Zeobot

[roborat]

hi if i was to buy a featherweight would anyone recomend the zeobot 2wd rc chassis kit and has any one got any personal experiance with them i plan on getting the rc chassis only so i can build a body and weapon to my own design.

thanks mike

[psycho_fling]

Zeobot

i bought one, it started my robot building off! very simple easy to follow and get running. also they are very easily adapted theres some pics on my website off what ive done..
http://www.psychoflingteam.co.ukwww.psychoflingteam.co.uk

alex

[kodster]

Zeobot

Nice pics Alex, and I notice theres a shot of Team Pillow Torques robot too.

Zeobot seems like a good chassis kit to use, does anybody know where to get them?

[teammad]

Zeobot

Technobots - http://www.technobots.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d526.htmlhttp://www.technobots.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d526.html

[jamesb]

Zeobot

i personally think they are not strong enough for combat, which is why i sell my own kits.
see http://www.xbotz.comwww.xbotz.com store robot kits
these are offered in a variety of sizes and performance, the details at the moment are slightly different to the current kits, but i can go into more detail if you were interested via email.

[leorcc]

Zeobot

James, I dont see any pictures with the kits, is that normal?

[killercarrot]

Zeobot

me neither.. sitelooks very pretty, but sooooo slow to load

[grant_ploughbot]

Zeobot

Or details on what they actually are?

[jamesb]

Zeobot

James, I dont see any pictures with the kits, is that normal?

pictures will be online very soon.

me neither.. sitelooks very pretty, but sooooo slow to load

really? shouldnt be slow. does anyone else have this problem?

Or details on what they actually are?

They are currently available in either parallelogram or rectangular box. The size and material varies from kit to kit, but more info will be going up shortly. A 4wd rectangular verion will be available shortly.

The raptor cadet and feather cadet kits both use drill motors, in a polypropolene or polycarbonate chassis. This kit uses the cheaper components, currently mtroniks controller, but other options are available.

The feather combat uses more expensive motors bought in from the USA, which are similar to drill motors, but better quality and with really nice gearboxes. The chassis is strong, and made of steel. Components are more expensive, currently eletronize but other options are available, such as the robot power scorpion XL

The feather extreme is what it says. Hardox chassis, high power, high quality motors, sidewinder controller, but other options are available.

All kits come without transmitter or charger. Ignore the battery info, they are all changing to different specs.

All this info will be going on the site soon, so contact me by email if you have any questions before placing an order. The specs are being updated from those currently listed, so nothing will be a lower spec than stated. Sorry that it is not exact at the moment, but it needed to be up intime for orders last month, so it was put up as proposed specs.

In relation to this thread, I would place the Zeobot kit (2wd) in the same class as my raptor or feather cadet kit, but as standard versions, my kits have more power and better armour.

Hope this helps.

[killercarrot]

Zeobot

yep those buttons on the left take an age to load (relatively... Im only talking 5 to 6 secs, on broadband, but that may be too long).. tested on home connection, and its a slow as on the University of Warwick connection, so not just my connection..
Ive had a look and its the file sizes of those images.. the raptor pics are enormous at 128Kb.. they should be about 10-15kb ...whole page at 40Kb is what we used to reccommend to content providers (BBC etc)
If you run them through GIMP or photoshop and reduce the quality of the compression to about 75% or 80% I reckon the pic quality will be the same but youll save a whole load on file size.
Rob

[Mouldy]

Zeobot

Zeobot vs Robo-Challenge kit vs Xbot Kit

My moneys on the UK fw champ.

[bex]

Zeobot

James it doesnt take a while to load on my computer.

[james...venom]

Zeobot

Thanks Dave

The Robo Challenge Kits have proven themselves to be high performance, very reliable and highly competertive in the modern era of featherweight fighting robots. Designed to run 24/7, be easy to build and extremely versitile. Their achivements speak for themselves.



James
Robo Challenge
Fighting Robots Uk Featherweight Champion

[psychostorm]

Zeobot

As for the Xbots Loading Dilemma

I have the loading come down as:
7 secs Opera.
8 secs Netscape.
8 secs IE.
9 secs Firefox.

Such a shame really as if it wasnt for the top banner, youd be 6 or under in all of them.

You might wish to try not using Flash on a loading screen and particularly not mixing Flash with other images. It kinda becomes a division of priorities.

[grant_ploughbot]

Zeobot

Seems fine with me :S