I love how occasionally we see the solar rover running in the background.

@hotmailcompany52

3 жыл бұрын

Its like the channels autonomous mascot

@willtwilson

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. Would love to have seen a single blade mower head attached to the solar rover.

@ericlotze7724

3 жыл бұрын

Need to keep it going as long as this channel is, would be a neat mascot/inside joke/running gag.

@sicklad3277

3 жыл бұрын

@@willtwilson Why not just get a push mower and attach motorised wheels?

@BikingVikingHH

3 жыл бұрын

I read this at 10:10 lol

If there ever was a YT video perfect for being sponsored by Manscaped, it would have been this one....

@TheDgdimick

3 жыл бұрын

Ouch...

@arfyness

3 жыл бұрын

That is terrifying

@MrVasshwilson

3 жыл бұрын

If there was ever a perfect comment this would be it.

@SolarWebsite

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrVasshwilson Aw, thanks 😊

@duck9155

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t pull myself to like this it’s at 369

As a landscaper of a few years now, I'd like to point out that it might be way easier to have one large motor spin two blades instead of all the smaller blades. This will disperse the grass farther out and will have a much higher speed at the cutting edge, meaning that it would cut more effectively even when dull. It would probably save battery power too. Hope you read this.

@eladreamus7246

3 жыл бұрын

To add to this the blades in weed whackers/lawn mowers are heavy, probably for momentumn reasons.

@jimsteele9261

2 жыл бұрын

I thought of using electric weed wackers too, and replacing the string with those metal blades I've seen on tv.

@EddieSchirmer

2 жыл бұрын

i was thinking something more like those old rotary movers Way back int he day. or maybe a hedge trimmer style with high torque, and a chain rake to move grass to one side. or, mimics a combine harvester mechanism

@CadgerChristmasLightShow

2 жыл бұрын

He is also using this in super long grass, which even for commercial mowers can present a challenge at times, especially when wet. It's pretty impressive it somewhat worked, I was expecting him to use it on like 3 inch grass

@bryrusmi4001

2 жыл бұрын

Always wondered what a lawn mower designed around hedge trimmer blades would do.

As a farmer I can inform you that cutting thick brush in your case with such small scale you don’t use speed you use momentum with a heavy blade but if you mow your yard regularly your little rig will work good and if you look a a lawn mower the blades are angled to throw the grass away

There are 2 ways to create RC lawnmower: 1. add grass cutter to RC car 2. add RC car to grass cutter

@xecoq

3 жыл бұрын

3. Fly drone upside down and very low to the gound

@nommy8599

3 жыл бұрын

4. Have a child, name her Remote, give her control of a regular lawnmower when able

@redsquirrelftw

3 жыл бұрын

Or add roomba electronics to electric self propelled lawnmower.

@brucelouie2186

3 жыл бұрын

5. Add rc cutter to grass car

@MichaelRHead-zv2zf

3 жыл бұрын

heres how i did mine kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoikw9eme62perg.html

Incoming: Federal regulations for "land drones" after spinning razors of death drone seen on youtube.

@olsonspeed

3 жыл бұрын

Karen is constantly vigilant, making the world safe for Unicorns and Fairies.

@crazycarl864

3 жыл бұрын

Autonomous lawn mowers have been a thing for at least a decade. If it was just him, then they might pass a law but there's a built up industry, and therefore, a lobby to prevent any regulation on them.

@vasiliynkudryavtsev

3 жыл бұрын

Blades broke off? Put some lasers on your drone to show them all!

