Solar Powered RC Car

[Gills347]

Hi Fourm,

I'm in an engineering class at my high school and have gone through a basic electronics class, but am still a little confused on how to make this project.

I'm trying to make a solar powered RC car with old RC parts. I bought a solar panel at Radioshack that's rated at .5W and 6V. The motor that I'm trying to connect it to comes with a 4.5V battery and that gives it plenty of power. My question is how do I get enough power to be able to make this car go a decent speed? How should I connect the panels to achieve the power that I want? Apparently I was wrong when I thought that a 6V solar panel is the same as a 6V battery.

As of right now, I can barely get the panel to turn on an LED, and there is no response from the motor.

Any help is appreciated!

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Motor (Off of Losi Micro T)

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[ShawnLuna]

[quote="Gills347"][u][color=#000000]Hi Fourm,

I'm in an engineering class at my high school and have gone through a basic electronics class, but am still a little confused on how to make this project.

I'm trying to make a solar powered RC car with old RC parts. I bought[/color] [url=http://www.shinesolar.net][color=#000000]solar panels[/color][/url] [color=#000000]at Radioshack that's rated at .5W and 6V. The motor that I'm trying to connect it to comes with a 4.5V battery and that gives it plenty of power. My question is how do I get enough power to be able to make this car go a decent speed? How should I connect the panels to achieve the power that I want? Apparently I was wrong when I thought that a 6V solar panel is the same as a 6V battery.

As of right now, I can barely get the panel to turn on an LED, and there is no response from the motor.

Any help is appreciated![/color][/u]

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Were you able to sort out the issue? I would love to get similar set up in my car so please share more information..