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True.
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Re: Cicatrix Build Diary
Did a spin up of Minitrix today, but had to take the teeth off as they were catching the edge of the motor.
Video is taking ages to upload but will upload it as soon as it is complete.Comment
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Right, all done.
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nice! shame there is no arena to fight these in yet...Comment
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Nice, how much does the drum weigh?Comment
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I'm trying to find new batteries for the only set of scale that would go low enough to measure that, but its some weird watch batteries it uses but will keep you posted.Comment
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Many-a-times have the kitchen scales been used to weight robot parts and robots.
Or the old trick with bathroom scales, where we measure ourselves, and then again holding the robot. Take away the difference, job done! That's accurate right?.
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I usually use the bathroom scales for whole FWs, but I dont think they'd be sensitive enough to be able to do it with a small bit of a BW. The kitchen scales ae the ones that use funny batteries, will try to get some tomorrow
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Fairly long while since i've updated this.
Not a lot has happened recently, have battled with a few hydraulic tanks (unsuccessfully) and also heard that I cannot attend the UK FW Champs this year, which is also rather annoying. So i'm going to concentrate on getting Eric and Eric Jr ready for RL Edinburgh with some upgrades that I have been thinking about doing for a while but been concentrating on other things (namely spinners) that will have to wait until next year.
1. Blue speedos out and Scorpion XL in
2. Drills out and Gimsons in
3. New wheels, probably blue ones and the Gimsons seem to big, but will have a new set of both
4. Upping the voltage from 14.4v to 19.2v in line with Cicatrix so I can have 2 sets when only Eric Jr is competing (Cicatrix and Daiske II's)
5. The Robocoat „ :wink:
6. Paint job to make it more Eric-esque
Think thats enough to get on with for the moment
Hoping it get it ready for a few test battles with Drumroll/Carcinus before they go and defend the Scots Honour before the Championships.
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April 7th/8th :wink:Originally posted by Anttazz
Need to find somewhere open and safe to test, not sure that car park is large enough to contain any potential shrapnel from the brushless setup!
Pity you can't make it to the champs, but getting things ready for RL Edinburgh with plenty of time to spare sounds like a good plan. I look forward to seeing the Robocoat„
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I've put it in the diary, no stupid disco/ceilidh interruptions
If Drumroll can't get traction on that carpark at my house there's no way Eric Jr will manage it! Definitely need something a bit flatter and more open. At the moment, the plan for Eric Jr is that the outer layer will be all HDPE with the metal underneath at the corners of the polycarb, just don't hit the flipper and we'll be fine for shrapnel
Won't give too much away on the Robocoat„ at the moment, more of a trial to see if I can do what i'm planning first then i'll get some photos up. First things first though, i'll get the internal bits done as at the moment it is phenomenally slow...Comment
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Shame you can't make it to the Champs. Never actually got to see your robots run last year.Comment
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Most people didn't get to see them run PJ, in 2 fights it moved about 3 feet but got 2 points in each and in the last fight where it was actually working it was flipped out after about 20 seconds. So you didn't miss much .
Can't remember Daiske's fights very well, but one of them was against me and he drove straight in the pit (claimed it wasn't to run away from Buzzbar), and the only robot he beat was Boner, and I don't think he had a hand in the actual defeat at all.Comment
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Right, got started on the list I posted earlier, have removed the drill and Blue ESC's and Ewan tells me that the Gimson motors should arrive tomorrow
. Also awaiting a set of Robochallenge wheels as I was fairly sure the Gimsons were too big when I tried them on the drill motors, but I still have a set so will be giving both of them a try at some point before reassembling it all again.
Few photos so far:
Rear view with polycarb backplate off:
Detached from most of the rest of the robot and baseplate to make it easier to get the motors out:
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Looks neat. Nice to see some polycarb again for a change, everything is black or white HDPE nowadays almost :P
I myself am building a black HDPE armored robot but thats not relevant!
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