Team Avenger build diary

[mattsdragons]

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Due to a pair of my snakes breeding I have had to put my robot lower down my priorities ATM. Any money spare can go on robot parts but there probably won't be much

[mattsdragons]

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my robot project looks little more hopfull sicne i have been able to borry the most expencive part of my snake incubating equipment.

i chucked all the insides from my old robot into a body shell i had laying about to test it all and it all still works.

bought a battery charger off ebay, now i need a powerpack for it, getting the metal parts of the body done in the next couple of weeks and ordering the HDPE soon aswell so i can make a proper start on it

[mattsdragons]

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little update:

bought the metal for the claws today, got 2m of 30mm x 30mm x 3mm steel tubing for a whole 5 quid!

did the maths and the metal for the body and claws is about 7kg, so it should come in the 13.6kg limit

ordering some 10mm hdpe for the lit and base tomorow and doing all the welding of the body sometime during the week, also ordering the power supply for the battery charger. then that will clear me out for while.

all that will be left to order is the esc for the claws and the batteries, we are looking on target for being done in the next 6-8 weeks

[mattsdragons]

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had to make the bot slightly wider sicne i got my guessing wrong

it's now 49cm wide! but only 24cm long and 8cm high, i just hope it comes in the weight limit!

[team_orr]

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Due to a pair of my snakes breeding I have had to put my robot lower down my priorities ATM.

Best...excuse...ever

anyway, sounding great

[mattsdragons]

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It's a genuin reason, I do keep reptiles

Were did ya think the mattsDRAGONS comes from. If ya really want I'll put a pic up of one of my snakes

[jonny]

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Were did ya think the mattsDRAGONS comes from.

your name?

[mattsdragons]

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ah, very true.

thats what i normally say to other reptile keepers when they ask 'why is your name mattsdragons when you only keep snakes?'

worng responce for the wrong forum

[mattsdragons]

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had to do another cardboard mock-up

its now 25 inches wide but only 9 inches long. i hope it gets in the weight limit with some to spare sicne i wouldnt mind adding some extra armor around the more expencive parts (esc's, batteries and actuator mainly)

[mattsdragons]

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made a lot of progress today, got all the body welded and started to grind it etc. ye some of the angles are a little off but its not that noticable.

i should have something to drive by the end of next week if all goes to plan.

a few pics so you can get the rough idea:

Full shot:


Showing how wide it is:


Showing how long it is:

[Leonardomayo]

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You just wanted to be fancy with the photography in the last 2 pictures didn't you? :P

[mattsdragons]

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You just wanted to be fancy with the photography in the last 2 pictures didn't you? :P

i though someone would notice

i though i might as well try out a few different setting on my phone camera and see how it looks. i dont think it looks half bad for a phone photo

[mattsdragons]

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my main body shell is now compleat and i have the base plate cut. I will probably get the top cut tomorow and it wont get properly mounted till next week. still got too order my relay and batteries but it should be ready for june, then i can finally get back in the arena and have some fun

[mattsdragons]

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got the base and top plates cut but i need to do a little more welding on the inside. then its just getting them mounted. ill have to figure out a way of armouring up the front once i fugure out how much weight i have left and were my claws will retract to

[mattsdragons]

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you will all say im nuts but im going for it and buying the original toxic

will make some changes, bigger wheels, mabye a larger ram and depending on how much cash i have, i might even make it a front hinged flipper