Gravity 5

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also moved out of competitors

I've started with gathering all of the parts I still had :




next, piling up the parts to see what shape the robot should be :




was thinking about making G5 a little extreme :




But I didn't
Changed the way I normally build, this time I started with a hardox baseplate, 460x800mm. Fitted the gearboxes + motors and gave the ram + buffertanks a place




Made a battery box, and sort of laid out the position of the co2 bottles :

[gravity]

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some hardox stuff added, once again, sorry for the bad photo's

[kodster]

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Loving it! Is there an estimated completion time you can make?

[gravity]

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No idea when it's finished

Some more work done :


Made a bottle cradle, that's removable so I can get to the batteries and the speedcontroller beneath the bottles :




and how it fits on the robot :




and with the bottles in place :

[leorcc]

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i like the bottle tray idea. Pretty clever.

[kodster]

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Neat. Have to agree with Leo, the bottle tray is pretty spiffy.

[gravity]

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aaaand just ordered a bunch of anderson links and cables and connectors for the wiring of G5

[gravity]

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resized the pictures and added this new post because the board does not auto-resize and won't allow me to edit old posts :

[craig_anto]

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love your style of construction if I made a flipper I'd make it in the same way

[gravity]

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Normally I make a box-section frame first, and then add armor, but this time I thought I'd try it this way

[craig_anto]

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its grungineering at its best, almost looks like you have an idea of what you want to build but not drawn it (sorry not ment to sound like a bad thing if it does) I wish I built my robots like that (heavyweight anyway) it creates a unique look keep it up, its a great start

[swanaldo]

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Every robot i have ever built has had no drawings or plans or cad drawings. Idea in my head and get the welder out. Job done

[gravity]

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Almost the same with me, its piling up the parts and then start welding.

This one took a bit more time though, with laying out the parts like this and trying different layouts. This kind of building DOES make sure everything fits though

[craig_anto]

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its a great way to build, beats calculating deflection angles, angular velocity, kinetic energy, mechanical stress points and traction requirements, only for it at some point to need repairing on the spot.

or maybe i should learn to make better robots

I like the way its going, keep posting pics WJ

[gravity]

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updates !!!

fitted the rear hinges, and the first few centimeters of the flipper arm.
Also made a lid for the rear side of the bot.