Bruder Delta tracked loader

[SmallHaul]

Thanks Brian, it is a tamiya gearbox that I seal up to keep dirt out.

It is a blast to operate. I didn't want to get it dirty because I might sell it so, I figured loading stone would show how much power and agility it has...I just finished it this afternoon and haven't gotten the hang of running it smoothly yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwDHgERW5xk

[ihbuilder]

boy you got some power packed in that lil guy looks good , Scott

[SmallHaul]

Thanks ModelMan, it can be tedious.

Thanks Steve, I was surprised how much power it has myself. When I first powered it up the bec from the saber tooth esc wasn't enough to run everything so, I added a 5 volt 5 amp (continuous) bec feeding just the lift and curl.

[Brian in PA]

Scott that is insane! It seems to have a lot of power to spare. very nice.

Brian

[W900snowman]

Very nice conversion, you were pretty smooth on the controls too. Do you mind if I ask about how long it took to do.

[SmallHaul]

Originally Posted by W900snowman

Very nice conversion, you were pretty smooth on the controls too. Do you mind if I ask about how long it took to do.

Thanks, it took about 50 hours to build. I spent 2 days just making and figuring out the mounts for the twin bucket curl servos and doing the wiring for them. It took a lot of time figuring out how the get all of the servo power transfered to the lifting arm as well. The more I think about it, it was probably than 50 hours but, I enjoy making these creations it feels like driving powerful little robots when they are done

[SmallHaul]

I was asked for more info on this build and thought I would just post it up here for everyone to benifit.

Here is a parts list of what I used to build it:


Nomadio Sensor radio
Tamiya gearbox
2 x slotcar motors (tamiya motors are 3.5 volts and fry quickly)
Saber tooth motor controller
5 volt 5 amp (continuous) bec
Hitec Digital HS-7955 TG lift servo
2 x Align Digital DS410M servos for bucket curl