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Side roll because theres a backbone on the design, the panel can sit against when bringing it back
Side roll because theres a backbone on the design, the panel can sit against when bringing it back
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Name: L.A.S.E.R (pretty random)
Power: 12v 3300mAh Ni-Mh
Drive: Cheap 12v drill motors
Control: Sabertooth 2x25A
Weapon: lifter
Armour: 2mm Steel(front), 15mm HDPE (chasis), 6mm HDPE (top and bottom)
R.C: PLanet T5
Cost: £200Comment
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May as well join in:
Name: Kaizer #4
Power: 2 * 6V 3.3ah SLA/custom 12V 4.4ah NiMH battery.
Drive: 16.8V drill motors on 10cm blue wheels.
Weapon: Custom thread rod actuator powered by a 9.6V drill motor.
Control: IBC & Syren 25A
Armour: 12mm HDPE & 10mm polypro with 3mm Aluminium panelling.
Notes: Fought valiantly in the 2010 champs but succumb to technical difficulties. Met little spinner 2 4 times in 7 battles. 3mm aluminium bent & polypro broke within 3 fights.Comment
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Sounds like the guy who built it did a shoddy jobOriginally posted by psychostorm
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Name: Spike-o-matic
Power: 12v 4300mah
Drive: 4x 12v argos drill motors on 10cm blue wheels. Kenny made the motor mounts for me.
Weapon: two spikes! (first bot so thought id go simple!) and can run either way up
Control: Spektrum dx6i with 4 little blue ESCs
Armour: 20mm HDPE chassis with 5mm aluminium lidsComment
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After I bought it, I even found it was cut & shunt from another machine.Originally posted by k_c_rSounds like the guy who built it did a shoddy jobOriginally posted by psychostorm
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Does it run well? I'm thinking of a similar drive setup for my first robotOriginally posted by Danjr1Comment
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yeah, runs fine! the dx6i mixer needs a little setting up but i can post the link if needed. only small issue is that the argos motors can be a little hit or miss with regards to quality but then again for £10, u cant moan!Comment
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I've found that, I've bought 2 and one had plastic gears and one had metal gears. But for £10 not bad.Originally posted by Danjr1Comment
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Didn't even though that about the gears?! Will have to check mine outOriginally posted by LeonardomayoComment
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Just swap one set of plastic gears with a set of metal gears and you'll have two motors each with a combination of metal and plastic gears, thus balancing them out rather than having one stronger and one weaker drive motor. Standard drills tend to come like this anyway; the metal stage is the one closest to the output shaft, and the plastic stage engages with the motor pinion.Originally posted by LeonardomayoComment
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Where would I get said gears? I'm quite tempted just to buy 4 from robochallenge to cut out the hassle.Comment
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From your existing drills. If you've got one with metal gears and one with plastic gears, that's six individual metal and six individual plastic gears you have. A standard drill gearbox needs six to run so use three plastic and three metal gears in one drill gearbox and use the remaining ones in the other drill gearbox. Voila
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I like your thinking, i'll butcher them further tommorow.Comment
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Name: ReAvenger
Power: x2 9.6v 3300 mAh nimh batteries
Drive: 12V argos drill motors on 10cm blue wheels.
Weapon: a set of linear actuator driven claws with that also running off the 2 9.6V batteries
Control: Electronize 15a esc's with 25a fuses
Armour: 8-10mm HDPE top and base & 5mm checkered steel sidesComment
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