Team Pasty Build Diary: Loki

[daveimi]

Lift the arm out the way around spinners?

[Eventorizon]

The easier option is to Make it so that the arm face is maybe 5-10mm behind the front armour when its retracted so it cant be hit, and you only fire it when it is not going to get ripped off... *hint hint*

[ChrisKazoo]

I don't know what you mean Alex...


Although I'm pretty sure I just drove up into the disk rather than I tried to lift the air in front of Binky lol Pretty cool sparks though:

You've got S900 drive on 4WD, is it belt-driven? I would assume so, but I thought I'd ask!

The rear wheels will have gears and then belt drive to the front wheels.

[overkill]

Ziggy's flipper arm recesses into the frame and after seeing it up close & personal a few years ago, I can vouch that its very effective. Its probably not a popular idea, but have you considered going 2 wheel drive and using the spare weight on the flipper & armour?

[Andy]

Might ruin the design a little but it would probably be worth ditching the front wheels and having all the weight over the flipper where you want it?

[ChrisKazoo]

I have considered just going two wheel drive and it doesn't effect the overall design really, quite easily just left out. I'm open to any ideas at the moment to get it in weight and be as effective as possible.

Also Nick I've taken a few stills and GIFs from my fights at the champs:


Got you hooked :P

[overkill]

Oops! I really didn't see that coming when I designed the roll-over hoops.

I was thinking that if you went 2WD, the front of the bot could be tapered in to save material and some parts could be put in the wheel wells where the belts used to run

[overkill]

Here is a photo of Ziggy, showing how the front wedge and the arm work together:



If you tapered the frame in at the front, you could add a Hardox wedge without adding too much weight.

[mrsam]

I love how in both of those gifs Hatchet is sitting immobile in the corner , making the front similar to Ziggy sounds like a good idea though, just to give the arm that little extra protection.

[Andy]

Although a wedge infront of the flipper arm would protect the arm from spinners, most flippers seem to rely on the lip for most of their flips so it might lead to you not getting as many flipping oppertunities in fights.

[ChrisKazoo]

Redesign in the works... seem to have some spare weight at the moment

[Eventorizon]

It would be fine. If your protective blade gets under them then you are good to flip. Also your blade will probably be stronger than their flipper edge so its less likely to be twisted by spinners and made useless.

[ChrisKazoo]

Current design of Ziggy, uhh I mean Loki 2, still playing around with the details.

[overkill]

Looking good! If you have any spare weight, add a horizontal strip to the back of the wedge at ground height. Even a 20mm strip will make the leading edge far stronger and bend resistant.

[ChrisKazoo]

After advice on the motor mounts I've designed, bit restricted for space at the rear end so I've come up with this:



The top two bolts are m6 80mm, and the bottom is the 14mm aluminium wheel axle, bored 5mm into the 15mm HDPE side and held in place with m6 bolts (don't tell Ellis that I steal all his ideas). Worried it might be a bit vulnerable being attached to the sides?

Also the mount I've designed in 6mm 'Ecocast' aluminium. Overkill? Adequate?


Cheers