3D Printed RC Ice Vehicle With Chain Drive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.พ. 2022
- In the movie Spy Kids 3 there's a race with futuristic vehicles and one in particular caught my eye back in 2003, the one wheeled motorcycle. This radio controlled ice vehicle was born from the idea of having one big wheel in the rear and using a brushless motor to power it. With ice on the lake I figured it would be cool to add some skates to it.
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Absolutely love this guys content! As a mechatronics Engineer myself, I love how realistic and original his ideas are. The way his designs start from concept to prototype , to failure , then back to the drawing board is perfect ! Keep it up man
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Amezing content
Hey I'm studying mechatronics! It's a small field but growing fast! I'm always curious to speak to mecha engineers in industry. I'd love to hear about your experiences and what you're doing now in the field
thunder holy fuck I used to play eve with you
hehe, I did Bachelors in Mechatronics too and gonna graduate this month with masters in robotics & automation
YAYYY, FINALLY MORE RC
This guy's projects go exactly like mine. I feel the pain and the emotion. All of it.
What program he use?
Portugal Caralho!
Maybe try an Ackermann steering kinematic for the front? I think this will drastically improve the turning radius. Also looks cool :)
That won't work on ice no grip ☺️
Just needs more travel on the steering that's it.
Yeah, or even having the motor directly drive the pivot and having it right in between the skates.
Now you need to print out a Simon size one you can ride into Stockholm.
i think driving it backwards would have already helped
Great build! Always stoked to see what you come up with. Maybe for a 2.0 you could try a steering rack that turns the individual blades, and maybe a spring tensioner for the chain, as it would keep it tight while bouncing/flexing!
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Fr, please add a chain tensioner🥰
I am always impressed by your 'unstoppable-forge-ahead-no-matter-what' approach!
That looks great! I think understeer is caused by rear biased weight distribution in this case. Adding some camber will also help, as you want the edges to cut into the ice.
Adding a chain idler would help with the chain issue. Or chainguides if you want to avoid friction (look up MTB chainguides).
I'd vote for guides, they'd be dead simple and cheap to implement. Great suggestions!
@@Hawk7886 i'l add suspension on both the guides and the power wheel
Love that you explain some of the design/implementation decisions, such as the studs being melted in the plastic, rather than screwing them in.
To improve steering, you can always use hockey blades(more rounded) or smaller blades, though it has less surface on the ice the vehicle would be able to turn quicker. This with a leaning design you can further decrease the turning radius.
If you wanted to keep the same frame structure, you could simply turn it upside down so the weight is more effectively applied to the rear tire. It would also allow for more clearance for the skates to rotate solving your turning radius issue. I'm looking to get a 3-d printer soon, so I would love to create something similar. Great video, I love that your videos show the trial and error that you encounter.
Pulling parts from the screen was great, thanks for the extra effort, it's appreciated.
Your content is great. I have been watching for a few years, and your creativity still impresses me. Your enthusiasm and camerawork are great! It's nice to see speed controllers, and filament REALLY getting used :)
Just seen an ad of a guy surfing a window and I’ve never been happier🏄🏄
As always great video and amazing editing I look forward to version 2. I'd imaging the biggest issue with the turning radius was the lack of downward force on the blade and how parallel they were to the ice, you want them to dig the edges of the blade in to decrease the turning radius same as if you were ice skating.
Loved the map video, you missed New Zealand! I think we may have been the leftover Islands you had. We often get left off maps, please add us in! Love your content mate
Was just about to comment that we are missing from the map
Glad you took ice safety seriously. There’s quite a few deaths every year where I’m from because of people who don’t get it or want to be cool or first on the ice for fishing.
Simon always has such interesting projects and is a good time to watch just because of his personality! Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing!
I love the inventive nature of your videos, shows you how simple it can be to create some great toys with a little knowledge and a creative mind. Great video - keep them coming!
Brilliant content, thanks for the entertainment! Tip: Skates work two ways. The pressure created by the sharp edge creates a groove that makes grip. This pressure also melts the ice in the groove into water reducing friction. The curve of the blade determines the turn radius. You need much smaller skates, 3-4 cm, like curved razor blades. I made a prop-driven RC ice yacht once and had similar problems.
Your humor is my favorite. Love your content
you will need a chainguide to keep the chain stay. The gear ratio also affects the torque acting on the frame. Your frame could fully surround the the whole chain mechanism to cancel part of the torque.
