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 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
In this video I take you through the basic idea for the RC Controller, this controller will have an LCD display allowing you to select from all your vehicles and choose which you would like to control. It will have options to control lights on the vehicle and to tune […] RC Controller IntroductionMay 2, 2013 in Electronics Talk tagged RC Controller / RC Tractor by RC Tractor Guy
1 Tractor pulling is a popular motorsport around the world where people modify tractors to pull a heavy sledge called a weight transfer sledge. As the tractor moves along a heavy weight on the sledge moves forward pushing the front of the sledge deeper into the ground making it harder and […] 1:32 Scale Tractor PullingMay 1, 2013 in 1:32 Scale Models tagged Example / RC Tractor / Video by RC Tractor Guy
Here’s a quick video showing the internals of the Fendt 936 RC conversion. You can see how the steering servo and the motor/gearbox assembly fit inside the body of the diecast SIKU model. For more details of the Fendt 936 conversion check out the Fendt 936 page. Any question or […] Whats inside a Radio Controlled Fendt 936?April 29, 2013 in RC Tractor Guy Videos tagged Fendt 936 / RC Tractor / SIKU by RC Tractor Guy