared DC Motor
I can't tell you that with 100 percent certainty but if the mounting holes match, probably, I would however recommend you to use the motors i listed in the parts list as I am a 100 percent sure these will fit in the tank perfectly.
No FPV footage?
I'm sorry but no. I didn't have the right cables at the time to connect the reveiver to my PC. I ordered them but it took to long to arrive.
Can the whole circuit diagram?how to connect the camera and rc receiver
The circuit diagram posted on hackaday.io is the complete wiring diagram for the rc tank. The wiring of the FPV system depends on which system you have but this should be pretty straightforward, most of the time its 2 wires for powering the transmitter and 3 or more wires that goes to the camera and that’s it.
I’ll see if i can find a wiring diagram for the rc receiver in the setup i used but I recommend you just use 2 ESC’s to control the motors instead of the LN298N motor driver.
Cool... 8-) What is modeling software?
Hello Alex, The modeling software is Autodesk Fusion 360
@@BrianBrocken So thx. 8-)
No problem mate ;-)
how do i code the arduino or do i just connect it then it works
The arduino code and other info like schematics, parts list etc can be found here: hackaday.io/project/164896-rc-fpv-tank-rover
@@BrianBrocken thx
which software u used to design that tank
Autodesk Fusion 360
@@BrianBrocken thanks
Krass
What's the name of program have you use to create this 3d model ??
Autodesk Fusion 360.
Did you use PLA?
Yes I did, i only use PLA for my projects ;-)
@@BrianBrocken sorry for all the questions, i am building a long range radio controlled solar powered rover and i thought your model was perfect, i will start printing it today and hope the boost converter i ordered off Amazon will not get delayed by the corona. Thank you for your time and stay safe👌.
No problem man, happy to answer all your questions. Good luck with your build!
What motors did you use?
The links are in the description of this video ;-)
@@BrianBrocken thank you
np ;-)
Add a nerf blaster with magzine on top of it and a mini camera
send this to mars to show perseverance how it's done 😂
Hhh didn't work
what software did u used??
Autodesk Fusion 360
@@BrianBrocken thank you!
That’s to fimilar to me it’s like
*TONK*
Can you build me something similar?
Price I want to buy it
It's not for sale.
Anybody make a crawler for sewer inspection? Could be a money maker!
i am the 69 420 th view
Noice 😜👍👍