UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

[mattsdragons]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

then spinner it is

[ewan]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

Ah ok, nothing's going to touch your chassis then, OK well maybe 180. Is it invertible as-is?, hard to tell from the picture with the blade on.

@Matt, how many robots are you planning on building?!

[PJ-27]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

The HDPE may be a little vulnerable and the wheels are exposed, infact I think it's weakness will be horizontal spinners (so 180..) but as long as the blade is spinning hopefully nothing will get near.

Yes it is invertible, at the moment the bolt the blade is mounted onto is too tall so when the bot is upside down / right way up, this touches the floor before the wheels. I wanted to keep it that way for the test so I could get at least 2 nuts on and reverse crank them. Really didn't want to blend the cat....

But for the finished version I'm putting a split pin through the top nut so I can trim it down. The whole structure chassis and blade is shorter than the diameter of the wheels. I'll upload a photo soon of it fully assembled.

[mattsdragons]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

ive got a few in mind. ive got 2 fw's, probably a third, then maybe a bw, thats all im planning for now

[PJ-27]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

All!!?

[mattsdragons]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

i dont spend my cash on much else other than my reptiles so why not

[ewan]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

How many of these are finished? Pictures?

[mattsdragons]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

one is finished, one is near compleat and the other two are just designs right now

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

If it's gonna cost £800-£900 for the polycarb, and it's us roboteers that are going to be using it, I think a whip-round could be in order. Everyone who plans on fighting with beetles in a beetle arena chuck in £20-£30 or so towards the cost of polycarb and we can get some battles going

[Leonardomayo]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

Quick question: I bought some of these.(Click here) What sort of batteries should I be thinking about for them? The robot shall be having a servo powered lifter as a weapon.

And if I got something roughly looking like a beetleweight going, I would be more than happy to give some cash for the Polycarb.

[jonny]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

Matt, beetleweights must have an active weapon so not a ram bot. A rambot wouldn't be effective anyway in the current arena.

[mattsdragons]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

ah ok, it seems a very spinner dominated catagory though

[jonny]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

that's because spinner is the mot effective weapon for use in the current arena

[mattsdragons]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

They do the most damage I guess

[PJ-27]

Re: UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

Yes, but mostly because there is no arena to full out of, so you can just pin-ball around inside a polycarb box. Plus the scale factor is immense!