RC Ecto 1 project *video added*

Equipment Ectomobiles
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I’ve wanted to do one of these for ages. Not sure if it’s been done before so here goes…

I’ve been looking on ebay for a while to find a cheap doner kenner ecto 1.

Nothing mint. I wouldn’t want to ruin a good one. Just a cheap one near the scrap heap.

Finally got one for £3 odd.

Then dug my old Mardave rc car out the loft. They were nearly spot on size wise.

The only problem was the rear axel was a little too wide. I really didn’t want to chop the back arches but in the end it was the only way. I do plan to box them back in when its time to spray her with some plastic I have laying around.

So far I’ve just done the first test fit after chopping the arches.

Next I’m gonna make the body mounts.

Stay tuned… :smiley:

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Ohhh, make a Youtube video of it in motion once it’s done! :cool:

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really cool dude, of course do a video:P :cool:

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That Car looks awesome, I always wanted to see an ecto with racing wheels lol

can’t wait to see it racing/cruising

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HA! thats freaking sweet. please put a vid up of it :grin:

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That’s a pretty snappy computer as well. I’ve got the same Vaio. :grin:

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Even without the wheel arches boxed in the car looks pretty sweet. Can’t wait to see it in motion!

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Actually, it has been done but using Ecto 1 model car and they used Radio Shack remote control car. It’s ok but not that great…

http://www.xmoding.com/showthread.php?t=9555

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I have seen that clip on youtube before but didn’t know it was an rc ecto. looked like a static model with a few moving parts and I’m sure it had lights too.

Cool link though, thanks. I liked the low rider ecto 8)

I’ve been working on my RC Ecto 1 today.

Sprayed all the wheels plus front and read bumpers silver. Doesn’t look any different in the pics though lol.

The shell in also all mounted up now and just needs a little more ground out of the wheel arches for clearence.

If the battery is still any good I’m gonna try charging it up for a test run this afternoon.

If all goes to plan I’ll post some footage on here later :cool:

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Thats pretty cool. I hope we get to see it in action.

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Unfortunately it looks too wide now to bust out of the firehouse doors. That would have been awesome to see in a video.

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OK so as promised here is the video of the RC Ecto 1 in action.

Shot this on my mobile phone. Had to sit it on the floor as I couldn’t film and drive at the same time :smiley:

The car is suffering from a sticky speed controller and if you listen you can hear a loud DONG! as it smashes into a metal fence off camera. lol.

The speed controller got worse on the second run and shot straight off into a garage door and was pretty much trashed.

We have the technoligy, we will rebuild. lol 8)

Enjoy :cool:

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where did you get the rc car guts to put in it i want to do this that is so cool :cool:

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That’s pretty sweet!

Now just throw some flashing lights in the lightbars and you are off!

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that’s way too cool.

not fair.

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That is awesome.

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Its a Mardave V12 ford nastruck kit. I think all the V12 kits are pretty much the same but with different shells so any one should do :cool:

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Goosebuster, great project! I posted about this on the Ghostbusters.net Blog.

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Thanks Chad,

The ecto with lights is pretty cool.

Think thats the next stop for my one and black the windows out 8)

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I’d love to do a follow-up, keep me updated with your progress. The originality is what really strikes me. I’m curious, what was the most difficult part of the project? I tried to make an RC Batmobile when I was 9 and it was impossible to allocate enough room in the wheel well to allow for a decent turning radius.