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[Mouldy]

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I *think* he does

[ewan]

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I seem to remember hes gone to the 3700mah GP Ni-Mhs recently?

This wouldnt make all that much difference though - Id suggest its worth a try as they should stand up to the current draw OK. Theyve (3300 GPs) lasted me over two years including a flutter with a highly under-geared Astro weapon.

Now though, as the boldness of your letters seems to be inviting, perhaps Geoff should answer :wink:

[kronic]

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Ewan, Its basically a smaller version of Kronic build pretty much to scale.

Next event will be Fairford

Dave

[geoff]

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including a flutter with a highly under-geared Astro weapon....

I love the smell of burning Astroflights in the morning!! :wink:

The gospel of featherweight combat states..
verily, If thou wish to power more that 1 Astroflight motor at any one time, and thou hath not the means nor the bottle to useth the almighty Lithium Polymer battery then thou should useth the most exellent Ni-Mh 3700mha battery from GP.

Scorpion Evilution, Pillow Torque, Small Torque, Batterbot & Phoenix cant all be wrong!!

[grant_ploughbot]

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That astro of ewans came in very handy actually Its also been burned out again since

Thanks geoff, ill have a look at them

[grant_ploughbot]

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actually i think ill dig out my old 3300mA gp cells. Ill risk it, although they havnt been charged for about a year atleast :sad:

[ewan]

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The machine is almost ready for Fairford. Tried out the weapon briefly today, will try to get the whole thing together tommorow and do some RC testing:

http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3086.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3086.jpg
http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3092.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3092.jpg
http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3093.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3093.jpg

Im liking how this ones going together - its not all finished yet though so I wont be duelling with spinners till next weekend I dont think, but should be fun to play with.

Weight may be an issue - its right on the edge at the moment (as far as I know) and there are things I can do for Farnborough but Fairfords gonna be a cross fingers occasion (and knowing my luck Ill probably be stuck with the whiteboards).

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Aww man, that looks awesome! Would love to see it in action - any videos of it being tested etc. at all?

[ewan]

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Thank you for the kind words

Not yet - will try to video the test tommorow but (probably) wont get it online till after the weekend Im afraid.

[jamesb]

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did you do all the metalwork on that yourself ewan, or did you have it cut elsewhere?
should be interesting to see it run, nice to see someone trying something a little different.

[ewan]

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Nah, its all my own stuff. No matter how much I wouldve liked a solid hardox waterjetted CNC welded superbot I couldnt have afforded it.

[Kenny]

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ah im sure you could get a hardox watercut cnc welded superbot done by sponsorship you have a sponsor for everything else

[jamesb]

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or pay for it?

watercutting hardox can be cheaper than a new xbox game or 2.

or ask someone with the facilities to machine it by hand *cough hint cough* lol

how did you cut it ewan, hacksaw/jigsaw?

(Message edited by jamesb on July 13, 2006)

[grant_ploughbot]

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looking real nice ewan!

Thats what we need more of in feathers-some originality!

[jamesb]

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well, not completely original
see adrian sandercocks new robot, you can read about it in countdown to my new... in the heavyweigh section.
same concept by the look of it.

still good though