seahorse bob

I've found some led drivers that are inexpensive and really simplify the installation of led's. They are used instead of resistors and require no calculation. They have a wide range of voltage inputs and allow for changing the source voltage and not needing new current limiting resistors. Here's a pic of one installed on the wiring harness. As you can see, it's very small and is on the right of the pic next to the plug. I left the tiny driver exposed so you can see it. Next, I'll slide the provided heat shrink tubing over it and shrink it.

Here's a link to the product info: https://lighthouseleds.com/20ma-led-...er-driver.html

Let me know if there are any questions,
Bob

seahorse bob

Thanks, Gary. I made the grill out of some metal window screen and I realize it's not completely scale. I figured that the "bobbed" M-35 wasn't in the military (as best as I can tell), so I could just make the grill any way I wanted!
Bob

ROLLIN ARMOUR

Crius
I like your idea Hanomag.
That will be cool when done.

Crius

Let's see about some tail lights

Crius

More on lights


And I need some input on night lights for FPV. That's right, I'm gonna put a camera in the passenger seat and drive with goggles, including at night.

Airbrushler

had an extra body seeing how open doors will work out

Sky_HawK

The GAZ is listed, just ordered one in green!

https://www.gearbest.com/rc-cars/pp_...?lkid=11994867

Crius

Got the other sound system from bangmegood. Can't say i'm impressed. I'll stick with the mikro.

Airbrushler

you guys can get your own 6x6

TheBennyB

Gary, I use these on my excavator for night work. 2 wired in parallel at around 3.4 volts.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/10Pcs-3W-Wa...53.m2749.l2649

Q

Rex Ross

WOW! That 6x6 is the answer to my dreams. I love the way is conquers a paved highway on terrain that is as flat as a pool table, and the way it accelerates and handles on a road with none of those old pesky cars and trucks. Do you have to live in Kansas to own one? Do you have to a dog named Toto? Can you tune the suspension for a yellow brick road?
rex

Rex Ross

WOW! That 6x6 is the answer to my dreams. I love the way is conquers a paved highway on terrain that is as flat as a pool table, and the way it accelerates and handles on a highway with none of those old pesky cars and trucks, Do you have to live in Kansas to own one? Do you have to own a dog named Toto?

ROLLIN ARMOUR

Nice Truck and all that. But they (Ford and Chevy) still can not figure out how to run Dual Tail Pipes like DODGE. LOL

Crius

Little update. If the escs ever get here we'll see some real progress.

Crius

ESCs have arrived

Rex Ross

Wow! That is a completely different critter now !!!!!
rex

Crius

Hey Rex, just wondering, if I build a vehicle but 3D print most of it does it still count as a scratch build?

Rex Ross

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That depends on what part of your body you scratch when you are 3D building something. One time I was told I wasn't really a scratch builder --- I was just an assembler of plastic parts that I made just because I was too cheap to buy them ready made. Honestly, I would love to produce the perfect parts that a 3D printer can make. The 3D parts that I have seen on this forum are absolutely beautiful eye candy and make me wish I was 40 years younger, a rich kid, and knew what to do with a computer besides play solitaire.
rex

Crius

I hear ya, Rex, and for an old hippie like me the hardest part is the computer stuff. But I'll get it, because before i die I will see a 1/16 scale meillerwagen convoy approach, deploy, and launch a V2.

philipat

I could see where these might have application in my tanks, too. But, do they help with voltage, too? In other words, make a 3V LED work on a 5V circuit? Looks like it's just an amperage limiter...but, if it could tweak voltage, it might help solve my UV LED problem in my airsoft tanks.

Interesting work on the trucks so far.

TheBennyB

I've used these in many projects. Voltage regulators with an adjustable pot. You just hook up the input then grab a volt meter and put it on the output. Mess with the pot till you get the desired voltage.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/eBoot-6-Pac...53.m2749.l2649

Crius

I'm using one of those regulators to tone down the fan above the FPV TX in the Hetzer. I need to pick up some more.

I just educated myself about LEDs today. Once you know the formula it's a piece of pie, and I've known Ohm's law most of my wretched life.

But, I'll probably try one of those current limiters, just to check it out. The problem is that I'm a cheap buzzard and i can get a bunch of resistors for the same price, enough just from our local electronics place (waaaay overpriced) to wire 6 LEDs for the price of one with the current limiter.

Crius

Crius

And here are those regulators for cheap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-DC-LM259....c100005.m2219

Airbrushler

Mike C posted this up on the Can Am site pretty cool

Trumpeter 1/16 M-ATV MRAP