@thatdudnum67potatoe45

3 жыл бұрын

ha they cant stop my 25 mph RC bom I MEAN UM FIREWORK yeah RC firework

@ChucksSEADnDEAD

3 жыл бұрын

@@crazycarl864 Lobbies promote regulation to make sure they're the only players in town. The government will pass laws precisely to stop the "just hims" to make sure the corporations can make bank. Did you know that the 1968 gun control act was envisioned by Thomas J. Dodd, a Connecticut politician with ties to the Connecticut gun industry? Connecticut was home of Colt, Winchester, Savage, Stag Arms, Mossberg & Sons, Sturm Ruger, etc. and the gun industry was suffering from the competition of war-bringbacks and surplus. Millions of rifles already bought and paid for during wartime that were sold to importers for pennies on the dollar were much cheaper to sporterize than buy factory new. That's just an example that's fresh on my mind because I learned it in a podcast the other day, the point is that corporations write laws that they know they can follow but stifle competition.

bro is the king of midnight entertainment

Super cool! I have 2 questions: Do you have the 2 blades on the left running counter-clockwise and the 2 blades on the right running clockwise? This would help clear the cut grass out of the way better. Do you have plans for an autonomous mower??? That would be super cool!

Rediscovering modern harvester head design. Class 1.

@johnwalker7592

3 жыл бұрын

I was really curious as to why my man was trying to recreate the wheel here.

Landlord: Your lease agreement says you have to cut the grass every week. Daniel: I'm developing a test platform for one of my engineering projects. Landlord: My lawn looks like a meadow. You need to get it cut.. Daniel: Just as soon as my 3D printer finishes up...

That blade embedded into the cover tells us everything we need to know about how much energy is present.

I really admire your determination to find a process that works when you run into a problem,plus the innovative ideas you come up with are inspiring! I like this build and may use some of your building ideas to make use of a working practical RC lawnmower that is variably simple yet reliable to handle some tough tasks in the yard mowing a tough lawn or weeds. Thank you definitely for sharing and agree there should be more interested people that can build these and modify results to make them better and share with others ideas for improvement!

I wonder if reversing the rotation on half the cutting heads would help feed the grass out and prevent clogging.

@grimfpv292

3 жыл бұрын

.. or positioning the cutters in a V-shape, plowing the weeds out to each side.

@IAmFromTheTop

3 жыл бұрын

@@grimfpv292 Yes, I was thinking that too.

@RogerBurgess

3 жыл бұрын

Just made a similar comment. I like the v idea.

@stivo2663

3 жыл бұрын

I don't care.

@RAD-RC

3 жыл бұрын

You could possibly angle the blades themselves to act like a propeller and fling the grass away

A snow blower would be REALLY cool, maybe even a single stage. I made one for my 1/24 crawler and it seemed to work good on powder snow.

@SamCyanide

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I figured maybe on a 1/10 like the plows but I didn't think someone would do it for a 1/24 lol

@jimmyoverly3512

3 жыл бұрын

I think start with a regular snowblower and automate it.

Very cool project. I live really close to you so I know that the winter grass around here can be a serious challenge to cut. So I am super impressed at how well the mower did at the flying field.

I'm not able to mow my lawn due to a stroke and ever since I wanted to build a robot lawn mower. Hence the reason I'm trying to learn how via DIY videos. I'm glad I came across your video. I'm going to order the Hobbywing QuicRun Fusion Brushless System Motor & ESC 2-in-1 1200Kv / 1800Kv 540 Waterproof For RC Crawler you suggested. I was quite impressed on how well your mower performed. Thanks for the video.

you should make an autonomous rover that charges a lipo with its solar panels to activate the cutters once a week, with that you should be able to make some cool sattelite art in your field after a few months

@chrisakaschulbus4903

3 жыл бұрын

i don't think his current cutter design would be up for the task... but the idea is really awesome

Hear me out.... Autonomous weed-eater that circles your properties border keeping the weeds in check ;)

@BillGatliff

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up and take my homeowner's liability insurance!

@22.250Rem

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. This

@usa_dobson8967

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillGatliff Small RC scale, with safety guards... It may actually be interesting!!

@sssandum

3 жыл бұрын

It better use the biomass as fuel!

@mozismobile

3 жыл бұрын

weeds, cats, small children...

idk why but I find it hilarious whenever the rover gets a cameo, just doing its thing

So cool! Brilliant! Can’t wait to see more of your projects.

I think lawn mowers are "lawn mower size" for a reason.

