{"author":{"bio":"Daniel Chote, the Code Monkey, Cat Herder, Maker, H4x0r, uav pilot, sim racer, bullshit artist and dad. Made in Hastings, New Zealand... Now living in the USA!","imageUrl":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f04e14567c4ec6ea9c28826cc9e3e12?s=250\u0026d=mm\u0026r=x","location":"State College, PA","name":"Daniel Chote","postCount":152,"slug":"daniel","website":"http://chote.com"},"cover":"/content/images/2026/10/9e08d4941150-social-background.png","hero":"","kind":"post","logo":"/content/images/2016/08/projectable-me-4.png","nav":[{"id":"62e854d471683dea63488bcbca5c6188","label":"Home","url":"/","sortOrder":0},{"id":"1bc84fb15620acd635df7735a0b8ddd8","label":"Projects","url":"/projects/","sortOrder":1},{"id":"3207e2fec51d66d2a5b3d8d04feb9dd8","label":"Sim Racing","url":"/tag/sim-racing/","sortOrder":2},{"id":"59115afd52e59a74faa4b386e00ae3fa","label":"About","url":"/about-me/","sortOrder":3}],"post":{"id":"1a17bde2f6378d362f4e1f64e0280a8a","siteId":"projectable","slug":"project-power-wheels-jeep-the-initial-stuff","title":"Project Power Wheels Jeep (PWRover)","markdown":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to my project blog.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere I will detail the build log of our Power Wheels Jeep Hurricane overhaul.  The goal of the project is to give it more power, better wheels, remote controllability and complete automation via GPS.  We will be using Traxxas ESC+Motors, Linear servo for steering, Ardupilot Mega 2.5 for control+gps+automation (with modified Ardurover code to add rear differential support and local control input for steering/shifter and throttle).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe have already done a lot of the initial teardown and test harness powertrain work.  \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere are some photos:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInitial teardown:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"427\" src=\"http://g.chote.me/var/resizes/Project-Power-Wheels/20120910-20120910-4K4X6622.jpg?m=1347305969\" width=\"640\"/\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Powertrain:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"427\" src=\"http://g.chote.me/var/resizes/Project-Power-Wheels/20120910-20120910-4K4X6613.jpg?m=1347305962\" width=\"640\"/\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew Powertrain:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"427\" src=\"http://g.chote.me/var/resizes/Project-Power-Wheels/20120910-20120910-4K4X6615.jpg?m=1347305964\" width=\"640\"/\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull photo gallery available here: \u003ca href=\"http://g.chote.me/Project-Power-Wheels\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://g.chote.me/Project-Power-Wheels\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","html":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to my project blog.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere I will detail the build log of our Power Wheels Jeep Hurricane overhaul.  The goal of the project is to give it more power, better wheels, remote controllability and complete automation via GPS.  We will be using Traxxas ESC+Motors, Linear servo for steering, Ardupilot Mega 2.5 for control+gps+automation (with modified Ardurover code to add rear differential support and local control input for steering/shifter and throttle).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have already done a lot of the initial teardown and test harness powertrain work.  \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere are some photos:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInitial teardown:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"427\" src=\"http://g.chote.me/var/resizes/Project-Power-Wheels/20120910-20120910-4K4X6622.jpg?m=1347305969\" width=\"640\"/\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal Powertrain:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"427\" src=\"http://g.chote.me/var/resizes/Project-Power-Wheels/20120910-20120910-4K4X6613.jpg?m=1347305962\" width=\"640\"/\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Powertrain:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"427\" src=\"http://g.chote.me/var/resizes/Project-Power-Wheels/20120910-20120910-4K4X6615.jpg?m=1347305964\" width=\"640\"/\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull photo gallery available here: \u003ca href=\"http://g.chote.me/Project-Power-Wheels\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://g.chote.me/Project-Power-Wheels\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","excerpt":"","metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","status":"published","featured":false,"publishedAt":"2012-09-10T19:57:41Z","authorId":"190160de54f2192bd5b8734ec8808086","authorName":"Daniel Chote","authorSlug":"daniel","heroMediaId":"","projectId":"","tags":[{"id":"d428e43254af4893d3995b6a9280e223","name":"PWRover","slug":"pwrover"}],"createdAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T13:16:27Z"},"preview":false,"related":[{"id":"5b70a75c8314100715cb2dc921ca4c03","image":"","slug":"pwrover-20-system-underway-renders-voltage","title":"PWRover 2.0 - System underway!"},{"id":"9ebef142c7dc68e2e4bc31b9f1f74382","image":"","slug":"pwrover-20-i-have-started-to-build-the-20","title":"PWRover 2.0"},{"id":"709a0ecf76ea65fa3960c2cb2f8d7fa6","image":"","slug":"fully-assembled-driving","title":"Fully assembled driving"}],"site":{"id":"projectable","theme":"projectable","title":"Daniel Chote's Project Blog","description":"Software Development, Game Development, Hardware Hacking, Sim Racing, Multi-rotors and Robots!","timezone":"America/New_York","postsPerPage":10,"logoMediaId":"21557257b3f2ecc4b3fa875b808097a7","coverMediaId":"6d7e99f0997d13aac98da38677ca7064","copyright":"© Daniel Chote","twitterUrl":"https://twitter.com/dchote","linkedinUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dchote","googleTagId":"G-07GJBQVM38","hosts":[{"host":"new.projectable.me","canonical":false},{"host":"projectable.me","canonical":true},{"host":"www.projectable.me","canonical":false}]}}