Team Shock's Robots

[Anttazz]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke5RJivL ... ature=plcp

That link works for me, but didnt work on Chrome for some reason. Looks good Will, pretty quick for 12v, will it be running 24v when its done?

[teamshock]

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Just finished setting it up for 24v and given it a quick test with the shell on, had to reduce the travel on the tx as it just sat there with the wheels spinning- might take it outside in a bit and give it full speed.

http://youtu.be/I4UWKFrVyGI

Off to connect up the pneumatics now- with any luck I may get chance to test it today.

[Danjr1]

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what reduction ratio are you running? im constructing a similar set-up myself

[PJ-27]

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That's a load of wheel spin. I'm assuming it's not at 13.6kgs yet though.

[teamshock]

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Not quite at 13.6kg yet but the floor is very smooth and doesn't give a lot of traction- tried it outside and its much better- pretty quick too.

The ratio is just over 4:1 on 100mm wheels and the motors are the speed 900 copies not real ones but they seem to do the job.

[billy breach]

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what type of led is that you are using seems very bright?

the bot's looking good by the way, got the link working

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Looks great Will. Out of interest, that power distribution board you've got on top of the Sidewinder, where did you get it from? And is it ring terminals being used?
I've seen something similar on Technobots but those ones all use spade connectors, which I prefer to avoid.

[teamshock]

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Thanks guys,

The LED is a cluster that Dad put together using several ultra bright LEDs from ebay.

Jamie, Just asked Dad and he thinks he got the board from Rapid, using ring terminals as they seem to be a more reliable way of holding several wires together without soldering than normal terminal blocks- had one in Heatwave for almost 3 years with no trouble.

Nearly finished now- need to pick up a tiny pneumatic fitting in the morning and make some proper mounts for the bottle, batteries and sidewinder and it's good to go.

[billy breach]

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Ill need to find a website that does a power distrubution board as youve got, they look good.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Just found them: http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Conne ... -Terminals

Unfortunately the same model as the one Will has is currently only available as a 12-way unit - a bit excessive for most featherweights!
They should be an improvement on my homemade bolts as they're at least better insulated. Cheers Will

EDIT: Packs of five 4-way ones on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barrier-Termi ... 601wt_1037

[teamshock]

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They are the same ones- thanks for the link Jamie- might have to stock up on a couple more sets

[billy breach]

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Hey thanks for the link.they look good for the money.

[billy breach]

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Hey thanks for the link.they look good for the money.

[RogueTwoRobots]

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It says they're rated for 10A, but that'll probably be at 240V AC (most of these things usually are).
I've had no problem using ring connectors on ordinary 4mm bolts, but I reckon these'll be up to the job (certainly handling 10A or more in Shockwave). For the price it's worth a punt at least.

[blazerbotics]

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Ive got some in the mechanoid, Vantec also use them on the front of their big controllers and they take hundreds of amps. Only thing to note is you should cover them, as a bolt dropping across them will create a dead short.