Robot Design: Cyclone

[psychostorm]

Robot Design: Cyclone

Parts wise youll want:

as AJ said above
Note the most expensive points in this are the radio kit (40MHZ FM/2.4GHZ are the main accepted and legal frequencies. 40 Mhz kit will require you to carry 3 pairs of tuned crystals for a fractional frequency), the speed controller (as its customised for the application, combat is a sure way to kill an RC speedo!) and the batteries (it is easy to spend too much on this for very little improvement!)

If I were you, Id use an 18V cordless drill set up for the drive. Itll be straight forward, less hassle and quite fast. Remember floor grip when choosing your wheel/mounting your drive, though.

You may also want to leave the shell and flipper being custom built by one of the companies in the FRAs commercial adverts forum. Be insistant, though. Youre the boss.

LP Pneumatics parts:
Main Bottle, Dump valve, Regulator, Buffer (Optional), Control valves(1 piece), Ram(s) as far as Im aware, though for safety reasons, more devices may be added.

If you follow the next link to design and the bottom of the page, youll see a working pneumatic system in flash animation.
http://www.teamfirestorm.co.uk/index2.htmhttp://www.teamfirestorm.co.uk/index2.htm
John Reids (Killerhurtz) pneumatics page
http://howto.killerhurtz.co.uk/pneumatics.htmhttp://howto.killerhurtz.co.uk/pneumatics.htm
Alan Woody Woods (Onslaught) pages
http://www.teamonslaught.fsnet.co.uk/pneumatics.htm%20%20http://www.teamonslaught.fsnet.co.uk/pneumatics.htm

(Message edited by Psychostorm on March 14, 2007)

[david_b]

Robot Design: Cyclone

Brilliant information from ya guys/girls? The diagrams on Terrorhurtz are very cool CAD designs.

[david_b]

Robot Design: Cyclone

You wont notice here, that I connected my regulator directly to my bottle for now, hahahah. :P

http://www.ewe-squad.com/plei/Cyclone/RB1.jpghttp://www.ewe-squad.com/plei/Cyclone/RB1.jpg

[david_b]

Robot Design: Cyclone

Ok, so I noticed some exposures I didnt want in the bot, and I had changed the look a little.

The lift supports were curved, and I didnt like this in comparison to the body. Also, the front panel for the flipper was far too short, and just didnt give enough surface area to hit. Another thought I had was to make it provide a little more protection for the wings, so I made either side have a sharp flail.

The wings also now have something to pivot on, and they are much more ridged to fit with the rest of the arm. I also noticed that a robot like this would be better on four smaller wheels rather than two large ones (agree?).

http://www.ewe-squad.com/plei/Cyclone/bot7.jpghttp://www.ewe-squad.com/plei/Cyclone/bot7.jpg