@user-dr2pg8fk2i

3 жыл бұрын

For cutting large swaths of grass and longer lengths. The Husqvarna robotic lawn mower uses razor blades and works on a higher frequency of cutting, but shorter cuts are required.

@bwxmoto

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dr2pg8fk2i Uhh... Did you see what he was trying to cut? 😆

@user-dr2pg8fk2i

3 жыл бұрын

@@bwxmoto yeah, I commented in my own post that he should get the lawn to optimal height first, then have the bot do frequent cuts to maintain

@EmersonPeters

3 жыл бұрын

I think lawn mowers are optimized for humans, so they are about the size a human can push while still being big so it's faster work. For something that's autonomous, the time won't matter as much so it can be smaller. Weed whackers work just fine and are smaller. I think the largest issue here was that there was nowhere for the cuttings to go - it needs to push them to the side or something.

@bwxmoto

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmersonPeters Or be BIG enough so it doesn't matter. 🤔

This is an awesome project! One thing to keep in mind- if this were to go on tour autonomous vehicle and run every day, it wouldn’t be mowing down tall grass. The grass would only grow so little, those little blades would be great! Take for example all the autonomous lawn mowers coming to market. Their blades are super tiny, but that okay because they’re only cutting a few millimeters of grass a day.

It was so funny to see the other vehicles going in the background autonomously testing

One thing that holds this back is the blade geometry. Normal lawnmower blades have a angled part at the rear of the blade which causes the chopped grass pieces to fly up into the mower deck where they are bounced around until they make their way to the outsides of the mower and ejected. With completely flat blades, the mowed grass chunks fall back into the mower blades where they are rechopped and gum up the mower

you need to add a auger on top of the blades in front and one behind the blades in the shroud. look at hay mowers for examples. the augers clear all the buildups

4:03 gave me straight shivers

With all your autonomous vids, this begs for it!

Nice Rock Crawler Mower

Since discovering FPV I've ALWAYS wanted to build something like this so I could sit in a comfortable chair in my backyard and mow both my front and backyard and still have a bit of fun. This is the closest I've seen. I always envisioned using a self propelled mower stripped down, a couple of big servos for steering and actuating the propulsion mechanism and a big lithium ion battery.

@cajundude62a

Жыл бұрын

same I wanted to make the idea so it be worth our investment but this guy stole it feel the same way

Awesome project! Development seems to never end with this since the ideas keep coming up for improvements. Been working out the bugs on a moss pellet sprayer quad to keep me from crawling on the roof, seems the Washington rain really benefits or the pellet granules roll off the roof after the last couple test hops.

The amount of rainfall that you seem to get where you live has seriously impacted the end product of your videos. I know it's not something that you can easily change, just saying so you know what I found negative about your video. Great work all around. Very inspiring stuff.

Yes revisit this project please. Great idea. Whilst watching it seems the biggest problem is with grass cuttings building up around the cutters. I was wondering if something like a hoovering system could suck the cuttings away and blast them out evenly behind the machine? Once this machine has been perfected your next task will be to automate it. Then you can relax with your tea and a scone whilst watching the show.

I could legit watch time lapses of a rover cutting tall grass for hours.

I think you've just made a " grassdozer " 3:28

More cutting ALWAYS, ALWAYS = MORE BETTER!!! Now scale this up, and take my order!!! Nice work 👍🏻

While visiting Sweden in 1995, I went on a tour of the Ringhals nuclear energy facility just north of Varberg. As fascinating as the nuclear plant was, I was amazed by the autonomous lawnmower that was mowing the grass around the plant. It was manufactured by Huskvarna.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

2 жыл бұрын

That was probably before this guy was born. I'm sure theirs actually works, too.

This was fun as heck to watch, man!

Ahh cool, been waiting for the new season of Black Mirror to start.

@arfyness

3 жыл бұрын

!!!

AWESOME project, my fellow Washingtonian!

Steven King could make a scary movie about that mower with razor blades chasing down 3rd graders in science class.

Why not try to implement how actual mowers work where the blades are covered and the blades have a slight angle of attack so that it creates a gust of air pulling up from ground and causing the grass to to be pulled up perpendicular to the blades and the same air gust blows the grass out the side.

