Boring Brick

[Ellis]

As others have said, this is far from a boring brick. I love the shape!

edit: also, I agree with others about it being fine just running into the 15mm HDPE. With a smooth shaft like that I don't think you'll see any wear at all across the lifetime of a robot.

[mrsam]

The name will have to change i agree, i'm just finding it hard not to think of something predictable or too clichéd. If Tomohawk wasn't already taken i would have had that because of the shape of the axe but alas back to the name drawing board.

[Flag Captured]

It's pretty tough to find a name, but what I did was just keep an eye out for cool words that pop up or song/album titles generally go well. Mine got its name from two sources funnily enough, one was an album called Hardwired and when I got round to building the thing properly the components were all hard-wired together so it couldn't be anything else really!

Either that, or try searching for synonyms on Google - I typed 'axe synonyms' in, and one of the suggestions was Abandon (from 'to axe' something) which actually sounds a really cool name, if it's not taken!

[mrsam]

That's a great idea I hadn't thought of that, might give that a go

[mrsam]

A quick search came up with Hatchet and I think that sounds good as a name


Edit: I also forgot to mention that i weighed the bot as it was in the last picture and it's only 6.6kg!, so that leaves me with a maximum of 7kg for the axe supports and mechanism, the scooter motor, a 30 amp electronize, the top panel and with that much weight left to spare i reckon i could even squeeze a scoop on the front.

[Flag Captured]

Nice one, sounds a pretty awesome name! Looking forward to seeing the machine with the axe mounts on it too - the axe is a lot chunkier than I thought it was, going to be a force to be reckoned with!

[mrsam]

The axe is pretty beefy, all credit goes to Mario he did an amazing job on it, it won't be the fastest axe around but it's pretty heavy so it should hopefully be a good balance of speed and power

[mrsam]

More work on the axe mounts today, still not quite finished i still need to cut some angles as is customary on this bot but here it is all fitted together,

[Ellis]

Chunky! This is a really cool build. Love the angles!

[mattsdragons]

By the sounds of things you don't have weight to worry about, may be worth adding a hardox wedge to the front that has a back plate you can bolt on to cover the whole of that front, gives spinners something to hit and if you get under people can give you a few more hits. Doesn't need to be overly large, just may help in both attack and defence

[mrsam]

I was planning on adding a wedge to the front if the budget allows however hardox might be a bit too expensive for now so it will probably just be stainless

[mrsam]

Hatchet is now all wired up and ready for a drive test, so once the batteries have finished charging expect a very bad one handed driving video

[mrsam]

New video as promised, my driving really is awful at the moment http://s921.photobucket.com/user/mrs...c3e1b.mp4.html

[razerdave]

Is there a mixer in the robot? It could also be a trim issue , since it went straight backwards. I've found with. 2WD robots that they go straight one way and often veer off the other way, hence Satanix having a Gyro.

[mrsam]

No mixer in there and all the trim buttons are centered, I'll have a play around with them and if it still happens I can *just* get it to go straight with some fiddly driving