EASY PEASY trail car R/C

[TonyWalsham]

With apologies to a well known Engli***V chef, here is an EASY PEASY way of installing battery R/C in a trail car using the RCS BIK-TC install kit and the RCS BASIC-5 motor driver.
Absolutely no soldering required. Simple screwdriver installation.

My customer provided me with a tall Aristocraft old time box car.
I mounted the RX-8 receiver in the roof and stretched out the antenna along the top on the inside. The antenna was tacked in place using silicone adhesive.

You could use any type of batery pack. I used two 7.2 volt sub C NiCd packs glued and tied to the floor. I used them because they are relatively low cost here in Australia. They are wired in series to get 14.4 volts with an RCS Y-CABLE which is connected to the BIK-TC.


The BIK-TC pcb is mounted in the middle on one side.
The BASIC-5 is also mounted in the middle on the other side.
A wiring harness compatible with the regular AC end of loco plugs is also supplied which can be seen exiting the floor at the end near the batteries.

When the body is replaced on the chassis the BIK-TC pcb is conveniently at the open door. This allows access for charging and switching ON-OFF.

The BASIC-5 is in the opposite doorway which allows access for system programming if required.

Sorry about picture quality, but here is how the universal plug comes out the end of the car. This car actually has an extra plug so that it can be run with locos that have different couplers if necessary.

I have not had a chance to range test the installation yet, but going by past experience where I can mount the stock antenna up nice and high, I expect to achieve at least 100' with a stock TX-4. 200' with a TX-24.
Please feel free to contact me off line for parts pricing and availability.

[FJ and G]

Thanks for nice photos.

I use velcro strips to attach my components for quick release:

1. Battery pack

2 Red box is receiver, which is attached to the blue box (ESC) using velcro and in turn, the blue box is attached to the floor with velcro.

3. Additionally, I attach my fuse to the red box with velcro.

(looks a bit cramped b//c it's O scale)