Wow - that's totally cool and at the same time I wish I never saw it... it will haunt me until I make this!
The small LiPo's are really common in those little indoor drones. I have a bunch of them I bought online for a few bucks. The servo motor would be out of a small RC device (eg. small rc car to drive the steering). The MP3 chip and IR reciever is pretty standard but the controller might require some programming so not sure how exactly that would work.
I'm mostly impressed he got small enough parts to fit it all into the base of the station. And a servo that can line up with the door mechanism. Clever guy.
Totally jealous of the speed (voltage?) controller on the train.
OMG - I just watched his other video where he puts the LED lights into the front and rear cars of the train. I'm thinking it's probably fiddly but not too difficult.
Then I see he puts white headlights and red tail lights on both ends so he can actually stop the train put it in reverse and the lights switch to white at the front and red at the rear depending on which direction it's travelling. Attention to detail is staggering.
Also explains why the middle car has the drive wheels I guess.
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2019, 05:20 PM by Super.)
The small LiPo's are really common in those little indoor drones. I have a bunch of them I bought online for a few bucks. The servo motor would be out of a small RC device (eg. small rc car to drive the steering). The MP3 chip and IR reciever is pretty standard but the controller might require some programming so not sure how exactly that would work.
I'm mostly impressed he got small enough parts to fit it all into the base of the station. And a servo that can line up with the door mechanism. Clever guy.
Totally jealous of the speed (voltage?) controller on the train.
OMG - I just watched his other video where he puts the LED lights into the front and rear cars of the train. I'm thinking it's probably fiddly but not too difficult.
Then I see he puts white headlights and red tail lights on both ends so he can actually stop the train put it in reverse and the lights switch to white at the front and red at the rear depending on which direction it's travelling. Attention to detail is staggering.
Also explains why the middle car has the drive wheels I guess.
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