About This File
This manual details how to motorise your Dalek using a power wheelchair base with a Sabertooth 2X32A controller and standard model radio control set.
A common request is for information on how to turn your prize Dalek in to a fully remote controlled version. There are several ways to achieve this aim and this document describes one of them that is proven to work reasonably well. This is not the low budget version, but if you want a successful version and don’t have the skills or time to experiment, this is one way to achieve it.
It assumes using a donor power wheelchair and relies upon the mixing function of the specified Sabertooth motor controller to have “tank-like” steering, where one wheel differentially slows or speeds up to force a turn.
Note that a 'DEScribe' config file is required to finish the setup. Details of how to make this file are included, but you can also download it from here.
This guide is also available to buy as a full colour printed booklet. Click here for details.