Awesome content!!!

@Wilhuff_T

2 жыл бұрын

Brian!!!!! Whats up!!! Say hi to the" camera crew"

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

2 жыл бұрын

This is the worst video I've ever seen on this channel. He tried to reinvent the lawnmower instead of simply adding RC to a regular lawn mower (which would have been easier, cheaper, and far more effective).

The cutting is strangley addictive

This is just cool, clever and creative!

You need fingers on the front, like a corn combine.

@sierrawhiskey5144

3 жыл бұрын

This! Make em barbed (like arrow heads) to help direct and control the tall stalks. A RC lawnmower that cuts a lawn regularly as it starts to grow in shouldn't have issues with regular trimming. Its that "I'm too lazy to cut my lawn so its massive now." kind of cutting that will have issues.

@robinbennett5994

3 жыл бұрын

And some gaps at the back, for the cut grass to leave the cover.

@cbpercy06

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with this idea is that while corn is planted in fairly symmetrical rows, and thus grows as such, grass doesn't grow in any semblance of order. The fingers on a corn header just help to direct the corn onto the cutters and keep it from folding away; meanwhile, on a self-propelled mower, there's a big wheel like on a wheat head.

@Nevertrustalawyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@cbpercy06 sounds like you have some farming background and your points are valid. I know current mowers generally use the vacuum created by the blade to lift the grass. Maybe a pre-rake before it hits the blade(s)?

Definitely don't wanna walk barefoot in that field now XD

That was great. High tech toys. Looks like a lot of fun building and flying. Nice catch.

I have that Fusion in my Axial Wraith. Love it. Great low speed control

"Because It never stops raining here in Washington" Lol I can say that is true.

That gadget discovery club sounds pretty bad. I think we should not buy random items in this age of overconsumerism .

@jasonmyska2326

3 жыл бұрын

Just looks like a bunch of non branded crap from Ali-Express

@TOASTEngineer

3 жыл бұрын

Made from 100% child slave mined cobalt and non-sustainable lithium!

@tracksensations

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree - absolutely horrible idea

@pjcmerritt

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds awful, random kit you don't need - and a total gamble as you don't know what you're going to get anyway. Appreciate the need for a sponsor etc ... but meh

@thibautstilli5947

3 жыл бұрын

"Removing the man in the middle" are they not exactly that? ^^

probably my new favourite channel

That was impressice! As someone who has thought about making an RC mower so I could turn the drudgery of mowing into a video game, ME likey!!!!!!!

This is so cool. Just did a school project where I designed a similar trimmer line testing rig. Designed to cut 24" tall wheat. Would love to show you how similar it is and how I aimed to avoid some of the issues you had. Keep in mind this is a huge rig that uses 14" strips of trimmer line. Lmk if you'd like to see it

@roddypine6077

Жыл бұрын

Post it public - everyone benefits!!!

Greetings from Finland! I think it would make a ton of difference if the blades weren't heading straight into the direction of movement, but to position them in a V-configuration like an old-fashioned snow plow. Then also implementing clockwise and counter-clockwise movement to reduce the amount of built up grass. Really cool project!

@guritche

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Also the motors on one side of the V could spin one way and on the other side the opposite to spit grass out.

@FinnishSnowmobiler

2 жыл бұрын

@@guritche Precisely!

