Ceri Jenkins support thread

[psycho_fling]

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i have a suitable charger for those batteries would be able to charger a pack in under an hour easy

pm or post here if interested mate

alex

[psychostorm]

Re: Ceri Jenkins support thread

i have a suitable charger for those batteries would be able to charger a pack in under an hour easy

pm or post here if interested mate

alex

Thanks for the offer Alex & I may still take you up on it.

TBH I'm slightly more worried about the up keep of the batteries. And forming the pack from the cells listed on page 1 in 18 days.Irony is I had a finished machine and am now on a race to the finish.

Also does anyone have sidewinder I could borrow for a few space measurements?Preferably at the FW champs.

Dave, you used to have IBC in Hells Angel, how did you over-ride the flip input?I'm fearful of soldering it.

[razerdave]

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I've never had an IBC in Hell's Angel :P I've used 2 Electronize before and I'm currently using a Rick Mass modified Scorpion XXL. Dunno where the IBC bit comes from :P If you want info on the IBC I'd have a poke around on the Robowars forums, they pretty much all use IBC's

[psychostorm]

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I've never had an IBC in Hell's Angel :P I've used 2 Electronize before and I'm currently using a Rick Mass modified Scorpion XXL. Dunno where the IBC bit comes from :P If you want info on the IBC I'd have a poke around on the Robowars forums, they pretty much all use IBC's

Funny you should mention Dave- the info came from the team hell website technical page under Hell's angels circuit diagram. I couldn't borrow that XXL for space measurements, could I?

[razerdave]

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Oh yeah! I got that wiring diagram from Woody (Onslaught) when I first started, because I beleive he uses one. I have the altered diagram with 2 electronize. I should change that diagram to read Scorpion XXL, because its pretty much the same set up.

I will gladly bring the XXL along, just wondering, you planning on using those Gold motor drive units ?

[typhoon_driver]

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if you aren't using them i might consider buying them back, quite nice little units if i remember right, some of my first work :P

[psychostorm]

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great. Now it's not working. All the lights on but no one at home. Not even the singing.

[psychostorm]

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great. Now it's not working. All the lights on but no one at home. Not even the singing.

curiouser and curiouser. Apparently, the Aux connector renders the speed controller useless.

[razerdave]

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Its possibly being used as an inadverted kill switch

[typhoon_driver]

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so you using those gold motor units or not?!

[psychostorm]

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So I'm at the other side of uk championship and the HDPE bulkheads are well smashed. Can anyone recommend me a good plastic? Bearing in mind, one panel will have to support the lifting forks.

[typhoon_driver]

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nylon. Better for structural support than HDPE however not as good at absorbing impacts. Nylon for structure, HDPE for armour

[psychostorm]

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Would be nice but previous shock damage would suggest otherwise. I have no photo to hand but one of the bulkheads has literally had it's side ripped off by one of the supporting bolts holding the wedge triangles in place.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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The white bulkheads are polypropylene as it was the most material I had when rebuilding Kaizer, and it was a bit stronger than the previous HDPE bulkheads. But it is prone to cracking/shattering upon large impacts (just look at Carcinus) so that would explain why the supporting bolt would have ripped it off.

It's also a matter of how things are mounted; bolt placement and distance from edges etc can alter the levels of localised stresses, leaving some areas more prone to cracking/shattering than others. I just put bolts in where I thought to be the best areas.

If you were to replace that with Nylon (especially if you go to 20mm Nylon like the wedge triangles - there's definitely enough weight for it) you wouldn't suffer that problem to the same degree. I'm not saying that it would eradicate the problem completely but the likelihood of a repeat scenario would be greatly reduced.

Out of interest, did any of the wedge triangles take hits? How did they hold up if they did?

[psychostorm]

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If you were to replace that with Nylon (especially if you go to 20mm Nylon like the wedge triangles - there's definitely enough weight for it) you wouldn't suffer that problem to the same degree. I'm not saying that it would eradicate the problem completely but the likelihood of a repeat scenario would be greatly reduced.

Out of interest, did any of the wedge triangles take hits? How did they hold up if they did?

Multiple impacts and they've all survived with only their front edges smashed from the lower bolt on. By comparison, The bolts holding them there were bent beyond retrieve. The broken poly pro bulkhead still has it's wedge and bolt intact!