Team Troubles Robot Projects

[calumco]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

thanks for the comments

i've been doing a bit more today, nothing major thou, a bit of filing and thinking about the internal layout. my weapon motor speedo came today aswell so really i've got all in internals now, just a case of finishing the robots its self off

i've either got some 12 volt drills or some 9.6 volt drills, and im undecided on which to go with, with the 9.6 i could run those off a seperate battery pack from the drum batteries - the drum is going to run off 2 12 volt nimh packs,

if i went with the 12 volt drills and used another 12v pack thats another 750g where as the 8.4 volt ones are lighter------------ do any of you think its worth having a seperate battery pack for the robots drive? or is it just a waste of weight?

also aswell in the drill motors - well in the 9.6 ones anyway, im not sure about the 12v ones- theres some plastic gears are they likley to break?

[psycho_fling]

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id say to go for running things off the same set of batteries less complex and they shouldn't run out in a few minute fight

the gears, i had problems with plastic gears but its only if you put them under conditions where they are likely to strip themeselves. if you do strip a gear it can cause the motor to work in effectivly so you dont want a bot which only does circles and whens its a spinner you want as much battle time as poss

more pics would be great of your progress

alex

[calumco]

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ah right ok, well ill leave the plastic ones in for now and test drive the hell out of it:P to see what happens- if they break ill have to sort some metal gears out.

i just realised my last post didn't make sence, i ment if i used 12v drill motors i was thinking about then using a seperate 12v battery pack- or with the 9.6v drills i ment that i would use a seperate 8.4 volt battery (as i've got loads sitting in my room)- meaning it would be lighter. but with what you've said ill just go with the 12 volt drills and stick to the pair of 12v batteries. hopefully now that make more sense

[xtreme]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

Plastic gears should be ok, Iv always kept them, Besides when the wheel gets ripped of by a horizontal it wont matter if your gears are intact or not. I still dont even have a working robot yet, Evo is still as a pulled it out of the arena at the uk champs pretty much, Drive motor broke and a blown relay or battle switch, and the gearbox for the spinner has a stiff point.
Oh and 2 of my radio gear are broken, One dropped TX one TX that just doesnt work for some unknown reason and one blown RX. And ill be ordering that plastic for ya tomorrow, havent had chance to call em yet.

How long before we see a test video?

[calumco]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

lol just wait, will be the end of horizontals in sept:P

as for a video ill film one in a few weeks or before when its finished, i've got a microwave and a wooden cd stogare box thing to test it on which ill do on my local park early one morning.- im looking forward to that

and thanks for the plastic should stop that hori........horizon , i can't say that word seems wrong to say it, so ill just say it will stop your non vertical disky thingy nicley

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

and thanks for the plastic should stop that hori........horizon , i can't say that word seems wrong to say it, so ill just say it will stop your non vertical disky thingy nicley

[xtreme]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

Hows it goin?

[calumco]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

still basically the same:P i've just counter sunk every hole on the robot and added some more holes for bolts to add more strength- thats about it.

at the minute im waiting for aload of parts from grant like the drums endcaps,wheels, motor brackets and drum teeth- before i do anything else.

[xtreme]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

I post them bits of plastic tomorrow morning. Its quite heavy.

[calumco]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

ok thanks tom

[calumco]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

tom that plastic arrived there was no need to write HFTW on it though:P

ewww, i think ill have to burn my keyboard now i've typed those 4 letters out

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

Nah nah, just reconfigure your keyboard somehow so that when you press 'H' it actually types a 'V'

[xtreme]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

oops. my bad.
heavy that plastic isnt it?
How you planning on using it? you will only be able to use a bit of it. No way will you have the weight spare to use it all. infact will you have the weight spare to even use half of it?

[joey_picus]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

What would happen if I attempted to build a diagonal spinner, would that face the wrath of both camps? :P

[team_orr]

Re: Team Troubles Robot Projects

meh, just build a crusher and pwn them all