Team Coolspeedbot: first feather weight robot

[Coolspeedbot]

because that's what he does all his engineering on Although, he's built more successful robots than me to be fair

Oh I see

[Coolspeedbot]

6 Renders of Wolf-E showing off the new panel parts to hold the side panels.

[Giles]

Are you going to Insomnia? Best get building soon if so!

[Coolspeedbot]

Are you going to Insomnia? Best get building soon if so!

Sadly not this time round, Wolf-E is most likely not going to be finished this year unless I can save enough money to get the hardox water cut.

[Coolspeedbot]

Small update finally worked out the mounting for the removable link and how the mount fits and is attached to the bot.

[lowndsy]

That looks like my first plan for my removable link. I would have a big hole and was even going to finish the edges so they were nice and neat and looked awesome.

After reading other peoples experiences with removable links they do seem to be a weak point of any bot so tucking it where it couldn't be bashed seemed advisable. Spinners in particular would put it at risk.

Having a pull cable (none live) meant it could be put a bit more out of harms way but kept accessible.

[Coolspeedbot]

Panels laid out, it could be ready to export as a DXF and time to get a quote from K-cut.

[Coolspeedbot]

That looks like my first plan for my removable link. I would have a big hole and was even going to finish the edges so they were nice and neat and looked awesome.

After reading other peoples experiences with removable links they do seem to be a weak point of any bot so tucking it where it couldn't be bashed seemed advisable. Spinners in particular would put it at risk.

Having a pull cable (none live) meant it could be put a bit more out of harms way but kept accessible.

I don't really have anywhere else to put it.

[Coolspeedbot]

So as the issue has been raised, is there any suggestions on where to place the removable link and how to better protect it? Cause where I placed it in the CAD I though was ok cause it gives easy access for removal.

[Ocracoke]

So as the issue has been raised, is there any suggestions on where to place the removable link and how to better protect it?

I think it works where it is but I would add potentially add a raised profile around the edge, so it has a tunnel around it leading to the link (doesn't have to be very tall, just thick I would think to be of benefit). That would help protect it I think.

[Coolspeedbot]

I think it works where it is but I would add potentially add a raised profile around the edge, so it has a tunnel around it leading to the link (doesn't have to be very tall, just thick I would think to be of benefit). That would help protect it I think.

I don't think I know how to achieve it.

[TechAUmNu]

To do it you can just get another piece of hardox cut and bolt it on over the existing stuff. It would give that area much more strength, however would a raised profile not just give something for spinners to bite on?

[Ocracoke]

however would a raised profile not just give something for spinners to bite on?

Depends on how big the raised profile is and how thick the raise is. I don't think it'll provide that big a biting point for spinners to hit and if it does hit, without the raise, it could mean the difference between the link staying in and being ripped out.

[RogueTwoRobots]

The link looks fine where it is. A couple of options to try and prevent it popping out include putting a small hinged cover over the hole that you can swivel down once the link is in place, or even just covering the hole with a piece of duct tape. If you make the loop of wire on the link end out of stiffer wire or a long loop, you can also use that to push against the chassis somewhere inside so that it can't physically pop out.

In all honesty, links popping out in smaller weightclass bots are few and far between. It seemed bad in RW Series 1/8 but people weren't as familiar with the shock forces going through heavyeweights then as it had been a decade since HW spinners last competed, so link mounting methods weren't perhaps as robust or well thought out as they could have been.

[Coolspeedbot]

Ok thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll look at adding a cover to the hole it looks to be the most straight forward.