Your failures are what makes the channel a success. 😀 It's true... we learn from our mistakes. You are learning a lot. 😎 So much fun to watch your projects!
Great fun project. It may have steered a bit better with a svivel system, like on dumper trucks (hjullaster). A self tensioner with a spring and with a gear I think would have been the best system for preventing the chain to come off.
On my Tamiya Lunchbox I have used 13mm long Biltema screws that I screwed from the inside, duct taped the inside of tire and finally put in some tire foam.
When I was finished I cut the screw so there was about 5mm protruding from the tire.
They are perfect for ice driving and it will wheelie on ice. Those tires has lasted 7 years now.
With knife Blades IT works maybe better because Skate Blades are to wide need more Weight.
I love that the sound of the thing driving on the ice is subbed as „applause“ 😄
Nice! Works well for a first attempt! Reminds me of a snowmobile but for ice, so an Icemobile...? Removing the flex from the frame would definitely help with the chain coming off and moving the steering holders towards the middle would decrease the turning radius. Let's see a version 2!
Awesome to see you share your process, including both successes and failures/opportunities. :) Thanks!
The spike tire is so grippy in a linear fashion that I'm sure it drastically effect the steering.
I love how it goes from Santa's sleigh to war robot halfway through
You have an incredible landscape... Perfect for ice skating
What a BRILLIANT video ‼️😃👍👍❤️
Thank you for taking us with you on a creative journey, and including all the bumps and challenges along the way!
Very enjoyable!
Great Video making ‼️👍😃 (and design.. and making.. and… 😃)
I enjoy watching you pull the parts from the monitor. 🤘🏻
Loved watching you make this project! Keep it up man!
Great video! Love the thought process and how well you explain your thoughts and ideas.
Cool vehicle. Some weight over the front might help your steering authority quite a bit, as would wider spacing or tilting of the front 'feet'.
Certainly worth adding a bit of wood or something next to the lipo to stop the chain ripping chunks out of it over time.
Inspiring to see more build content!
Nice video! Love the build.
Can't wait to see what you make next
You are very inspirational with all the great projects you do.Thanks.
Amazing project! You can drill through those blades using Cobolt drill bits, they go through like butter.
Probably the best RC channel in my view. Thanks so much for this great content!
Seeing your little rig get stuck on the ice gave me an idea for another project. What about some kind of crane/ grapple for your drone? Maybe have sone type of winch set up that can lower down and pick things up?Could be fun.
For drilling steel like that, get yourself a set of Cobalt 30 degree split tip bits. They are a bright silver color. They are specially made for drilling hard steel and work way better. Use very low speed, and some cutting oil and keep a steady oil drip going.
The beginning is super creative
Good stuff man. Great sense of humor on your vids. Love it.
Best DIY-Tech-Channel-Thingi ever !
Fun stuff! For the echo in your audio, may I suggest some foam blocks on the walls and corners of the room? Open cell cuts nicely, and I'm sure something will need to be 3d printed for decoration.
Enjoy the spring when it gets there :)
You never cease to amaze us, Simon! Bravo🎉
Very cool idea for a rc vehicle. You will need a sprung tensioner. There’s a reason all cars have them for engine belts. And if you want it extremely easy way to add steering bring the points where the steel rods connect to the skate mounts closer to the fulcrum
love how he gets right to the point! AMAZING!
I believe skates are made out of hardened steel. You need cobalt drills, low RPM and maybe some cooling fluid. Alternatively, try using a concrete drill with carbide tip.
I'm newly subscribing. I love your process for research and development; prototype, test and invest, modify, test. SUCCESS! Great to see the logic path followed in your videos.
Excellent build! Amazing video! Thanks for sharing!
Very cool build. Enjoyed watching your journey.
Your chain problem is also shared with motorized bicycles! This is solved by using a chain tensioner, a wheel on a bearing that applies pressure to the chain to remove slack. I'd recommend looking into this!
It's interesting that both you and RCTestFlight are making snow RC vehicles. The different designs are neat too.
If you still use the servo steering setup, move the connection joints on the steering side closer to the center of rotation this will give less Turning torque but more travel, reducing the turning radius by increasing the steering degrees.
