joywrex Rock Crawler

Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Sonoma County Posts: 517

--------->QUADROCKER Micro: An ATV Mod w/ Controllable Figure



















Quadrocker, a controllable figure add-on for the RC crawler.



Concept:



The idea is that controlling a truck is fun, but if you could somehow lean as if you were on a lightweight atv than it would be even more fun! Compared with R/C Helicopters and Airplanes, R/C Crawling uses fewer channels and requires you to think about less at once. That was one of the reasons I like it more than racing rc cars. Now, dont take offense, I know once you start channel mixing with digs and all that it gets more complicated. I like the simplicity and intuitiveness of no dig, but being able to force the weight of the vehicle to change in some way.



Sure it has a higher center of gravity which makes it more difficult. I know, but screw it, its really fun.



Its 2012, Motor on axle crawlers have made ridiculous things climbable. Nonetheless, lots of people are into scale crawlers which includes adding unnecessary weight onto the trucks center. As with the other car types: sportsman, super, mini, etc, This driving would be in a different class that is yet to be defined. I am calling this class Quadrocker. I imagine that it will look a lot less scale, if you could call it that just as competition crawlers have lost much of their truck-like appearance. For v1 I have tried to make it look relatively real so people get the concept. I could see making it very untruck-like or very scale depending on personal preference. Im relatively new to R/C in general. I have built up a Venom Creeper that was an impulse purchase and with a little help from the great people in the RCC forums it can climb just about anything now. Link to my build thread . For my next project I wanted to add a new challenge to the mix. I have been working on this project for a while now. I figured it was time for you guys to see it. This post is very picture heavy (and word heavy) I wanted to also explain my thinking and my process. I do things a little differently because I dont have a big shop and usually design for mass production. Im eager to know if anyone else wants to quadrock a rig! -NoahQuadrocker, a controllable figure add-on for the RC crawler.Concept:The idea is that controlling a truck is fun, but if you could somehow lean as if you were on a lightweight atv than it would be even more fun! Compared with R/C Helicopters and Airplanes, R/C Crawling uses fewer channels and requires you to think about less at once. That was one of the reasons I like it more than racing rc cars. Now, dont take offense, I know once you start channel mixing with digs and all that it gets more complicated. I like the simplicity and intuitiveness of no dig, but being able to force the weight of the vehicle to change in some way.Sure it has a higher center of gravity which makes it more difficult. I know, but screw it, its really fun.Its 2012, Motor on axle crawlers have made ridiculous things climbable. Nonetheless, lots of people are into scale crawlers which includes adding unnecessary weight onto the trucks center. As with the other car types: sportsman, super, mini, etc, This driving would be in a different class that is yet to be defined. I am calling this class Quadrocker. I imagine that it will look a lot less scale, if you could call it that just as competition crawlers have lost much of their truck-like appearance. For v1 I have tried to make it look relatively real so people get the concept. I could see making it very untruck-like or very scale depending on personal preference.