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Title: Where to get stuff
Post by: Allenph79 on February 20, 2009, 01:06:49 PM

High om im new here i am 12 years old and got into robotics about 6  months ago i have made a beetle bot a robot that cleans florrs(my design) bristle bots and many toher things but for these robots i have used mostly dc motors and never a reciever i have never needed a servo  until now, i am creating a homade remote controle robot for this i will need a small( very small) servo for the tail or if i can use a dc motor, how do i do that, and how do i plug it in to a reciever, my other question is where can i find a cheap remote, some cheap materials for building the chasis( i hope i got that right) some cheap servos and some recievers ( probably a fairly small one...) if you could help me with this i would most appreciate it and i hope im not bugging any of you, thanks

                    -Allen

Title: Re: Where to get stuff
Post by: pomprocker on February 20, 2009, 01:11:15 PM

Cheap materials for chassis is cardboard, and cheapest servos are on ebay!

Title: Re: Where to get stuff
Post by: Razor Concepts on February 20, 2009, 01:34:08 PM

www.towerhobbies.com has a huge selection of servos/receiver/transmitters and they have a nice layout so you can find thing easily.

Title: Re: Where to get stuff
Post by: Allenph79 on February 20, 2009, 02:32:29 PM

thanks serrvoes are good at tower hobbies but recievers and remotes dont go very low in price like i said i want the cheap stuff cuz at 12 years old i dont make that much money...

Title: Re: Where to get stuff
Post by: Razor Concepts on February 20, 2009, 04:03:03 PM

Cheapest transmitter and receiver pair is $47 with a servo
link (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXASX2**&P=0)

Title: Re: Where to get stuff
Post by: Allenph79 on February 23, 2009, 08:57:28 PM

Thanks i think ill take that one how long does that place take to ship