Mute

[team_mute]

Re: Mute

1st weapon test on 4bar shop air, we just used a air gun so not a great deal of flow and it wasn't air tight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7saOxY0ac

[PJ-27]

Re: Mute

Wow it almost moved the wood!

[team_mute]

Re: Mute

Couple more pics of the build up on big conkers http://bigconkers.com/projects/robot...ght-hammer-bot

Its looking like we can fit the whole gas system (excluding the bottles) inside the main bulkheads so we can remove the hammer, bulk heads and gas system intact. So might look at other weapons we can have as we can remove the hammer etc

[team_mute]

Few more pics of Bonk's progress up on http://bigconkers.com/projects/robot...ght-hammer-bot

[daveimi]

haha you know you're doing it right when the drive motors are bigger than the wheels!

Will it use the hammer to self-right?

Are the amp-flows from Robot Market Place etc and are they expensive?

[team_mute]

Yeah the hammer will be used to self, just need to test it to see what happens

The motors are from Robot Market Place, not much choice really if you want a decent motor, the shipping etc is the worst thing

[daveimi]

I imagine they're really heavy!

Are these motors the rebranded Mag Motors that La Machine et al used to use back in the day?

[Eventorizon]

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe these are the motors in question...

http://www.robotmarketplace.com/prod...ow_motors.html

Mag Motors still exist. These are very similar, so far as I know, in weight and power output. They weigh 3.12Kg or 6.9lbs each, so not very much at all given a pair can shift more than 100kg at speed!

[team_mute]

They are amp flow motors but we use the heavy ones a40-300, same as in Air, they used to be know as mag motors

[daveimi]

You know your gearboxes...are you open to making more or do you know anyone who would make something similar?

[team_mute]

Erm they are not really gear boxes, we mount one gear on the wheel and one on the motor and run the wheel on a fixed shaft.
We got the gears from HPC Gears, but I've seen Technobots do gears as well.

[team_mute]

Bonk is ready for the weekend, we've added a new point head, we did a quick test as the video below shows and got a bit of bend on 3mm hardox. Got to test out the new drive wheels and rear omni wheels to see if it will drive and if we can manage to hit anything

[playzooki]

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Wow

[kodster]

Dayum. That's quite the powerful axe, guys. You definitely thought this one out. Well done.

[team_mute]

Cheers, Bonk's 1st and only fight at Whitwick this weekend, we managed to chop Titan's axe head off but lost drive after the impact with Tanto, a plate came loose and jammed the drive gears. Seems the valves need a remachine to allow for the cooling of quick firing.

Currently just adding some new bits to the front to stop the motor jamming.