Some pictures of my MAN truck

kalkurap · #1 02-21-2007, 09:34 PM

Hi all,

These are some of the photos of my MAN truck. I started working on this about two years ago, but couldln't complete it until now because of various reasons. I got involved with this hobby soley because of this forum, and I am thankful to a lot of great builders on this forum. By the way, where have all the people gone?

Some specifications:
Body : Roco Minitanks MAN truck
Chasis : Scratch built using brass.
Motor : Surplus motor and gearbox taken out of a tape drive.
Servo :Hitec HS55
Battery : 4 cell 150mAh, from a 9V rechargeble pack
Receiver :Hitec Feather.
Transmitter: Hitec Focus 4
ESC : DIY using PIC12F625.

I doesn't look even one tenth as good as many of the trucks here, but I hope to improve as I build more. I still have some issues to resolve, such as excessive radio glitch, adding the detail parts etc, but it is fun to drive around. Some pictures in the next post.

kalkurap · #2 02-21-2007, 09:39 PM

Here we go..

And finally, a close up photo of the ESC.

Fred · #3 02-23-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kalkurap

Here we go..
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Hello kalkurap,

very nice job! This must be the first MAN 5t model with articulated steering(?). That's quite inventive. Again, very nice.

Glad to see someone else who develops his own microcontroller stuff for micromodels.

I also wonder where everybody else went.

Have fun,

Fred

tinyrc · #4 02-24-2007, 06:56 PM

Very nice kalkurap!

kalkurap · #5 02-25-2007, 11:43 PM

Thanks, but there isn't anythig new that I did on this one. I just copied the idea for the front axle from many of the other builds here.

And yes, building circuits is my other hobby, and these two go well together.
I wish we had more build threads here, it would have been fun.

BiLLy bOb · #6 02-27-2007, 08:48 PM

that looks great man. hope mine turns out as nice. small circuits huh? is it safe to assume you built your own esc?

killer · #7 03-01-2007, 06:40 AM

kalkurap!,very nice truck!.., i love your esc!.. is that a ni-cad battery?.. i would suggest you should use a li-ion battery bro, your truck will have a longer runtime!, small li-ion battery can be found inside a cheap chinese brand rechargable mp3 players, you can now charge your truck via USB, and you have a portable mp3 player as well!, just my opinion!.