The Wonderful World of Johnny 2x4 (FW)

[Leonardomayo]

Hi!


Meet the start of Johnny 2x4, a (well, mostly) wooden robot. Hopefully tommorow I shall be able to make a basic frame for him and test it out.
He'll run off of a Sabertooth 2x12rc (I know, I know, before you say anything it was liberated from my non built BW, and I can't really afford anything else at the moment.) and a 3300mah Nimh. With any luck ill be at the UK Champs with him, making LS4, 540, Boner, Explosion and all the other mean and nasty robots cower with fear at the mere sight of him.

[harry hills]

Re: The Wonderful World of Johnny 2x4 (FW)

nice name, needs to be a wooden robot called plank :P
any reason the triggers are still atached to the drills?

[Leonardomayo]

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Thanks! I spent some time trying to think of a suitable name. It was either Johnny 2x4 or Tim Berrton. I think I make a wooden BW called Plank to keep with the scale :P
And the triggers are still attatched because the last time they were ran was when I connected them up to the drill battery to make sure I hadn't ruined them by shoving grub screws in them! It's not going to stay like that, don't worry.

[jonny]

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I'll go ahead and assume name is some sort of reference to me :P

Looks cool

[daliad100]

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I thought it was an Ed, Edd and Eddy reference.

[harry hills]

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yep

[Leonardomayo]

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Well, at least 2 people got it :P

[harry hills]

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i used to love that show as a child but since i had to analyse it for something all the fun was sucked out of it.
any progress on the bot?

[jonny]

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:P

[Leonardomayo]

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i used to love that show as a child but since i had to analyse it for something all the fun was sucked out of it.
any progress on the bot?

1) I know exactly what you mean. GCSE English Language/Literature killed any books or poems that I may have otherwise enjoyed for me. What did you have to analyse it for?
2) Yes, actually!


I got this far before realising that I have no wood screws or wood glue to hold it together.
This has the potential to be a reasonably quick build, but my progress is limited due to having to wait for components. At the moment i'm waiting for a battery to arrive (Thanks for the advice on that one, Harry!) and a few adapters to connect it to the ESC itself.

[archie2000]

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ha
I used to watch that like 3years ago
still don't get the name
I have a memory like a goldfish

[archie2000]

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Johnny was that weird kid with the plank of wood

[Leonardomayo]

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Got it in one!

[Leonardomayo]

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Some more progress!


Look at that, beautiful. Although judging by some of the stories i've heard, I won't be surprised if I open the box tommorow to find the circuit board has managed to escape the screws and completely disconnect itself fro the heatsink.
And that is pretty much all I can do for today, as i'm still waiting on some parts.

[Leonardomayo]

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As this seems like the best place as any to ask this, would these tx/rx combos be suitable for this robot?
http://www.giantcod.co.uk/flysky-4chann ... 06151.html
http://www.giantcod.co.uk/flysky-6chann ... 06150.html

And by that I mean do they failsafe and stuff like that. Anyone had any experience with them?