Hackaday (unofficial) March 9, 2024 1:00am Pairing A New Remote To A Cheap RC Car #radiohacks #reverseengineering #minirccar #rccar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Pairing A New Remote To A Cheap RC Car The cheap little RC cars are abundant anywhere you are, and if you’ve ever disassembled one, you are familiar with how the PCB looks. A single-sided phenolic paper PCB with a mystery chip dri…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 13, 2023 7:00pm 3D Printed RC Car is Geared For Speed #toyhacks #3dprinting #rccar #radiocontrol #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printed RC Car Is Geared For Speed You can always go out and buy an RC car off the shelf. However, it’s readily achievable to print your own design that has many of the features of off-the-shelf models, as demonstrated by [Jin…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 30, 2023 9:00pm 3D Printing RC Car Tires To Go Fast #transportationhacks #rccar #tires #wheels #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printing RC Car Tires To Go Fast There’s a bit of a high-speed arms race in the RC world on YouTube these days. [Michael Rectin] is in on the action, and he’s been exploring how to 3D print a decent set of tires to hel…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 27, 2023 9:00am A Nifty 3D Printed RC Car #toyhacks #3dprinted #3dprinter #rccar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Nifty 3D Printed RC Car Once upon a time, a remote controlled (RC) car was something you’d buy at Radio Shack or your local hobby store. These days, you can print your own, complete with suspension, right at home, a…
Hackaday (unofficial) July 19, 2023 9:00pm Breaking Land Speed Records With An RC Car #mischacks #transportationhacks #jetcar #rccar #speedrecord #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Breaking Land Speed Records With An RC Car Building and running a land speed record car is an expensive business that requires incredibly wealthy benefactors. Doing it on a smaller scale with a radio control car is still pricy, but more wit…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 18, 2022 5:00pm Tiny RC Truck and Trailer Motors Around Tabletop #toyhacks #attiny #bluetooth #rccar #radiocontrol #rc #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Tiny RC Truck And Trailer Motors Around Tabletop Most RC cars replicate real-world race cars or fantastical off-road buggies for outdoor escapades. [diorama111] is an expert at building tiny desk-roaming models, though, and built this exquisite m…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 17, 2022 10:00pm Amphibious Dragster Drives On Water #toyhacks #amphibious #car #dragster #rccar #rc #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Amphibious Dragster Drives On Water Dragsters are typically about peak performance on a tarmac drag strip. [Engineering After Hours] took a different tack, though, building a radio-controlled amphibious dragster intended to cross sma…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 28, 2022 9:00am High Speed RC Jet Car is a Harsh Teacher #toyhacks #jetengine #landspeedracing #projectair #rccar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 High Speed RC Jet Car Is A Harsh Teacher Making machines go fast has always been a seemingly unavoidable impulse for humans. With the advent of radio control, it’s possible to get a taste of the rush without putting your life and to…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 23, 2022 9:00pm High-Speed RC Car Needs A Flight Controller #mischacks #aerodynamics #ardupilot #rccar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 High-Speed RC Car Needs A Flight Controller The fastest ground vehicles on earth are not driven by their wheels but by an aircraft jet engine. At world record speeds, they run on an aerodynamic razor’s edge between downforce, which lim…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 30, 2022 6:00pm Hacking Toy RC Cars With The HackRF One #radiohacks #softwarehacks #gfsk #hackrfone #rccar #sdr #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hacking Toy RC Cars With The HackRF One The origin story for many who’d call themselves a member of the hacker community usually starts with taking things apart as a child just to see how they worked. For [Radoslav], that trend doe…
Hackaday (unofficial) April 6, 2022 3:00am RC Car Test Tether Takes Car Testing To New Lengths #carhacks #distance #failuremode #rccar #radiocontrolledcar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 RC Car Test Tether Takes Car Testing To New Lengths It’s fascinating to see what happens when a creative hacker is given a set of constraints to work within. [rctestflight] found themselves in a very specific set of circumstances: Free RC cars…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 21, 2021 1:00pm Ground Effect Aerodynamics On An RC Car #mischacks #f1 #formula1 #groundeffect #rccar #radiocontrol #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ground Effect Aerodynamics On An RC Car Ground effect aerodynamics will return to Formula 1 in a big way in the 2022 season, hopefully washing away the bad taste left in fan’s mouths after the recent controversial season decider. […
Hackaday (unofficial) September 5, 2021 12:00pm Building an Aluminum RC Truck from Scratch #toyhacks #handmade #metalworking #rccar #remotecontrolcar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Building An Aluminum RC Truck From Scratch These days you can get just about any kind of radio controlled vehicle as a ready-to-run model. Cars, trucks, excavators, you name it. Open the box, charge the batteries, and you’re ready to …
Hackaday (unofficial) September 5, 2021 12:00am Fan Lets RC Car Drive on the Ceiling #toyhacks #bluetooth #fancar #hc05 #rccar #remotecontrolcar #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Fan Lets RC Car Drive On The Ceiling Downforce is a major part of modern motorsport, keeping cars glued to the track at high speeds. However, for small radio control cars, adding a fan for a little suction can achieve even greater fea…
Hackaday (unofficial) August 15, 2021 6:00pm A Cold Gas Thruster On an RC Car #toyhacks #coldgasthruster #rccar #radiocontrol #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Cold Gas Thruster On An RC Car Tesla have boldly claimed that one day they’ll ship a Roadster complete with a cold-gas thruster for truly ridiculous acceleration. Whether or not that ever comes to pass remains to be seen, …
Hackaday (unofficial) May 23, 2021 6:00pm RC Car Gets Fan-Assisted Downforce To Slay Tesla’s 0-60 Times #mischacks #fancar #rccar #tesla #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 RC Car Gets Fan-Assisted Downforce To Slay Tesla’s 0-60 Times Tesla have claimed that their upcoming new Roadster will post a sub-2 second 0-60mph time. While it’s backed up by little more than a shiny website at this stage, [Engineering After Hours] to…