Help please

[typhoon_driver]

Help please

nah dont have any 3.2mm im afraid and yeah JL only deal with 4mm.

These guys are one of the few if not the only in the UK that deal with 3.2mm

http://www.mayflower-technology.co.uk/dev/services_swedish_steel.htmlhttp://www.mayflower-technology.co.u...ish_steel.html

Sorry to hijack the thread Andy!

[robotnut]

Help please

thats ok, i may need hardox in the future lol, so i dont mind

[typhoon_driver]

Help please

Lol then speak to the guys at that link that I posted or JL steel services http://www.jlsteel.co.uk/http://www.jlsteel.co.uk/

I have only dealt with JL as they are just up the road (30 miles) from me

[craig_colliass]

Help please

Designing the robot is for me one of the best bits of the robot hobby. for St Hammer the idea was to make a robot the crowed would like, and one that was going to be reliable and capable of being run against other robots with different weapons. with out too much damage.
Below is a list of robot types and my thoughts on them.
Types of robot

Ram bot
St Hammer is able to run over the top of those types as they are generally low down

Hydraulic
I have armor fitted behind the wheels to protect against too much damage, I cant stop the wheels from getting punctured by KO. But when this has happened it has done no real damage to the robot and after the caws have released. the St Hammer just keeps on going
Tiberius I dont think Its claw can go that high to actually catch the robot! it would have to be raised to a hight of about 500mm or more!

Flipper
The idea is to make the robot able to drive off the wedge of the flipper and if you keep moving it makes it difficulty for them to get under to flip OOTA. in practice this is a lot harder than it sounds! With the shape of St hammer there is no upside down anyway.

Spinner
No spinners allowed at the moment, but i think it would be OK with most of them.

Axes
This area I have had little luck both Thor and Thz (The Tupperware Tomahawk) will give me problems, but i am working on a better amour solution for them.

Arena pit
It can clime out of the pit especially with the new wheels.

Bad driving
I have not been able to design out my bad driving skills but miracles can happen.

Its great fun to design a machine that can go against outer weapons and survive.
Be brave do something different but most of all enjoy the whole robot building and running thing.

[maddox]

Help please

Standard sheet made by SSAB is 6m*2.5m. This is the size that was ordered in 3.2mm a few years ago in the Netherlands.
Team RCC bought a few pieces of this plate.

[johnny_boy]

Help please

You could try Abba Commercials, in St Helens, for some off cuts of 3.2mm Hardox450. Look for them in Google.

[woody]

Help please

I belive it was http://www.abbacommercials.com/Equipment/index.aspxABBA

[robotnut]

Help please

starting to progress on the robot, is 10mm mild steel good enough for side armour for fighting todays machines.

[beast]

Help please

i would say yes but at the end of the day it will have to be smallish as you only have 100kg

[robotnut]

Help please

its mainly to protect the wheels, so wont use alot.

(Message edited by robotnut on December 21, 200