The concept is sound. But take it from someone who has been in lawncare for 30+ years. This would be great for a maintained lawn but you're trying to use it as a brushcutter. A few design changes I would make are as follows: - Pitch the trailing edge of the blades to about 15 degrees. This will provide airflow to help lift un-cut blades of grass, and to blow away the cut ones. -Take a look at most lawn tractor mower-decks which use multi-blade setups. The front of the deck is flat, while the rear is curved to hug the blades. Additionally, notice how the front of the deck increases in height toward the discharge chute. as the first blade cuts grass in its path, it will throw the grass toward the discharge chute and over the second blade down the line. The second blade also cutting ad discharging grass over the third, and so on. with each pass toward the chute, more clippings are being transported, thus needing more room to transport them. Hence the raise in the top-front edge leading to the chute. The top-rear of the deck can remain flat. Basically, build a mower-deck using the design from a typical lawn tractor deck, while adapting it to use your 4-blade configuration. Side note, The swing-away blades are a nice touch though. You'll see those on brush-hogs to allow the blade to deflect off of a hard object rather than breaking or bending due to being rigid. Another idea, one that I have wanted to try for a while is a rear-discharge deck. That rise toward the cute would begin on each outer side of the front of the deck and peak in the middle.then carry rearward to a rear-facing opening. however, the leading area two sets of blades would each need to rotate toward the center so the clippings can all be transported toward the chute, and thrown rearward. However it would be good to add a wedge at the front to the deck, between the the two centermost sets of blades to prevent the right side from trying to throw it's clipping into the left side & vice-versa. Helps to think of mower decks as centrifugal fans. think of airflow or fluid dynamics, and where you want it to go. Hope all that made sense.

This is oddly satisfying to watch

"No one does this" Autonomous electric lawnmowers are commercially available. Awesome vid tho, keep em coming mate, well worth the wait for each one.

@rmdcade1717

3 жыл бұрын

But they're autonomous, not RC :)

@YoutubeAdministrator

3 жыл бұрын

Most of them are also overpriced and pretty shitty.

@JopzzSD

3 жыл бұрын

@@KZreadAdministrator how can it be shitty if it’s cutting grass before it gets too long to be too much for the mower? And do you own one? The reviews I’ve read are pretty good on certain brands also they’re not that expensive if you’re about to spend the equivalent on a lawn mower.

@shadyknolllandscapes1781

3 жыл бұрын

They have autonomous mowers and commercially available units you mount to a full size commercial zero turn that are used for big fields. There are rc controlled units used for ditches and steep inclines as well

@rmdcade1717

3 жыл бұрын

@@shadyknolllandscapes1781 Hey, I really like the idea of using RC units for those dangerous areas! Glad to learn something new today.

34 seconds ago? i've become feared amongst men

Dude that is awesome I'm not lying

I can't wait until skynet gets a hold of a fleet of these.

*Most nonchalant voice ever* "So I made a trailer for my automated rc tank that has two propellers with razor blades on the end spinning at incredibly high rpms just to see what happens."

@robertadams2857

3 жыл бұрын

Got that too. Steven Wright of inventing.

Subsequently banned after the "Washington Petting Zoo Incident" where the autonomous version suffered a compass error and went amok. ;-)

Please make a sequel this was very entertaining!

This guy is building an RC Lawn mower...next thing you know he is deep in the fields cutting knee high wet nasty bushes and sh!t...mad respect man!

should have just used a weedeater head, would have made a pretty effective mower. still really cool project though

yo i was just thinking u should do this

This video is just amazing.

That's one effective toenail trimmer

Those lines are my father’s worst nightmare. Just wait t’ll he sees it, he said he was getting some milk, he’ll b rt back.

More rotating mass on the cutters might help. And designing the cutters to have a lot of vertical airflow to help "pull" the grass upward might also help. Might be worthwhile experimenting with a cylindrical blade. Similar to older manual push mowers.

*Damn! This project is awesome!*

This is a super cool idea. It'd be good for disabled people who can't use a push mower or transfer easy into a riding mower. Heck, I'm in a power wheelchair and I'd totally use something like this to help elderly or other disabled people by mowing their lawns people's yards. You can have fun using an RC car AND be productive! I know they make grass cutting but those are at least $1000 and for small yards, it might be more beneficial to have a human that can navigate weird obstacles anyhow. You're channel is both entertaining but also very eye opening to what's possible

What about a mechanical push powered mower? The old school cylindrical ones with bent metal blades. Then you can eliminate 4 motors and save battery

@ebolapie

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine how quiet that would be with a vehicle as slow as the solar rover he’s got.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, he should have just added remote control to a regular gas powered mower.

