Thank you. It was mostly an accident that turned out to be a feature. I needed to stop the mower from bucking and jerking during a sharp turn so I added the shocks. Doing so kept it from jerking but it was also putting everything in a bind when the wheels were all getting good traction on flat ground. Then, when one wheel would go over a bump it would lose traction on the wheel that was lifted up off the ground. This left some sort of true suspension articulation as the only answer. I did not expect it to work as well as it has. Now, the overall traction in a straight line is much improved and the ability to slip in a turn, with control, is much better too. Very happy with how it came out.
Let me know when you are ready for a cut and I will bring it over. It's fun as hell. You can get pretty brave with a mower when you can stand 100 feet away, lol!
Cool project. I'm wanting to build an RC mower (and plow) as well. Also, I love your "Appalachian love child" description of yourself from the About page. I subscribed and looking forward to more stuff.
Solder here, duct tape there, a quick connect or two. My techniques are questionable at best and should not be copied by anyone. But, I've never had trouble with soldering to a battery terminal. I don't know if it's cool to do or not. I reckon I'll look it up.
Brilliant suspension design, well done.
Thank you. It was mostly an accident that turned out to be a feature. I needed to stop the mower from bucking and jerking during a sharp turn so I added the shocks. Doing so kept it from jerking but it was also putting everything in a bind when the wheels were all getting good traction on flat ground. Then, when one wheel would go over a bump it would lose traction on the wheel that was lifted up off the ground. This left some sort of true suspension articulation as the only answer. I did not expect it to work as well as it has. Now, the overall traction in a straight line is much improved and the ability to slip in a turn, with control, is much better too. Very happy with how it came out.
That’s so awesome!
Let me know when you are ready for a cut and I will bring it over. It's fun as hell. You can get pretty brave with a mower when you can stand 100 feet away, lol!
Cool project. I'm wanting to build an RC mower (and plow) as well. Also, I love your "Appalachian love child" description of yourself from the About page. I subscribed and looking forward to more stuff.
I wonder what @ElectroBOOM and @greatscottlab would say about being in my description, LOL.
Not sure about soldering on a battery like that, but maybe ok.
Solder here, duct tape there, a quick connect or two. My techniques are questionable at best and should not be copied by anyone.
But, I've never had trouble with soldering to a battery terminal. I don't know if it's cool to do or not. I reckon I'll look it up.
Well this is a first