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[wazio]

Pneumatic

Ewan, The body is going to look something like Phillips bot. The outside armor / shell will be shaped kind of like a pyramid. Front will have something around .300 Ti with the rest about .125. The base plate is 17wide x 12Long. So it will be really wide. I like this because 1- It will be easy to drive with 4 wheels and 2- It will give my arm alot or area to catch the other bot. Also, my drive will be http://banebots.com/osc/product_info.php?cPath=36_63&products_id=224http://banebots.com/osc/product_info...roducts_id=224 two of them @ 11.1v then belts to the front wheels.

Woody - ya I know, I dont like that ball valve! But that guy said he wants me to have it. Why, I am not sure... But maybe because that this is the first FP flipper in the US (as far as I know) it is just something that they dont understand yet.

That bump vlave is like 1500 or something, I dont know. I just had it in my shop, worked out well. I dont HAVE to get the parts certified, that is why I made them overkill, to get around that rule. But if I need to save weight I will make it weigh less by milling off a few 16s from each side.

[blazerbotics]

Pneumatic

The dump looks similar to the one we use in Merlin, weve used it for about 2 1/2 years in hundreds of fights on FP and never had a problem. I did see after about 6 months that it was only rated to about 300psi, but has never failed me even after a fight when its been solid ice! saying that tho it could be a different model.

The only posistive thing i could see about the valve between burkert and ram is that it would stop a miss fire if you were to open the bottle too quickly. Although personally i would have put it just after bottle as the bottle valve looks abit small and fiddly.

[woody]

Pneumatic

@ Alan
The flow from the paintball bottle is via a needle valve ......hard to open it anyway other than SLOW and once open its flow can only be considered .......meeker.

@ Chad
Id try very hard to get the ruling on the ball valve changed.

[woody]

Pneumatic

Tsk ....spelling!
Meagre ....not meeker!

[wazio]

Pneumatic

Got some work on the base plate done today. 18 build days left! Pic on profile.

[ewan]

Pneumatic

18 days? Plenty enough time

Looks very neat so far, will be good to see how it comes together.

[wazio]

Pneumatic

Got alot of work done today.... Tank mounts, pillow blocks, belt grove milled, Arm monts, all made and most are on the bot. Just need to mill some more, and get my hubs. . . Its looking good. Pic on profile. . . Or e-mail me if u want more.

[wazio]

Pneumatic

Also, here is a yahoo album that has most of the pictures that I have taken.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wazio88/album?.dir=7a41&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http% 3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wazio88/my_photoshttp://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wazio8...e=&prodid=&.do ne=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wazio88/my_photos

[ewan]

Pneumatic

simply awesome

[cavecrusher]

Pneumatic

strange cilinder placement, but still awesome

[Kenny]

Pneumatic

whats happened with ram?? the piston nylon block broke??

(Message edited by teamkenny on January 29, 2006)

[maddox]

Pneumatic

Not nylon. My supplier did deliver me another material, stronger, stiffer called Ertalon 06. But it can break, and the UHMPE I use normaly cant.

[wazio]

Pneumatic

the piston breaking was not a big deal. A new one will be made today outof UHMW.

[philip_taylor]

Pneumatic

That is very neat, Chad. I will have to pinch some of your design ideas for my next rebuild.

[killercarrot]

Pneumatic

so disgustingly well engineered... it makes me feel quite ill... no gaffer tape, no bodged fittings.. I bet you even put your tools away after you..whats the world coming too?
Very impressed