Log 11/29/2010

I will be using the motors, transmitter, and radio control from the RC car I purchased for my project.

Fig. 1: The RC car I will be taking apart for my project

Picture Source:
Figure 1: http://www.mailorderexpress.com/shop/prdpics/301469.jpg

3D Wireframe Drawings

These are the 3D wire-frame drawings of my solution.

Fig. 1: Side view

Fig. 2: Bottom View

Fig. 3: Front view

Fig. 4: Isometric view

All drawings done by MM using AutoCAD.

Log 11/19/2010

Though I will not be using a power screwdriver to control my system, this video can give a good visual for how it will work.  The circuit board that is used would represent the camera in my system.  The camera will tilt similarly by a servo and both of those will sit on top of a rotating motor that will rotate them much like the bottom screwdriver in this video.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZerlMpwaguY

Log 11/16/2010

Another way to understand how radio controls work and to receive ideas for my system I bought an RC car.  It has two controls on its radio controller.  One controls turning and one controls whether the car goes forward or backward.  Seeing as my final solution will be operated on two systems I decided I can use a similar controller, or the same controller.  The RC car moves faster that I would want my project to move so if I were to use the moving parts from the car I would have to gear them down significantly.

Log 11/15/2010 3

And now when I select the "insert image" button the following message comes up:

The feature you requested is currently unavailable. Please try again later.

I don't really have the time to try again later because I need to get the drawings I've had done for weeks onto my blog.

Log 11/15/2010 2

I came home in hopes of uploading all of my drawings again, but a box keeps popping up saying "server rejected," and I'm not really sure what that means so I'll have to ask BH or JC for help again.

Log 11/15/2010

My 3D AutoCAD drawing is complete.