Eggbeater

[RogueTwoRobots]

it will just as hard and be just as dangerous.

And just as likely to rarely work in the arena?

[Mega Masher]

*runs away quickly to completely redesign robot

[Eventorizon]

Susan is a miniature Binky. Yes, it will just as hard and be just as dangerous.

[harry hills]

I had probably about 1.5mm on it before. I don't think it ever actually got grounded totally. I think you're fine with ground scraping fronts, but more clearance sides and back is a good idea. I now have about 4mm clearance all round but I will have a 0mm clerance wedge or scoop I think.

Aside from a kind of spinner, I don't know what Susan is? any details.

[Eventorizon]

Both looking frisky. What ground clearance did you originally have on the 4WD machine? You mentioned it kept getting stuck... that doesn't bode well for Anvil or Susan.

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

Looking good, I'd love to fight 'm both

[harry hills]

Hobbyking/eBay stuff arrived. Running the same components in both bots so less spares to carry.



Rough layout of parts. I will probably mill pockets into the frame to give wires somewhere to pass through. Disc is sorted, just need to pay for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K18k...e3wc4Q0S0WUYrQ

To get it to not cut out constantly I had to remove the mixer in the robot, and go back to the tx mixing which limits throttle to 50% or so. That got the robot to actually drive. So its slower and less powerful, but still it's probably better as it will be more controllable now.

Remaking that 4wd beetle I had out of better materials and making it suck less. Frame before was 10mm chopping board and 5mm aluminium. This has been changed to 3mm steel and 12mm nylon. Its got much smaller overall and has better, more sensible sized batteries. The height of the frame has gone from 30mm to 25mm.



with all the bits its about 700g. Which means it sucks at pushing anything. With another 500g (the eggbeater) taped to the top of it, it can happily push around bricks and things so I'll need add a 4mm steel lid or something to bring the weight up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNby...e3wc4Q0S0WUYrQ

Drives nicely, although the mixer or the esc's glitch out from time to time so everything is very delayed on the stick.
Named it Wodge. Will get on adding a wedge or scoop to it soon. Probably be 5mm aluminium.

[harry hills]

Beetles are happening. All the rest of the stuff to finish them is in the post. Attack Of The Bigger Thing I had driving for a bit but the ESC kept cutting out because botbitz. I think without the external mixer should be fine. Wodge is having the chopping board replaced with nylon and getting wheel guards.

Both are kind of fodder for the proper beetleweights but still. I intend to go out punching and biting.

[Ellis]

You're in the shed right now, making this, I think. Looking really awesome dudeguy. Please don't hurt me and my end tapped HDPE robot.

[mrsam]

Looking good, very similar to a design i had before i settled on the overhead

[harry hills]

Eh, it's really not that different. Basically Buzzbar, but cheers

[Mega Masher]

Wow, nice to see a different type of spinner

[harry hills]

I'll allow it :P

[RogueTwoRobots]

Looking nice. Cardboard disc probably won't be up to much though

[harry hills]

Screw Eggbeater for a bit I'm building an undercutter. Won't be that good but I wanted something fun to build. No CAD, making it up as I go along. More or less built it around the bearing block which itself was a test for a boring head




Frame is 5mm aluminium. Probs get coated in thick plastic. Disc may not happen, might have to just chop up some steel to make a bar due to cheapness. Inb4 someone who has had their sense of humour surgically removed says the card disc won't be much use lol.

Battery is there to show where battery will go. The weapon esc will probably fit alongside it and I can fill up the compartment with foam, will do a hobbyking order asap.

Cheers.