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

[james...venom]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

thats right ed!

they were actually the batteies that cought fire at your xfm event. we have been guarenteed that the speedos wont blow by our manufactuer. if you try they will just shut down instead of costing you a fortune!

[storm]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Oh, fair enough James - thought it was the speedos

Ed
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[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

James, your kits sound too good to be true.

[james...venom]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

ye we jammed extra batteries in the bots so they were a bit heavyer but one of the packs had snipped wires and so shorted out on the body work! thought it was a speedo at the time.

[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

How would I remove the bodywork between fights? Also how would I attach the body to the chassis? Screws or welding or allans keys.

[babeth]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Weld what you dont need to remove and use lots of screws or bolts & nuts for the rest. I dont know what allans keys are. A cordless drill is advised for faster screwing and unscrewing.

You can weld nuts to the chassis so that you can simply screw the bolts into them. Theyre a bit tougher than the usual screws. Watch out for deformation by the heat though: sometimes you have to thread the nut anew before the bolt fits.

(Message edited by Babeth on September 02, 2005)

[woody]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Hi Babeth ......... I believe that Kevin means Allen Screws or Socket head cap screws.

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(Message edited by woody on September 03, 2005)

[babeth]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

Oh, I see, thank you Woody !
Ah well, its the same as normal screws then.

Another thing I just thought about: when we do use them, we often sink our screws. You drill a wider hole on top of the hole, at the size of the screw head. So that the screw heads dont stick out and get damaged.

[james...venom]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

hi kevin,

was that questition regarding my kits?

[kevin]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

What was?

[grant_ploughbot]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

about attaching the body etc......!
The lid is bolted ontop, once this is undone and removed then all the components are easily accessible. If you wanted to add an extra armour shell, then either welding or bolting would be fine.

[jamesb]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

there is no way you can blow them up!

sorry to sound like a party pooper here, but I know for a fact this is not the case.

RC wars (when I was paying half the replacement costs) blew many of them up at RAF cosford last year, and I personally blew one last week.

They are quite good, but they are not the holy grail of speedos

[james...venom]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

We had the old version ones then james. I use the latest version.

Having spoken to my manufacturer they have said they are confident you cant blow one up. if you try to pull too much power through them the speedo will shut down rather than smoke up. if one does gets blown up somehow they will be replaced free of charge.

James Cooper
Robo Challenge

[team_ireland]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

*Takes ball of paper and lights it onfire and puts it in the speedo*

See it can let out smoke

[grant_ploughbot]

Im Thinking Of Building A Feather, And Need Some Advice

JB-The speedcontrollers used in the earlier kits were the origional version. RoboChallenge now have the new version with a garantee! if somehow they do blow up, you get another one free so even if it did blow up its not too bad.
Ian- Just try getting paper in them