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From: sasrer@unx.sas.com (Rodney Radford)
Subject: Re: Need suitable RC-car for robot chassis
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bergst@uoregon.edu (Robert Bergstrom,Jr) writes:

>In article AA17366@cse1.cse.uconn.edu, wurst@cse.uconn.edu (Karl Wurst) writes:
>>     Does anyone know of a radio-controlled (or even better, wired-controlled)
>>car with independent motors for driving the rear wheels?  Any suggestions
>>would be appreciated.  Thanks.

>I suggest moving to RC tanks instead of RC cars, but they might be more 
>expensive.

I purchased two dual-motor, tank tracked vehicles at the local Toys-R-Us
store last month for $13 each. The cars are easily modified by taking off
the plastic car body, leaving a fairly flat area - perfect for mounting
the control circuitry.  It will be very difficult to build a dual-motor
system, with gear boxes, and treads, and chassis for the $13 price these
were sold.

>-- Robert



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