Skipdiving Robotics

[daveimi]

Did some more to the motorise pallet lol. It's going in weird directions but going somewhere gradually none-the-less. Need a speedo! or two lol

[daveimi]

Well really want to get to some events so got a beetle going again. Still have various motorized food tins but given they get shredded by anything spinny I re-visited the box. Voila. One hour later and its driving great. Bit of adhesive, tape and some adamantium extrusion and she's ready to go. My naff building ways know no bounds. Taking it to Wolverhampton on the 30th Aug to see if there's any spinners. Want to see if it stands up to them.

[teamshock]

I'll be there with two (possibly 3) spinners including the new Inertia which is looking for something to test against

[daveimi]

Lol I've opened a tin of worms now...
Keep meaning to ask if I'm alright to order a load of your beetle wheels? Like say five pairs or so?

[tweedermeister]

I'll be taking at least 2 spinners as well.

[teamshock]

I can sort out the wheels for you no problem just PM me with the sizes you want and how many and I'll bring them along to save you the postage.

[daveimi]

That's cool will send you a PM now!

[daveimi]

Got some more offcuts and stuff I found lay about different places. Planning on building running gear into this for Beetle Champs. Bought some botbitz from Ellis and going to get a 3s lipo. Thanks to Will got mixing going on my naff transmitter but have also bought a three quid mixer job and failsafe off amazon just in case.




Also!! Found this bad boy at the tip! So also frantically working on The MicroWave of Doom!!! Gonna build it up as a feather with a sabertooth, some drills and a 12v nimh as I have a few kicking about by now. Will get some more pictures as I start tearing it down. Saw one in Oz running on some of the youtube fights and have been obsessed ever since, decided I needed me some of that.

[suvv]

yay skipbot i want to see it topple a few of the big hitters in the competition just for the giggles

[tweedermeister]

yay skipbot i want to see it topple a few of the big hitters in the competition just for the giggles

Can confirm it will probably take out Hyperion because it''s something I designed and that pretty much dooms it from the get go.

[mrsam]

^^

Same goes for my new beetle, i built it therefore it will fail miserably.

[daveimi]

I don't expect to win anything to be honest just like having a go at building and driving round the arena. To date I've only ever won a few fights so you will all batter me no doubt.

[daveimi]

Well have made a bit of a profile on the Iron Games site and signed Rancid 3 up to the champs in Nov. Ready to unleash a 1.5kg can of whoop ass on the spinners lol.

[daveimi]

Not had a bit of an update in a while so thought I'd best keep my adoring fans happy. Well firstly wanted to say don't take microwaves apart, they're full of high voltages and dodgy chemicals and you're better off just binning them. The magnetron and big capacitors are particularly nasty. Wooden heavyweight frame has been perfected after a summer of rubbish ideas and it's going to be my main focus for next year I think. It's basically a wooden thwack bot. To be honest the hardest part has been mounting wheelchair motors, that were designed for a tubular frame, onto a flat base plate. Obsessed with a wood robot for some reason. Keen to get out of the spinners and after four years fighting on and off in every other weight category I think I'm ready for a go. Piccies below (of random parts gathering and bongos).




Beetle is going well, I've bought a lipo, a cheap 3s charger and power supply, lipo bag thingy, some botbitz and a load of connectors and cabling. Robot is finished physically, just going to charge the lipo and cable everything together for the weekend. Got some better bolts am going to mix on the transmitter. Oh and you can see the difference between the old nimh brick and the new batt!! Lipo ftw. Questions, thoughts, opinions welcome as ever.

[tweedermeister]

Are you bringing the beetle to the champs? And what is the wedge made out of?