New Heavy

[katch]

In the pictures you will notice nothing is parallel or square, thats all been sorted now, but was simply because everything was put in with only 2 fixings and no structure really in place while i finalised my locations for parts etc... The first test drive it all moved and twisted.

[daveimi]

This is so awesome Soooo glad it went to a good home!

[katch]

Ok so its been a very long year for me.. House fire has taken over all my spare time since june july, only 2 weeks i'll be in my new house and i can concentrate on this bot.

I was going to post up some new pictures, but there isn't much thats change, but here is the revise weapon, coming in at

16kilos.. with a chain drive rated for 9,000lbs of strain..... 20170529_202143.jpg

[ACE Robotics]

Glad to hear your back , give me a shout we will have to catch up one weekend

[katch]

Gladly mate, i'll pop on up to yours, i have that 2nd chassis still and plans for it look promising

This chassis i'll take to a live event with you if your up for it and see what that quad blade does to itself !

Glad to hear your back , give me a shout we will have to catch up one weekend

[katch]

Figured out my esc can be mixed on its board so tank steering by 2 stalks separately now works on dx6i .

Having been playing this weekend sort of finding time to figure stuff out.

36v the bot is much more lively so on lipo I think it will be just right

Got sparks on esc solved when connecting battery that was really easy.

Blew up the down voltage converter for receiver during the learning process lol

so onto weapon drive next..

Thinking of Binning my lem 48v off ... maybe using 2x or 3x 12dc motors

[team death]

How did you stop the sparking when connecting the ESC to
the battery ? as I have a similar problem and the same ESC too.

[maddox10]

The sparking when linking up is the capacitators charging.

The way to avoid that is to use a "precharge" link/lead , in short, you "precharge" the capacitators trough a resistor limiting the power that will flow before you put in the main link.

[Kenny]

These should help

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/xt90-s-a...___store=en_us

[katch]

How did you stop the sparking when connecting the ESC to
the battery ? as I have a similar problem and the same ESC too.

Basically I use a 7.2v battery pack to charge the capacitor like Maddox said i then disconnect and attach the 3x 12v packs as it doesn't
Discharge

[katch]

Okay so today was 36v 34amps 3 batteries lead acid in sequence. ...

Ran fine with me stood on it no change to speed or acceleration at 1/4 throttle so 95 kilos doesn't impact it at all..

I Cut out integrated switch on esc to power esc with its' own on/off switch makes charging capacitors easier.

Receiver now runs from esc which didn't Realise was there.. note to self..read manual Chris...

Rammed it full speed into pavement and it shook it off dozen times in a row. Esc fans happy for now and nothing fell off lol

Needs larger rolling diameter wheels next as its overgeared

[Theo]

That is one decent ESC! All that power, durability and chep price! Might order a couple myself.

[katch]

Team death / myself and kaizen are using them. I think gearing is the key to get the best out of them but I'm over volting wheel chair motors at the moment.. ive tested the my1020 24v too at they like it...

Yet to be battle tested mind ..

[Ocracoke]

As I noted in Kaizen's build thread, I'll probably end up adding a few passive heatsinks to mine to add a extra layer of cooling (there is definitely enough space underneath the fans to allow this) but certainly sounds promising at the moment as is. Reckon it'll make it to any events this year?

[katch]

I'm happy with drive, a touch more speed be better but larger wheels I think is all that's needed.

weapon and lipo are next

so April Manchester is not out the question... but mines a spinner so prob not allowed... not sure of rules