Team Hell/GDH build diaries

[xtreme]

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Ill test it on voodoos batts. when your running it on 36v it will lift over double that speed.. Ill put voodoo and my mate on the lifter at the same time, That will be way over 100kg then. Ill record it so you can see.

[razerdave]

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Been a while since I posted on this thing so nows as good a time as any.

Cabrakan:
After a bruising encounter at Norwich the robots chassis is a write off, therefor I am building a brand new one, different construction method, proper motors (a pair of Bosch 750's), and a real weapon (an axe) which was salvaged from Obsidian, some of you may of saw it on the bench at RIAT. That will be tinkered with to provide a full 180 swing rather than the 120 it had before.

Hell's Angel:
After finally getting my ram I am beginning the rebuild of the robot with some assistance from Jason Marsden from Team Bud, should have the robot combat ready by Maidstone or Barnsley at the latest

Satanix:
Just got the robot back after having its electronics and gyro put back in working order (Big Thank you to Geoff Smith for fitting the gyro back in and to the Big Nipper Team for breaking it in the first place:P), still have some work to do on it before the UK champs, namely shave HALF A KILO off the robot, give it a paint job and also find some different tread for the tyres, i don't think the knobbly mountian bike tyres are going to work well in the Robochallenge arena


Antweights:
Stewie is in need of a new top cover after getting a bit chewed up by Truant, and I'll be rebuilding the flipper YET AGAIN, hopefully with a better outcome. Baby Hell was rather hurridly put together for AWS 32, so I am getting the chassis re-done from a 3D printer, hopefully should make the robot stronger in general and get it in the weight limit (had to dremel off a chunk of armour to get it in weight). FIN had a chunk taken out by Millitant at the same event, and so needs a new side plate, but I'm going to rebuild the whole chassis with some thicker material and some better fixings for the 'nails' themselves. The 2 fleaweights will be undergoing rebuilds in the near future, Little Devil is already being rebuilt, however it may be a little overweight so I may have to start again.

Thats the updates for a while, see you again next time

[ady]

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dave, what was wrong with the motors you were using, i know you smoked one in a video i watched in youtube, but seemed to move around alright in the vids i seen.

[razerdave]

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Hey Ady

The original Cabrakan 1 motors were great, but the end cap of the motors were held in with long M4 bolts, and they snapped and wrecked the windings in the motor, and a replacement for said motor was 300 quid, but Dave Lawrie had some spare ones, which we've used but on the 250mm wheels its just not quick enough to compete with, hence I'm going to change them.

[ady]

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oh rite, looked good in the vids for a first robot

[razerdave]

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Hey folks.

Long time no post, so here goes:

Satanix has had a few minor alterations to combat the overheating issue, and it seems to have worked, so Satanix is running fine.

Hell's Angel's axe system has been built, just awaiting a new seal because it doesn't return very cleanly, as you can see in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2WS9fYttic

Cabrakan 3 is still in parts, however I will be paying a visit to tom armitage in november to get started with the frame, hopefully getting the project kicked started.

Ants: All in good working order, and I'm currently rebuilding my 2nd drive all day robot, Kill-a-chav.

[kodster]

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That is a VICIOUS axe, Dave!

[razerdave]

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Just a little update:



after 1 and a half days in Mario's (Maddox) workshop, Hell's Angel went from being a suitcase full of bits to an almost complete robot.



Its in need of some more panels and all wiring up, but the main hardwear is in there. Big thanks to Mario for all his help and expertise on this.

[gizz]

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Looks vicious! Any test vids of the axe?

[razerdave]

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Not yet. I need to rig up the electrics so I can fire it. I could do it with a battery but I would rather fire it by remote! :P

[Leonardomayo]

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Very nice. Reminds me of The Judge.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Looks brilliant David. I remember it in its early incarnation way back in 2007, nice to see it almost complete finally
What's the thickness of the axe arm and head?

[jonny]

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double quick exhaust valve eh? i like your style

looks great dave

[razerdave]

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Jamie: seems a long time ago :P. it's 8mm thick grade 5 titanium, kindly welded by mike H Macey.

Jonny: wish I could take credit, the double QEVs were Mario's idea.

[mattsdragons]

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if this is attending whitwick, i really need to change my lid....

its only 8mm hdpe, thinking of changing it to 10mm polycarb