Source of cheap RC equipment?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:45 am
Hi everyone,
My interest in RC has just been sparked by playing around with a brushless dc motor that I scavenged from an old CD-ROM drive
I've spent the day trying to get it working with my Arduino, but 400RPM just doesn't cut it. I've seen how cheap some of the ESC/UBEC's can be and Its just not worth the effort haha.
I was wondering if the rcmodelreviews community had some good sources of cheap equipment I could use to get this motor up and running. All I think I need (please correct me if I'm wrong) are a low current ESC unit, a suitable battery pack, and something to control the ESC's speed (like the small knob Bruce uses when he explains the meaning of KV). I don't think I'll go for the whole RC yet, I'll just make sure the motor works first before forking out for a transmitter/reciever
Also, I don't really mind about the quality, if it works for five minutes, that's five minutes more than it is right now
Cheers
PS: If anyone in New Zealand was willing to sell some second hand equipment that would also be very cool
My interest in RC has just been sparked by playing around with a brushless dc motor that I scavenged from an old CD-ROM drive
I've spent the day trying to get it working with my Arduino, but 400RPM just doesn't cut it. I've seen how cheap some of the ESC/UBEC's can be and Its just not worth the effort haha.
I was wondering if the rcmodelreviews community had some good sources of cheap equipment I could use to get this motor up and running. All I think I need (please correct me if I'm wrong) are a low current ESC unit, a suitable battery pack, and something to control the ESC's speed (like the small knob Bruce uses when he explains the meaning of KV). I don't think I'll go for the whole RC yet, I'll just make sure the motor works first before forking out for a transmitter/reciever
Also, I don't really mind about the quality, if it works for five minutes, that's five minutes more than it is right now
Cheers
PS: If anyone in New Zealand was willing to sell some second hand equipment that would also be very cool