Team MAD Build diaries

[blazerbotics]

Well i'd though i'd get myself a thread. Decided to build a feather a new feather, and see how quickly i can do it from bits i've had laying around.

Name: TBC
Weapon: LP Flipper (63mm bore giving ~300kg of thrust) - Old G3 Ram, when it was LP
Drive: Bosch 35s - Spares
Batteries: 1.2ah 14.4v NiCads - one of Alphas old ones
Speedos: Electronize - Spares from the P2D
Armour/Chassis: 10mm HDPE - Off cuts
RC: Futbaba Skysport 6 with FrSky 2.4 hack - Borrowed from our Dalek

New things going in it; Wheels, plastic/steel (although off-cuts), will have probably cost me £50 in bits to build it.

I dodn't have any particular design in mind, it was just a case of how it fitted together best, but its ended up as a FW Big Brother

Total time so far ~4hours, hopefully should have the bulk of it done by tomorrow, want to run it this weekend at manchester, so has to be finished by wednesday night.

[billy breach]

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looks good already! whats the dimentions of the bot?

[blazerbotics]

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think 31cm long by 43cm wide

[blazerbotics]

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nearly done, just got to sort out rear top panel of armour and sides armour. Currently weight 10.7kg, so can really beef up the armour if needed, but only built for whiteboarding etc so might just put a bigger buffer in. Got an issue with regulator pulling in liquid, and therefore trying to go full pressure, can get around it by only half filling, but i'll have a further look into it. Had to swap the valve as first didn't have enough flow. It just about self-rights, will tweak it abit to make that more reliable. Current build time ~ 9hours hopefully a couple more tomorrow and its ready. Drives very well and good speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnCBrYxVDU0

[jonny]

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that looks awesome! kinda like a mini blazer

[PJ-27]

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It's coming along impressively quickly!

[blazerbotics]

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Thats was part of the challenge to do it in a small amount of time, if not i'd never finish it, it would just keep getting put aside. Currently going for the name 'Ratchet', but not decided, also have to fit the bungees (running in the arena to push the arm back down might not be the best idea!).

Looking at the video, i really need to tidy the workshop!

[PJ-27]

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But then it wouldn't be a workshop.....

[Laser]

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What valve are you using?

[blazerbotics]

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Its a standard 3/2 1/4 valve, cant remember what make, had it knocking around for ages.

[harry hills]

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please, please make a robot called clank

[Thunder arrow]

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How did u fill your co2 bottle up for testing

[blazerbotics]

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You need a doner bottle (liquid withdraw) and a dectaning pipe. We have several LK bottles that we have leftover from shows. Don't attempt unless you know what your doing, best thing is just to fill up your bottle at the end of an event, best to get somebody to fill your bottles until your confident yourself.

[Thunder arrow]

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Ok thanks and the robot is looking great atm!

[blazerbotics]

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Finished it yesterday. Going to leave it without the side protection for now, until i decide on how to do it. Will run it as is for this weekend, self-rights well.

Fun bit of trivia, just as i was playing with it this morning, i saw its pneumatic ram on the tv, as the ram is one formally used in Lambsy (they had 2)!