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[Pugster2002]

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I am making a new blade I just need to know how to get the motor working

[harry hills]

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there isn't a lipo battery going to the brushless esc.
andy offered you some blades a while back, please use them if he still has them. don't make your own.
and please do not use the tap wrench.

[Laser]

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Ok,

First the tap wrench is VERY unsafe. It is highly likely to fall of and going flying off and will be vey unbalaced. I would speak to Kenny to get a blade made.

for the speed controller and motor, make sure the middle wire on the esc(speed controller) goes to the middle wire on the motor and the other 2 can go either way round.

The red wire should connect to the red(+ or positive) wire of a lipo or ni-mh and the black should connect to the black(- or negative) wire.

for the lipo I would use a 2s (or 3s) 1000mAh like this one
http://www.giantcod.co.uk/loong-tipple- ... 04433.html

solder this connector on the ESC, but make sure it is the right way round other wise there will be a big bang!
http://www.giantcod.co.uk/35mm-gold-con ... 05070.html

[Pugster2002]

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I have changed it to a robot with 2 weapons it has a sharp axe I made at the front and a flipper at the back so it should be a good robot

[Pugster2002]

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Here it's finally done

[archie2000]

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that's interesting
lovley flipper

[gizz]

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Looks really cool!

[Pugster2002]

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So much for the beetle weight event by robo challenge today the only beetle weight was my one

[Pugster2002]

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Hi guys it's pugsters mum....
Sorry if he's blunt...he had a 6 hour round trip to go to robo challenge today and is disappointed that there were no beetle weights!!
Can we prevent this in the future?is there a way we can see who's actually signed up and is hoping to come!?
I think he did really well to get that robot sorted and there today!!x

[harry hills]

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its becuse beetles are a very, very new class. that was the first event in the uk (correct if wrong)

think of it like you won by default

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Yeah, since beetleweights are still very new, there are only a few around. The Robo Challenge events mainly focus on featherweight robots, and since the UK championships are just over a week away, most people attending would probably be giving their attention to the FW class and may not have a beetleweight robot, let alone a fully-working one.

The Robo Challenge guys did offer beetleweights the chance to get some arena time, but it's not always possible to run a competition with so few robots. I also know of a couple of roboteers who were planning on attending with beetleweights but had to pull out due to various reasons. It's unfortunate, especially since Pugster got his beetleweight running in time, but it can take a while for a new weight class to build up a strong presence at events.

I think the only way to avoid something like this happening again is to ask for a sign-up list before the event to see who's competing, and to ask the organisers nearer the time if there are still plans to run a specific robot type. But other than that, it's difficult to tell how much competition there will be.

[razerdave]

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We had a few that we're due to be there but had to pull out for whatever reason, it wasn't really predictable it was going to happen, but deegan got to drive 2 Fw's at the event and still got to use it and had time to do stuff to it, so I would have said he had a worthwhile trip.

[archie2000]

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if he dislikes car journeys as much of me then I would be very unhappy

[Pugster2002]

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Pugsters mum here again.....just to let you know pugster really enjoyed using the featherweights,so those chaps who did that thanks.....it's all he had to talk about for 3 hours to his dad on way home!!

[widow_twanky]

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Pugsters mum here again.....just to let you know pugster really enjoyed using the featherweights,so those chaps who did that thanks.....it's all he had to talk about for 3 hours to his dad on way home!!

Which feathers did you get to drive Pugster??