One of the most satisfying things you can do when building your radio controlled tractors or construction vehicles is to add LED lights. You can very quick see the fruits of your labor even before you’ve sorted out the control you can just temporarily wire them up and get a […] Beginners guide to LEDsMay 8, 2013 in Electronics Talk tagged Components / LED / RC Conversion / RC Digger / RC Excavator / RC Lorry / RC Tractor / RC Truck / RC Wheel Loader by RC Tractor Guy
If you have the space in your home to allow you to move up to 1:16 or 1:10 scale then you will find that your builds become much simpler. The electronics are around the same size which means you have space for bigger motors and stronger servos but why stop […] Heavy Duty RC VehiclesMay 7, 2013 in Large Scale RC Models tagged RC Digger / RC Lorry / RC MAN Lorry / RC Tractor / RC Truck / Video by RC Tractor Guy
Here is a great video about how one guy built his own 1:32 scale radio controlled excavator. I think it might be a plastic model which would make things a lot easier, the biggest problem with my Hitachi zaxis 210 is the weight of the excavator arm. He clearly shows […] A great example of a homemade RC excavatorMay 6, 2013 in 1:32 Scale Models tagged Example / RC Excavator / Video by RC Tractor Guy
Here is something a little different, I think I’ll throw in the odd post about real tractors, farming or maybe just what I think is a good video. If you get a chance, shoot over to the RC Tractors Forum and let me know if you guys like this idea […] Bogged down but plenty of power!!May 5, 2013 in General Discussions tagged Real Tractors / Video by RC Tractor Guy
The best way to get find out how to build your own RC Tractor is to ask questions and there is no better place to do this than the RC Tractors Forum. We need help to build our forum, we need the first few brave posters to take the jump […] Help to build the RC Tractors ForumMay 4, 2013 in General Discussions tagged RC Tractors Forum by RC Tractor Guy
Here is a great example of how to convert a standard 180 degree servo into a continuous rotation servo. You might want to do this to make screw drives for a radio controlled excavator model or to drive the wheels of an RC tractor model. A servo consists of a […] How to modify a servo for continuous rotationMay 3, 2013 in Electronics Talk tagged Components / RC Excavator / RC Tractor / Servo / Video by RC Tractor Guy