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Micro RC Car Teardown

Step 4Motors and Batteries

Motors and Batteries
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Here are closeups of the motors and the batteries.

The batteries are labeled as being "80 mA" (which isn't really a valid thing to say.) They probably mean 80mAH, which makes these NiMH cells. They're 1/3AAA size; which was pretty popular back before the serious RC crowd converted to LiPO.

The motors and batteries in this car are easily worth the $10 price tag on the car, even if you can't utilize the remote control...
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7 comments
Jul 17, 2011. 8:56 PMsnoopindaweb says:
Thanks for verifing the parts, My Step Dad was a TV & Radio repairman in the 60's, but thats about It, cOOl. G-G
Jun 1, 2009. 6:16 PMadave123xx says:
what is axle?
Sep 22, 2009. 12:54 PMGamernotnerd says:
what is car?
Nov 7, 2009. 6:20 PMlunchboxslayer27 says:
what is air?
Jan 9, 2010. 3:25 PMZaphod Beeblebrox says:
what is internet?
Apr 6, 2011. 10:19 PMJustdoofus says:
what is pr0n?
Apr 3, 2010. 6:32 AMDerin says:
internet is a tubezorz delivering cats to ur computorz
Sep 7, 2010. 7:36 PMpennnny says:
what would you recomend using the stuff for?
Jun 1, 2009. 6:15 PMadave123xx says:
what kind of motor?
Jun 10, 2008. 6:07 PMGreenAce92 says:
Micro submarine maybe? An insect robot(they need lotsa gearing) stuff like that...
Jun 15, 2008. 6:23 PMjoe57005 says:
there's a microsubmarine you can buy for the same price. (same control board, or at least terribly similar) differential drive, going forward/back also dives.
Sep 2, 2007. 2:51 AMhosam_eldin says:
Thanks for the nice efforts i made the same with my Pocket PC - I think the only missed part here is the application, ideas on how can we use this extracted parts like air plane ... etc - Wait for my instructables about the RC receiver from inside out thanks again

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