my frist RC project: Bruder Delta Loader conversion

[caterpillar]

Hi,

I am planning to do a conversion of the Excavator shortly but as I am new in RC land, I thought to try first with something smaller and easier. So my choice went to the Bruder Delta Loader.



Before starting to rip the toy apart and start the conversion I spent a lot of time searching the forum for pioneers who did do the conversion already. After looking several builds, I decided to go ahead with the version that was created by Smallhaul. So first of all thanks Smallhaul for his tutorial, I learnt a lot and am confident to start on the next Bruder conversion.

I have completed the conversion in a timespan of 2 weeks (few hours in the evening and weekends). The job was more difficult than expected. Taking the toy apart required a lot of patience.



It took a while before all my parts arrived (due to a lack of decent RC stores, I had to order most of the stuff from the internet).











I'll try to post a video of the first run later

[caterpillar]

video of the first run
http://youtu.be/6HZS5L8W0Hk

[SmallHaul]

Congratulations, Looks good!

[hitachi]

very nice
do you have a link to where you bought that gearbox?

[caterpillar]

Originally Posted by SmallHaul

Congratulations, Looks good!

thanks man but you set the example with your great tutorial

[caterpillar]

Originally Posted by hitachi

very nice
do you have a link to where you bought that gearbox?

Hi Hitachi. Sure, I got them from www.pololu.com

[caterpillar]

I had a lot of fun today driving the delta.
Here is a video of the loader in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-3_5Qq-SZw

I didn't try it out with sand as I want to keep the delta loader clean as I am planning to sell it because I need to recover my costs so I can start on my next model which will be the excavator.

if anyone has interest in buying it you can let me know by private message.

rgrds
Koen

[caterpillar]

excellent weather today so it was time to try out the loader outdoors

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

[Smokin Joe]

What did you use to lift the arms? Can you post pics please. Yes, I'm dense.

"The only stupid question is the one you did not ask".

Thank you, Joe

[caterpillar]

Originally Posted by Smokin Joe

What did you use to lift the arms? Can you post pics please. Yes, I'm dense.

"The only stupid question is the one you did not ask".

Thank you, Joe

Hi Joe, picture below. Hope it helps:

[Smokin Joe]

Originally Posted by caterpillar

Hi Joe, picture below. Hope it helps:

Thanks Caterpillar, very slick! Always looking for new ideas. Joe

[caterpillar]

Improvement made on the delta loader


Planning to sell it