When I was a kid I cut off the tip of my finger with a quadcopter prop so this literally terrifies me.

@icefire5555

3 жыл бұрын

Spinning blades that can easily be touched while they spin. Yeah. That's horrifying. I wonder if a weed eater style cutter would work better. as I feel the lawn mower blades have mass and torque on their side.

@georgewashington1621

3 жыл бұрын

Was it some 6S beast with carbon props? I never feel any danger from 1-3S motors with plastic props

@peterzingler6221

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgewashington1621 believe me there is. I've had the fun of grabbing into a full speed 5inch prop that was only on 2s in a wing launch scenario. Those poly carbonate props go through skin like butter

@ameturephysicist

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgewashington1621 No, it wasn't anything crazy like that. I want to say it had 3S motors but it was a while ago. I was writing a flight control firmware for it and I made a mistake in the code that made all the motors spin up to 100% and, like an idiot, I tried to grab it to disconnect the battery. Still have the scar to remember it by.

@bmxscape

3 жыл бұрын

thats sad. when i was a kid i cut the front of a lawnmower off so the blades were exposed so i could cut down taller grass. also cut a hole in the top so i could feed in sticks to chop them like a woodchipper still have all 11 fingers

This seems like a cool new way to make Crop Circles!!!

Interesting project! Seems like your proof of concept works quite well! I would think that your next major step would be to put larger diameter wheels on your 'car' and move the cutter to the center. Try using some spare TPU filament as like a 'weedeater line' type cutter, or even better yet pick up a weedeater head and some line. It will handle the rough scraggle much better than those spinning xacto blades of doom.

I would've bolted some steering onto a real lawn mower and power drive the wheels.

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

2 жыл бұрын

This would be way more effective. He tried to reinvent the whole thing, from the ground up and did a major fail.

reminds me of my custom chariot back when i was a gladiator in 270 BC.

@TOASTEngineer

3 жыл бұрын

Boomer

@oliverer3

3 жыл бұрын

Ah the good old days.

It's oddly satisfying watching this cut through grass.

Pretty satisfying! Wow

I'm thinking some Hedge Clipper bar mounted to the front.

@danielfouardlibertarianono8017

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. If he would put a sicyle bar on the thing he'd drop the grass in long stalks. Question#2. Now what? Feed the fallen stalks into a chopper like a document shredder.

Please revisit this topic

I am so intrigued by this idea

I was expecting a mower deck with some rc parts attached, but what i watched was even better. Like watching a dumpster fire going down hill into a daycare.

Dude just get those weed eater plastic blades. Why mess around with razor blades? Potential for serious injury pretty high here. I

@NETBotic

3 жыл бұрын

I think he is making up for the lack of torque with sharp blades.

@jonanderson5137

3 жыл бұрын

Super low mass, the blade will Peter out after 5-10 feet.

Perfect for golf courses dude,

More better is always more better.

That thing will scare whatever grass it isn’t cutting 💪 sounds horrifying I love it!!!

What's even more fun then rc lawnmowers is never mowing your lawn you gota make an attempt on a autonomous mower

Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера.

That's literally more capable than my mower. Tall wet grass like that and it's cutting that well. Awesome

It's so small for cutting the grass but it's very best experience!!! 👍👍👍❤️

Definitely about to make an rc weed whacker to trim around some trees with lower branches

i love my exceed mad torque the motor on axle setup is awsome and pretty much unstoppable

Ive been working on a zero turn F.P.V mower. Trying to find some affordable 12v hydrolic preportanal servos. Once it works some eletric edging weed eaters will be a must.

This is great! I’ve wanted to do this for a long time

@hxhdfjifzirstc894

2 жыл бұрын

Just buy a used lawn mower and add remote control to it. It will be far better, cheaper, and better results.

Damn that thing works pretty good for what it is. Nice job dude.

Yo finally a KZreadr in my state

Definitely revisit this project

This video reminds me of Uncle Shortfinger. I met him a couple of times, but I never learned what his real name was. He was our introduction to lawnmower safety. I thought of him during the scenes with bare fingers cleaning up around the blades.