Some of the best content on TH-cam! Funny and brilliant.
ur videos are incredibly inspiring man. awesome stuff keep it up :)
great design, if you make a Mk2 maybe you could angle the blade inward to give more bite to the blades when turning. Pretty impressive it works at all! Here it's minus 30 c right now, we would not have any problems with melted ice!
As a hockey player I can tell you we don't just point our toes in the direction we want to go, we tilt our entire feet side to side
Wondered the other day when a new video would land. Here it is, nice one!
I have been looking at your video for 8 years and I loving the idea
This genuinely makes me want to make my own experience car, I love cars, and I love rc cars, but I have no freaking clue how to 3d print so I’m gonna leave it to this guy
I was already gonna click like, but when I heard call of the north start playing with that beautiful drone footage, well it was clear my only choice was to SMASSSHHHH THE LIKE BUTTON ;)
man keep posting more 3d printing videos, love them. KEEP IT UP
Congrats for your creations, trying leads you to great inventions, and regardless of the result, you did an amazing work!
It's always the best day of the week when a new Simon vid shows up!
with all the torque you had in the beginning, you could just add more weight to the front to push into the ice, or go crazy and actively heat the skates… (dunno if that would help, but it sounds kinda awesome)
also you could try have the skates angle in the direction you’re steering, or make flexible skates from pla sections connected with tpu/tpr with maybe small metal bits on the bottom…
that’s if you decide to iterate on this, but as it is it’s already awesome!!
After long time another rc project. Nice one
Use hacksaw blades for skates. Maybe thumbtacks through the tire from the inside instead of screws. You need a truss frame to stop the flex. Overall very cool project, love it!
dude, one tip to drill on hard steel: Use mansory bits with a mix of oil water and a little bit of detergent and be slow! works everytime =D
I didn't read all of the comments, but figuring out a way to have the blades of the skates on their edges would greatly aid in stability and turning. I played hockey for many years and you turn on the edges of your skate, not the flat bottom.
Lucky that you even got a winter :D
The skis are hardend steel so you need carbide to drill trough
Since winter is coming to an end, maybe make the next one for land?
Also I like these abstract builds, being different is always inspiring and entertaining !
love your crazy builds man!
Great job ! Nice edit and what a beautiful country
That was awesome! Really enjoyable to watch. Keep it up man!
Your show /adventures are awesome! Thank you!
Yessss! New episode! Cool vehicle i liked the build a lot! Thank you
Yet another awesome build!
This has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen
4:24 lmao damn throwback, piece of my memory came back
maybe put a hinge at the middle of the body to "thrust vector" it ha
@rclifeon consider drilling holes in pla by reversing the drill and melt your way through the plastic. Less chanses for the layers to separate
Very cool!!! Nice Job!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Very entertaining! The reassure part is gold!
I'm not really sure if it has any meaning, but I imagine that motor pulling chain can cause frame to flex up, so wheel goes up as well. If you put wheel in front, motor pulling chain will cause frame to flex down and press wheel against the ice a little bit more, so you'll get a little bit more traction.
Always awesome .. Already looking forward to your next ice/water/gaseous remote controlled savageness ! Magnet powered hoverboard perhaps ?
Awesome like always, thanks for every thing you post
Really cool! I wonder if a spring loaded chain te tensioner would help. Specially that some of the 3D printed parts might flex a bit, causing the chain to lose tension with the bouncing.
You have to set an edge to get it to turn well, if you could tilt that front sled the same direction you are turning in, it should add a little "traction" to your turns, kinda like skiers or snowboarders lean into their edges for good turns
I think it was a pretty cool concept. It was fun to see it implemented even if the 1st prototype wasn't the best. And hey its not at the bottom of the lake like you said so theres that.
Love your drone shoots and yours comedy
the camera work is next level!
It works, so the engineering was solid. It is a cool idea!
You should give it proper skis that move independently and possibly are suspended. A lot like a snowmobile, getting rid of the mid section fulcrum. This will allow you to keep more weight forward to dig the blades/skis in.
I don't know why but I absolutely love watching your videos
Your videos are really entertaining, I love the editing and not explaining everything for 45 minutes. Also the project was interesting.
That metal was probably INOX aka stainless steel which work hardens and requires hardened drill bits.
Idea:
Could you build a submarine to float around under the ice?
i just love the lake you go to film at and at 4:46 it look like a video game looks soo epic
If you put the drive wheel in front, the chain tension would be parallel to the body structure, and also steering would be easier.