Skipdiving Robotics

[suvv]

this is brilliant man i love you ethos of "here stuff i found in a bin" keep it up

[Jimmy]

I love that. It's like something that evolved on its own in the landfill rather than was build by man.....time for the machines to gain sentience and inherit the earth! Haha!

[daveimi]

Haha cheers for the love! Yeah it's just fun to see what builds into what really. I can drill, bolt, cut, tie wrap, velcro etc. Oh and am good with duct tape

And if they're introducing spinners into the common or garden events I need a feather rethink as my scrap powered creations won't stand up to that at the min lol.

[daveimi]

Also...does anyone know when the beetle champs is? I've messaged everyone I can think of and have had zilch back.

[Danny B]

And if they're introducing spinners into the common or garden events I need a feather rethink as my scrap powered creations won't stand up to that at the min lol.

From what I've been told, only some of the fights will feature spinners so as to be fair on novices like us.

[harry hills]

I get the quick cheap builds from what you have lying around but does it have to be that sloppy? Its like you intentionally did eveything as badly and roughly as possible, why?

I'm sure you can do better than that mate. Take a little pride in your work maybes.

[daveimi]

We can't all be cnc cad superstars

[harry hills]

And? You can still cut straight lines. The greater portion of the robot scene is handmade. With like 5% more effort you could have something much better. It seems like a waste is all.

[daveimi]

If u don't like it read someone's else's thread

[Albear]

Hey dave, what wheels are you using and what screws are holding them to the hubs? Got the same motors and hubs pretty much but the wheels i bought just don't seem to right. Ta!

[daveimi]

I use pololu wheels and hubs, but the original set screws are a complete waste of time. I went down Maplin and bought a box of assorted M3 and M4 screws. I sat with the hubs, wheels, gearboxes and brackets and just tried a selection of screws till it all went together properly and was tight. The screws have a propper head on so you can tighten them up really well with a screwdriver and stop them coming loose. Between fights I'll usually just nip them up. To be honest it's mostly the shaft adapter set screw that comes loose, the bracket and wheel screws are still tight two years on. I can supply up close pictures if it helps. Just let me know what you need. If you wanna share a pit at events for some help you're more than welcome, although I'm not the best builder but not too bad at bodging up to get stuff back in the arena. Makes all the difference when ya robot was hammered n tin snipped in the first place

[Albear]

Ah ok, thanks for the advice! So the wheels already come with screws? Interesting. I bought some lite flight hubs and wheels but its clear they aren't suitable for what i want sadly. I guess these are the mistakes we all make in the beginning. Have some of the Pololu universal hubs same as you but just not any suitable wheels and didn't want to waste more money. If you have any close up pics id be interested to see them, thanks! That's a great offer, id love too! Haven't got anything moving as of yet but its getting there! I work a seasonal job Feb till Nov so we shall see what time i can get off as im eager to go to an event as part of a tem or just to watch. Wanted to go to the Stevenage event as i used to live there so i know it well but i dont think its on this year sadly. What events are you planning to go to?

[daveimi]

How come the lite flight stuff is no good? I only went with pololu originally as I was in a rush and couldn't get hold of them from the US in time. I think it's easier to get them now as some of the UK suppliers stock them. I'm usually weary of us stuff because it not usually metric so you have to fork out more to get the tools to put it together.

I'm planning on going to UK beetle champs next and was thinking of taking a couple of robots but still waiting for kinematic to decide when it is. It's hard because I have a feeling it will be short notice and then a rush to get everything running and organised.

[Albear]

the hubs are just too small and there's not enough wall for me to drill it out to widen it and trying to match up polou hubs to the lite flight wheels is a pain. I'm sure they will be great with those small fingertech motors though if i ever wish to drop down a class i guess. I reckon i could have a first attempt finished soon so you never know i might be able to enter.

[daveimi]

Got you a picture of the Pololu stuff since you're Skipdivings official biggest fan . You just order it all off Technobots and it screws together.





they'd look good in this