scruffy

[harry hills]

It looks more evil than before, which is awesome. I was wondering, where do you get your spikes and stuff from?

[plargen]

i think i got pretty much everything off ebay apart from the tx

the horns are a small cut up crowbar and the spikes i put down the back of the lifter are goth/punk spikes im going to use the same setup as scruffy 1, 4-5 25mm long spikes down the back of the lifter but i also have some small 10mm spike that will be going in various places haven't quite decided where yet

i should probably have called it something like revenge of scruffy, scruffys revenege or scruffys demond

i will have to look for some stick on flame affect for down the sides

[harry hills]

Cool, cheers. Scruffy reborn maybe?

[Gaseraki]

Looks stunning, love the body work. Good luck at guildford

[plargen]

been a while since ive updated but due to heat and laziness not really done much

scruffy 2 requires a few adjustments to the lifter a bit of wiring and the aesthetics to give it some more character

ive also started to look at building a beetle got the motors and decided to do a night fury like beetle probably with a servo lifter estimated top speed is round 7-8mph so should be nice and quick and i will probably be using a bolt together structure so i can easily change Armour and shift between the 1.36 and 1.5 weight variations

ive also started looking at my robot with chin/drill driven lifter again and have worked out that it will have a maximum lift of 30kg ish before the chain snaps so once i have to working i will do some weight tests and see if i need to upgrade to 8mm chain or if belts would be better but i cant find any info on the forces that the technobots belts can withstand

and lastly i have started to make base of the Dog/Growler style robot



haven't decided on the name yet thought of a good list but cant deside

hellhound
anubis
The Grim
gnasher

not sure if any are take, if so please tell me but if anyone has any other name suggestions please post them up

[SamO]

Cheeky Mikita's there !
That things going to have some serious push!

[plargen]

im going to double up the wheels to help with grip and the top speed is estimated round 15mph so it should be able to catch most bots just have to make the grabby/lifter evil dog head work well

[plargen]

ok started my beetleweight, its a 4wd,

it has
4x 12v 1000rpm motors with 4 65mm wheels (which seem grippy), im using aluminium for the body and 3mm t6 aluminium for the side,front and rear armour i have a servo that i am aiming to use for some sort of lifting weapon but haven't decided on what yet, i have also got a turnigy nano tech 3s which will peek at 18a so i hope it will be enough to run the 4 25mm motors

it should do about 7.5mph hopefully have it ready for a test drive this weekend will post pics/vids etc later when its a bit further along

[plargen]

first test vid of it working still have a lot to do tho

ive managed to push a 1.2kg cat food box across the floor with allot of wheel spin

not the best quality vid but my phones getting a bit naff now

[Ellis]

That's seriously quick! Really like seeing so many beetles starting to take shape.

[swanaldo]

yes its good to see a few new builds now....futures looking good.

[swanaldo]

are you putting a weapon on that?

[plargen]

depends on how much weight i have left but if there is enough it will have a servo powered lifter

have been looking into a small horizontal spinner that would stick out underneath as well but that's less likely

[plargen]

finally got round to sorting out the armour, still have to sort out mounting at the back and the top paneland then look into weight loss for a lifter weapon

might also look into foam tyres to see if they give better traction

[plargen]

finally go off my ass to get scruffy 2 finished

the head is now sorted with micro switches to stop the actuator, spikes are on and it will now self right





all that's left to do is fit a bit of grade 5 ti to the front of the lifter and shorten the led and actuator wires and it ready to go