Its A Tankbot!
Tankbot 1.0 incorporates a lot of electrical tape to hold it together. But, it is pretty resilient. This is the result of a 1-day build. I think I’ll have a more engineered iteration soon using the electronics and hardware I already have. Tankbot 1.2 will have a light and wireless cam. Here is Holly behind the controls.
I interrupted her homework but it was worth it.
Here is Holly’s fine controller abilities demonstrating Tankbot’s maneuverability.
Here is a signal diagram of tankbot 1.0
I can put a 5V regulator between the battery and receiver, and hook up some servos to the receiver. The motor controller board outputs power to the radio receiver but only about about 50 mA of juice, so not enough to power servos. That’s a pretty easy upgrade. But eventually, when I get some more tank tread, and make a legitimate chassis, I can put more electronics in there. The following diagram shows a tankbot version I have in mind. 
So, the only thing I’m not sure about is the serial data line out of the micro-controller. Can I just split it and send to the servo controller and motor controller? Do I daisy-chain the servo controller and the motor controller? Will the two boards getting commands from the microprocessor get confused about whom should be receiving which commands? Plus, how do I program? I took like one java programming class like 4 years ago. Also, will the micro-controller allow a mixture of programmed operation and real-time control from the radio?