Hi Friends
I am a serious wildlife photographer by passion. I want to have a RC 4WD or 6WD Buggy that can take: (1) a DSLR Camera with a wide angle lens (Total Weight of Camera + Lens = 2 kg), and (2) a small video Camera (Total weight = 400 gms). The buggy shall be used in forest/pebble/swampy terrain. Basically, I am trying to develop something similar to a Beetlecam. Please see the following videos to understand what I am trying to do:
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My questions are as follows:
1) Can I straight buy a Maxx Crawler 4WD or 6WD, then remove the car body and fix a self-fabricated frame from the top (as shown in the second video link above) and then mount the cameras on it?
2) Would a crawler like Maxx or Maisto or Tamiya be able to take the weight of my cameras? Are they designed for such weight? Please note here that speed is not important to me, but the power to negotiate difficult terrain is.
3) Alternatively, would I be better off buying something like a Dagu Electronics 4WD or 6WD (75:1) Wild Thumper chassis, and then mount my cameras on it? Pl see:
http://www.rhydolabz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12554) If I buy Dagu, what would be the possible ways to increase its power?
5) Any suggestions apart from the above, to put the above wildlife camera buggy together, are also welcome.
I am absolutely new to RC world, so please please help.
Thanks in advance