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How To Build A Solar RC Car

How to convert you rc car to run from solar power. THIS WAS DONE FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT!!! so stop telling me to buy batteries!

Video Rating: 3 / 5

First buy a cheap rc buggy, then a cheap wireless camera and receiver off ebay. Then buy a usb TV box and plug it into your laptop. Connect receiver to tv box. Tape camera to car. Switch everything on and drive! My other camera has packed up and I can’t see anything through the viewfinder or screen. That’s why the filming is so bad.

50 Responses to “How To Build A Solar RC Car”

  1. kiwipunch2468 says:

    we did this in science class except instead of a rc car we used plastic tubes, drilled in holes, and attached wheels.

  2. beerisgood4y says:

    yap and the car will bicome a truck :D

  3. crustydemonsully says:

    @thebennyboy13
    i think it was 12v

  4. TheTom349 says:

    how big is the solar pannel??
    what´s the price of the panel~??

  5. steventrianto says:

    what voltage u used for the panel ? cheers

  6. crustydemonsully says:

    @FootyDrummer they are the metal extensions on the inside of the car that go down and touch the batteries

  7. FootyDrummer says:

    how do you find the battery terminals?

  8. MrLawrence19 says:

    What do the battery terminals loook like?

  9. FootyDrummer says:

    thanks a lot.

  10. ptrakk says:

    add a capacitor to it to store energy;)

  11. crustydemonsully says:

    @mrgoodbites (I Wanna Be in) ACDC by ‘Down By Law’

  12. mrgoodbites says:

    Whats the song thats playing?

  13. xJudgementalist says:

    cool

  14. TheInfernoStrikes says:

    @CHRISBALLQWAS it was done 4 school he said in description

  15. piccolo56000 says:

    I did a solar car for my science fair today and every -body was fucking amazed how it worked! thanks for the idea dude!!! i wish i get a good grade!!!

  16. chilidress says:

    if you add some capacitors then it would work at shadow for a little
    nc:)

  17. Robomannut says:

    @miamixmoneyx96 You can leave it in the sunlight to charge.. it runs for a while but it loses energy…

  18. peaceman604 says:

    omg i love this song and ive heared it b4 whats it called and who does it? please tell me

  19. einevoll says:

    yeah that cod be a problem

  20. futerflash2 says:

    u could use a rechargeable battery, connect a diff wire from the solar power to the battery and then when there is shadow it will use the battery :)

  21. miamixmoneyx96 says:

    does the car always stop in the shadow : no joke

  22. crunkxRoque says:

    yo im doing the same exact project ..what size is the solar panel?

  23. qgosslau says:

    gute idee, aber schlechte umsetztung!!!!!

  24. x1expert1x says:

    isnt that ganna weight to much it will be goin 1/2 a cm a second lol?

  25. thebennyboy13 says:

    What voltage was the pannel ussed in this build?

  26. will221714 says:

    u dint show uss haw ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???

  27. wonderfulcat says:

    This is a wireless camera I got from e bay for about 13 quid. OK but a pain to sort out (you need a laptop with a capture box or a video camera with an input in). Get a Flycam one 2. (google it)!

  28. tribalmasters says:

    Nice! I have one attached to my RC tank, works great!

  29. njdevil1597 says:

    Hey, sorry to ask about an old vid, but I’m desperate to start videoing my RC too. What usb camera do you use? And do you need to buy anything else as well to put the video onto the computer?

  30. wonderfulcat says:

    I use a small usb camera now. A lot simpler than the radio one and a better picture. Your camera one works well, but don’t crash it (unless you can claim it on your insurance)!

  31. fletcher101101 says:

    i av done this on my hyper st and tied it just behind the frond struts but i used me phone. lot simpler way but bit risky for the phone lol. gd video btw

  32. creativekidvideos says:

    usb cord

  33. cooljenner1 says:

    is it ok if i have the camera and all of the bits thank u from cooljenner1

  34. gingejake says:

    can u do sum more vids of it plz

  35. gingejake says:

    any more places u no

  36. wonderfulcat says:

    my hobbies in leyton sells them i think it’s myhobbies dot co dot uk

  37. gingejake says:

    can u get spares 4 dat if u can let me no

  38. wonderfulcat says:

    You may be better off with an all in one usb camera. look at tufflight dot com and see my other videos.

  39. cooljenner1 says:

    where abouts in london are u becoz i live corby in the uk

  40. cooljenner1 says:

    how did you get the camera up 2 your laptop

  41. cooljenner1 says:

    can i have the camera then with the rcevier

  42. mangie222 says:

    1 i did
    2 my barber handles in rc and sells them
    3im using a cam-corder

  43. wonderfulcat says:

    Try ebay!

  44. wonderfulcat says:

    You can find them on ebay, about £13 from china!

  45. cooljenner1 says:

    can i have the camera and the recevier plz

  46. mangie222 says:

    i cant find an camera or recevier

  47. wonderfulcat says:

    but dale wax coñoooooooo that does not throw! There is no answer to this question!

  48. dariusman says:

    pero dale cera coñoooooooo que no tira!!

  49. daystar says:

    HAHAHA very cool video! sorry was laughing because that skull on the front is outrageously cute! haha and yeah would be cool, if you put 2 little LED lights in its eyes, and on yeas Halloween scare the kids hahaha

    Great filming…errr car cam and I liked the random noise in film also! simply a nice entertaining video. please make more! I will subscribe to you. take care mate!

    -=\MIKE//=-

  50. CaptCamping says:

    You have to cover the laptop screen partially with a black cloth or cardboard. I also used to drive my car at total darkness in the back of my house using a camera wireless system with 10 IR leds.

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