Cobalt

[Kenny]

Re: Cobalt

Wow that sounds really good, are there any pro's to using an electric actuator? I imagine them to be slow and heavy (I mean as apposed to a gear motor setup such as yours will be).

Only one i can think of is you can buy them off the shelf and not after make something

[psychostorm]

Re: Cobalt

End switches already installed, so it doesn't try to destroy your robot with back force.

[Kenny]

Re: Cobalt

Managed to get the cylinder finished , its been at pirtek today being pressure tested to 350bar and passed

now to try and mount in cobalt for the weekend..., aswell as getting tiberius ready going to be busy...

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[Kenny]

Re: Cobalt

The final design of new cobalt is close to being finished
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[plargen]

Re: Cobalt

out of interest do you know what thickness of steel cobalt can get through with the new ram

[shakesc]

Re: Cobalt

Probably at least 1mm more than the armour on my robot :sad:

[Kenny]

Re: Cobalt

Rather than a certain thickness it can go through its more to do with how the armour is supported underneath, if its only supported at each side it will bend the middle in, if its supported everywhere it will have more of a chance to go through

[Eventorizon]

Re: Cobalt

out of interest do you know what thickness of steel cobalt can get through with the new ram

Cos both your machines are sturdy welded boxes I would have thought that would make them ideal targets for getting crushed. Sorry. But then again, if any machine is designed to stop spinners then its probably going to be perfect for Cobalt no matter what.

[teamstorm]

Re: Cobalt

That's the great news for crushers these days, everyone is focussing on defending against spinners in the featherweight space... which don't usually attack you from on top !

Vortex is being retrofitted with 10mm 2014T Aluminium up top !

[plargen]

Re: Cobalt

so my only hope is the pit, push him in or hide in it

[Eventorizon]

Re: Cobalt

On the kind of upside there is only 1 true crusher in the feathers; Maybe 2 when James gets Goblin up and running, rather then the 15+ spinners of various types.

Kenny, is that a new crushing beak, it looks much larger than the one in Cobalt 1's Autodesk drawing, or has the robot shrunk slightly?