COUNTDOWN TO MY NEW HEAVYWEIGHT- the diary

[ady]

the days are starting to drag now, 8 days to go before i collect the new toy, i decided to buy an already built heavyweight, to get me into some events this year! brought a 6channel controller today which should be here tues, may not seem a big thing for some but this something i wish i got into years ago when it all started.
my wife puts it down to a deprived childhood

(Message edited by ady on May 12, 2006)

[armadrillo]

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What have you brought then Adrian?

[ady]

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its known at the moment as mantis 2, owned by team mantis.

[Kenny]

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is a good machine was at newark

[robotic_ants]

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Wasnt that the original Mantis at Newark not the new one? loved the old one more than the new.. it had more character..

Chris - ^_^

[teammad]

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It was the new one (was a mid week feather event, not newark kitcar show), as it was playing with G3.

[ady]

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ive only seen pics, i will post here once i got it and had a mess!! just going to personalise it for now to make it my own, see how it is competitively and go from their, did it look ok david?

[ady]

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you are right david, just looked at roaming robots on past events, found a pic of it on their.......

[ady]

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got the new controllers this morning, they look very impressive, just got to wait till saturday to drive something!!

[ady]

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got the robot today, couldnt have asked for more, very chuffed with it, a big thanks to duncan... had a quick go when i got home on the drive, very easy to use... looking forward to some events in the future.

[typhoon_driver]

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Well i am glad to see that instead of a robot disappearing and being stripped for parts, it lives on to fight another day.

[ady]

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just going to personalise it for now,i spent more on my van to travel round with it, brought a vw caddy which im having stickered up and new plylining in the back, wanted a van anyhow as im always doing something around the house, and sick of getting my car dirty with carrying stuff.i just have to get a new hydralic pipe made up for the weapon as this one is cinked a bit, having it made longer so i cant re-route it so it wont happen again, only thing i need to sort is more traction, it has these hard rubber wheels but i need to do something with them to give them more grip, if anyone has any ideas?

[Kenny]

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Use Bike Tyres Cut The Tread Up And Screw To The Wheel Alot More Traction.

[ady]

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thanks for that,i was thinking this, only concern i had was if it didnt work id wreck the wheels which are a bit oddball, mite have to bite the bullet and give it a try, the tyre part on them seems very hard rubber so hoping the screw will not come loose in time.

[simon]

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Use some apoxy resin as well.