A friend of mine sent me this video he found of a great 1:10 RC Tractor really mowing the grass in someones garden. The model is incredibly realistic and appears to have buckets of power, the mower doesn’t seem to slow down at all as it moves through the grass […]
RC Tractor
A farmer called Michael Shannon from county Clare in Ireland has built himself a 1:1 scale radio controlled Massey. He, along with his son, restored a 1983 Massey Ferguson MF250 and added radio controls to the tractor in the process. The machine can be controlled using an RC controller and […]
1:1 Scale RC Tractor
Choosing the right motor controller is one of the trickiest parts of building an RC tractor or robot or whatever you are trying to make. The reason is that a motor draws a lot of current which means the voltage the motor can handle might be small. This means you […]
TB6612 SMD Motor Driver
We recieved an LCD keypad shield for an Arduino from IC Station in our mailbag this week. This is a great way to add a user interface to your Arduino and I show you how to do that in my review video. IC Station liked our reviews and have given […]
LCD Keypad Shield for Arduino – IC Station Product Review
1 In our very first mailbag video we received a simple two axis joystick module sent to us by IC Station. This is an ideal addition to have in your spares box ready for when you want to quickly build a test rig for something be it an RC Tractor, RC […]
Joystick for Arduino – IC Station Product Review
A Power Take-Off (PTO) would be a cool addition to a model tractor if it was possible to squeeze it in. You would be able to turn simple moving accessories like a hay fork in a more realistic manner but how would you do it? Well I can think of […]