I'm Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

[team_ireland]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

From what everyone has said these kits use drill motors. These are pritty much what most people use for drive in there feathers (a bit of a generalisation but mainly true). There will be plenty of push with them.

[ewan]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

yup, as Ian says - the kits use drill motors as used by many featherweight robots. You can always overvolt them a little if you think they arent giving you enough speed but they should be fine.

[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

What would be the difference in one of those 6kg kits V buying one of Paul Coopers technobot 12kg 4wd drive Zeobot chassis?

[storm]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

About 6Kg ;o)

If youre the other side of the pond to us, beacuse Technobots wont ship internationally you might look at what Carlos been up to at http://www.battlekits.comwww.battlekits.com he does a featherweight (30lb). As your that side of the pond from us Id suggest you look to build to the 30lb limit rather than our 12Kg limit.

Just my 2 cents

Ed
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[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Or I could buy a team, and someone could send it over. Is it better to have a 2wd or 4wd robot to starters?

[blazerbotics]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Or I could buy a team - huh, how much money do you have?!

Wether you have 2 or 4 wheels depends on design and what you want the robot to do. With feathers, most robots with a weapon are 2WD due to weight. Nearly all 4WD Fws are pushers.

[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

I meant buy a kit! I think I will do a 2wd with grippy tires.

Those battlekits look neat, but I wont want the shape of the feather already done for me.

[team_ireland]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

May I surgest that you look here:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/THERFL/messageshttp://forums.delphiforums.com/THERFL/messages


The RFL (Robot Fighting League) is kinda the equivelent to the FRA over here. People may be able to help you source more local parts over there better than we can. They can also answer alot of the questions which we over here cant like if a weapon will be effective over here as the us and uk are very different.

[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

How much does a pneumatic system cost for a feather usually? How big a Co2 fire extingushier do you use?

[grant_ploughbot]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

http://www.robochallenge.co.ukwww.robochallenge.co.uk is currently not working. James is trying to find out why, and sort it out. It appears someone has removed the website and changed passwords so James is unable to access the site. Hopefully it will be back up and running shortly.

[team_ireland]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Kevin How long is a piece of string?

Thats effectively what your asking, a pneumatic system could cost nothing if made from scrap or could cost 1,000,000 pounds if you wanted it too.

[james...venom]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Hi Guys

the site will be back up shortly but hasnt any information on about the kits just yet. heres a little info on the latest version which will be avalible for purchase this week.

The Robo Challenge kits have had 2 years of design and development (including many full combat fights) along with over 35 years of engineering experience to bring you extremly high quality and reliability! All have the same chassis and yet can be completely different machines due to the large arrangement of bolt on weapons etc. For example each motor pod can be attached in 5 different positions in the robot to create anything from a stable wedge bot to a full body hammer, stinger style!

The chassis is lazer cut and robot welded in 2mm stainless steel which is incredibley tough! all the weapons and motor pods are produced from mild steel and then zinc coated so the bot will never rust. These machines are very nippy aswell giving more than enough power to slam your opponants hard. up to 6000mah of Nimh high performance batteries supply the power to the machine and will keep it running at full pace for well over an hour. The speed controllers are top dog allowing your motors to pull a countinuous 25amps. They incorporate high power Gen Xi-FET technology with a new heavy duty, light weight heatsink which provides 50% more effective cooling! The new intelligent power delivery system (PDS) minimises wasted power, maximises traction and reduces motor wear and heat.With improved protection. in fact we are so confident with them we give them a guarentee, there is no way you can blow them up!

We have also made the wiring fool proof with our LX Units. everything simply plugs into the box and supplyies power to the machine. Its impossible to plug anything in backwards so you cant go wrong! The LX Units also incorporte an on/off switch, power LED and a removable link so it complies with all the FRA rules. We also have a guarentee that these things wont break!

When you purchase one of our machines you get A Robo Kit with a choice of one of our range of static weapons, 3000mah of NiMH battries along with a charger. A 2 channel Futaba Radio set avalible in 27mhz or 40mhz. you also get the tools needed to build the machine and to modify the weapon mouting points or the motor pods plus a set of cones to practice your driving skills all for just £495! you get alot!

Upgrades will also be avalible in future like new weapons both static and active and armour plates etc. you will also be able to bolt many robots together to create the ultimate machine!

for more information please email us at Admin@RoboChallenge.co.uk We will be happy to hear from you.

[typhoon_driver]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

there is no way you can blow them up!

now thats a promise i would love to test.........i know i have some C4 around here somewhere :P

O and james, have you found out how much the 150mm heavy duty wheels would cost (x4)?

(Message edited by typhoon_driver on August 30, 2005)

[storm]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

there is no way you can blow them up!

....so theyre not the ones that caught fire at XFM Cambridge then you heard it here first guys; The first speed controllers to come with a guarantee that you cant break them !

Ed
http://www.teamstorm.comhttp://www.teamstorm.com

[leorcc]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

After reading this i felt like i watched the homeshopping network for 3 hours straight.