Many thanks for the rover project!My students will be working on nearly the exact project (including the pixhawk) and I will direct them to your site for the clear and informative tutorial videos.Thanks again.
Suggestion for you, you may notice the unit rolling down hills when the controls are released and a bit of spinning going up very steep slopes and low speed. The fix = put a kangaroo on the sabertooth. You can also use esc/brushless motors with the kangaroo.
Very excited for this series! I'm planning a project of my own and was trying to avoid a seperate battery to power my pixhawk. Could you possibly go more in depth about how I should go about that? I do believe it requires a 12v and you touched on the topic briefly in the video. Could I assing the power output to 12v and plug the pixhawk in that way? Thank you for the series!
Hi, thanks for important info. So you have ganged up 2 motors per channel. Can I do that with 4 brushless motors with hall sensors. To be clear can I gang the 5 sensor wire per motor in the same way you did with the motor wires? Thanks.
Sorry I am bit new to that but also want to use 4 motors and steer by one side going faster. How do you connect one side two motors to one channel on the controller? Did you just twist together two negative wires and two positive wires from one side and plugged them into one channel on Sabertooth? And a bit of more questions What motors did you use? I guess low RPM will give more torque & load capacity, is it right? do you know any source where I can get pneumatic 5-7 inch tyres for this project?
Hi - I bought a Sabretooth 2 x 32 many years ago and never finished the project. I'd like to use it again and came across your video. Is the Sabretooth still supported? Can you still get the setup software for a Mac or PC or Linux (like a Raspberry Pi)? It cost me a fair few quid when I bought it and would like to use it. Great video by the way 🙂
Having trouble figuring out My reciver wires going to Sabertookh. Trying to get a tank set up. . Want to use my Elevator channel to controll Tank. To faward /Rev and the aileron channel for differential controller. My best guess is signal wire From rec goes to sw1, channel 2 signal wire goes to Sw2 mybe u could do a video
Love the extra set of helping hands! Thanks for the video - can't wait to build a rover.
Many thanks for the rover project!My students will be working on nearly the exact project (including the pixhawk) and I will direct them to your site for the clear and informative tutorial videos.Thanks again.
Nice job of explaining the controller, I needed that
Hi you should try remote control kids wagon or garden wagon kart with your sabertooth dual motor driver
That looks incredibly fun! I'm a big fan of the Sabertooth 2x32 controller. It's a bit pricey but it always works.
Excited for the update on this project! When do you think that will be?
Will be March, sorry its been crazy and had some things get in the way.
What type of battery did you use?
When do you plan on putting the Cube mini, and ardupilot on this. When you do it would be great if you could film the setup process. Thanks
I will be doing some videos on it in March, Sorry its a winter project but have had a few other things get in the way
Suggestion for you, you may notice the unit rolling down hills when the controls are released and a bit of spinning going up very steep slopes and low speed.
The fix = put a kangaroo on the sabertooth. You can also use esc/brushless motors with the kangaroo.
Hello , what about add a dslr camera and have live view ? what would you recommend?
Very excited for this series! I'm planning a project of my own and was trying to avoid a seperate battery to power my pixhawk. Could you possibly go more in depth about how I should go about that? I do believe it requires a 12v and you touched on the topic briefly in the video. Could I assing the power output to 12v and plug the pixhawk in that way? Thank you for the series!
Hi, thanks for important info. So you have ganged up 2 motors per channel. Can I do that with 4 brushless motors with hall sensors. To be clear can I gang the 5 sensor wire per motor in the same way you did with the motor wires? Thanks.
No for brushless motors you need a 4 channel controller
Thanks for the reply mate.
Sorry I am bit new to that but also want to use 4 motors and steer by one side going faster. How do you connect one side two motors to one channel on the controller? Did you just twist together two negative wires and two positive wires from one side and plugged them into one channel on Sabertooth?
And a bit of more questions
What motors did you use? I guess low RPM will give more torque & load capacity, is it right?
do you know any source where I can get pneumatic 5-7 inch tyres for this project?
Wow you are the man
Hi - I bought a Sabretooth 2 x 32 many years ago and never finished the project. I'd like to use it again and came across your video. Is the Sabretooth still supported? Can you still get the setup software for a Mac or PC or Linux (like a Raspberry Pi)? It cost me a fair few quid when I bought it and would like to use it. Great video by the way 🙂
How heavy was the build?
why is it direct drive with no gears? won't it have any torque?
Good day. Is it possible to connect Pixhawk 2.4.8 Controller and sabertooth 2x12 motor driver for Rover with one battery?
Yes absolutely this is basically what I have done with the cube.
Having trouble figuring out
My reciver wires going to
Sabertookh. Trying to get a tank set up. . Want to use my
Elevator channel to controll
Tank. To faward /Rev and the aileron channel for differential controller.
My best guess is signal wire
From rec goes to sw1, channel 2 signal wire goes to
Sw2 mybe u could do a video
Just the ticket
Hi;
Can you draw the diagram of the motor connections?