Build Your Own Remote-Controlled Lawn Mower

Build Your Own Remote-Controlled Lawn Mower FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 áWe recently spotted a YouTube video of a radio-controlled lawn mower The video linked to a website with complete do-it-yourself plans for making your own RC lawn mower for less than $500
    We contacted the designer Terry Creer who appears to be from Australia He isn t very accessible Due to the lack of time at the moment I cannot answer any emails he writes on his website along with a disclaimer that if you build a mower based on his design you do so at your own risk
    Creer s website features many pages of pictures and descriptions to help build a mower he says you can operate from the comfort of a deck chair or hammock
    The mower is powered by the motor circuitry and batteries from an electric wheelchair It s supported by a frame made from square steel tubing and a tray for the batteries The frame is on wheels off the wheelchair The handles and wheels are removed from the mower
    Creer offers a couple of options on how to set up the joystick and radio-controller
     A standard low-cost 2 channel hobby transmitter and receiver pair are bare minimum to control the beast Creer writes I really have no idea why no one has attempted this before It works well and it uses the wheelchair s original drive circuitry That s a mark for simplicity and another mark for cost-savings
    Here are the websites for the plans http://members iinet au/~tnpshow/RCLM/intro htm and a video of the mower in action www youtube com/watch?v=l8Wz_OXJfyg

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