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Hey guys today we are going to show you how to build a remote-controlled lawnmower.
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I'll be using today. We have a yard machines 20 inch mower, a fly sky fs i6
transmitter & receiver, A Cytron smartdrive duo 30, and these are Pride Mobilty motors and wheels. i'll be running this system in 12 volts
however it can be run at 24. ALL PARTS WILL BE LINKED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIDEO. These are zero-turn eazy mow casters
you can go with a variety of different caster wheels.
i like these they're well made, um the guy who owns the company
John is a good guy, he's a one-man show. These are adjustable right out of the box I
can just bolt them on it makes it nice and simple. here's what it looks like once you get
the casters on. These casters do have cut height adjustment. Now before we go any further, I like to
test all my stuff. I don't want to go bolting stuff on and
then realize it doesn't work, or i got a bad component and have to
ship it back. So i would suggest that before you build
anything or go any further you hook everything up make sure it
works properly. These motors are used so you could get a
bad one. Also, I have had bad controllers in the
past. Now you can hook these motors up without
the transmitter and receiver linked and you can use the buttons on the
controller itself to test your motors. Both forward and reverse. This is the cable we cut earlier, we're
just going to pull the rest of it off. This piece of plastic the sleeve..
just crimp those two ends with some pliers and it comes right out of there. This spring we don't want it either
so same thing, grab some needle nose or some regular pliers and
tug on one end and it'll pop right out. Now that we have the spring detached
we're able to move the throttle and kill switch
back and forth. It kind of has a retention spot where it'll stay once you
move it to the left or to the right. These motors and wheels have a keyed shaft. Just take off the nut, line up the key, and put the nut back on. Simple. Now I found that if i take one of the
wheels that i removed from the lawnmower, and stick it under the rear to prop it up,
it gives me almost the perfect height that i want. So
i just stick it on a wheel and then I line my motors up with my wheels
and see where I want it to be, then I go from there. This is about what i'm going for,
if you look close you'll see that the hole
in the bracket from where we removed the handle, lines up
perfectly with the hole in the gearbox on the motor.
So I'm just going to use some 5/8 all thread and
run it through and put bolts on each side. It'll be good to go should be nice and sturdy.
That all thread won't fit through these holes, got to drill it out
no big deal. What are you doing huh? (my cat). Now I have my battery on there I just
ran some zip ties and you can see I drilled a hole towards the bottom of
the mower there. I ran three heavy-duty zip ties
through there as well. That keeps the motors
tight you know, pushes them up against the body
of the mower, and prevents them from rocking back and forth
and changing the height of the cut. I may weld something up later i'm going to
see how strong that is. This is what it looks like finished. Well, mostly finished I'll probably put some
tabs to hold the battery a little better in place.
Weld a couple things here and there. I got a
switch that i've got connected to the positive side of the battery terminal,
it's an easy kill switch just twist it on twist it off. All right that's it she's done on to the
next one. If you like this video or if I helped
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questions for me just drop them in the comments below or shoot me a message.
I'll be more than happy to answer your questions and help out where I can.
Take it easy.
