Laser 2

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

righty ho,

Ive done a bit of work over the weekend, gonna do more soon

Finished the scorpian xxl enclousure





And also turned down the threaded rod from a car jack to 9.2mm

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

Right,


I've been doing a lot of work on laser 2 getting it ready for the champs. We've mounted the limit switches and wired them up, and we've also finished the lifter assembly.

here are a few pics

Scorpian xxl mounted



lifter assembly



Limit switches:





and finally a vid of the lifter working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpnKIUNl3dM

[Bodge Job]

Re: Laser 2

nice! looking good!

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

Spent the last few days building a power supply, heres the finished product:

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

Rather than starting a new thread I would rather use this one.

I finally got round to starting work on my new antweight, twister.
I'm going to keep the weapon a secret at the moment, but I assure you it will be good!

I got a bit bored today, so I decide to go into the workshop and see what needs doing.
I got a Baby-Orangutan, as inspired by Jim, as I was in need of a compact and light ESC capable of running 4 motors
I saw the baby-Orangutan, so I wired it up and programmed it, and just now a few tests.
here are the pics and results of the test...



the size of it compared to my finger

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

test vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LV4k2mm8w

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

right,

havent done much in ages with laser as i have been so busy and not had access to the workshop for a while. I hadnt really touched Laser since the champs, but the scorpian xxl had broken in it so we have decided to go to hacked brushless esc's. Instead of buying the esc's ready ahcked I decided to hack them myself:

esc opened up


programming pins soldered on


esc's hacked


total money spent =£100 and i saved about £100 doing it myself.


The next thing to do on laser was to change the hdpe base to a 3mm ali base, which was done quite easily.
The other thing I have dont is swapped the lifter motor for a DeWalt drill, this now means it ias about 3x more powerfull and i have an option of 2 speeds.

[Eventorizon]

Re: Laser 2

Those are some really good upgrades! Simple but they could be very effective!

Do you have a link to a 'How To' on hacking those brushless ESC's and where you can get those from as I was going to replace my Electronize with those 85A ESC's.

[Ellis]

Re: Laser 2

Tutorial: http://www.robowars.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1609

Store: www.botbitz.com

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Really good upgrades man! The ESCs should make a big difference, as they did to ours. And liking the dewalt.

(videos!)

[Eventorizon]

Re: Laser 2

You know... I think I will get them pre-hacked, that looks a little beyond me. Or more accurately mu bank balance wouldn't cover any screw ups!

[shakesc]

Re: Laser 2

I've hacked my own TZ85A. If you are handy with a soldering iron then its quite easy. The TZ85A are also a nice small package and from all reports put up with alot of abuse

[Bodge Job]

Re: Laser 2

Wow, I may have to try this. Good to save a few quid. So have any one used these in combat? If so with what motors?

[shakesc]

Re: Laser 2

running Gimsons off mine

No combat yet - must actually post my bot up

[Ellis]

Re: Laser 2

Wow, I may have to try this. Good to save a few quid. So have any one used these in combat? If so with what motors?

Loads of the Aussie featherweights use them with more or less 100% success I believe, and we have used them quite extensively in combat in Tormenta 2, with (here's hoping I don't jinx it) perfect results so far. We're running four 12v drills at 18v, hard. Hard enough to strip metal gears like we did the nylon ones last time. :wink:

[Laser]

Re: Laser 2

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

testing the tz85a