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[leorcc]

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Liam, I would leave the axe alone, the 480kg of force on the ram is not going to be of any use.

I disagree with Joey on the interchangeble angles, it does help against some opponents. Only you probably will just use the 30 degree angles in daily life anyway.

[Guest]

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Leo, I have now replaced the axe with lifting forks

And for everyone that has ever answered my consistent questions, thankyou for doing so because I know there are millions

Speaking of which...
What exactly is a non-attached ram, and are there advantages/disadvantages?

[joey_picus]

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A nonattached ram is basically a Gravity style flipper where the ram pushes the flipper upwards without being attached to it, and the flipper is retracted by either gravity or bungees, or both.
The main advantage would be more power, with the disadvantage of more weight and the fact that it only really works on rear hinged flippers.

[neontetra23]

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fine i will use a different mechanism
A very small mechadon based walking system

(Message edited by neontetra23 on July 17, 200

[kodster]

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Which is...?

[leorcc]

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A non attached ram can be lighter, since the cylinder head can be made lighter. A FP ram that has its arm attached, will get the force of the piston and the weight of the flipper arm stressed upon the cylinder head as these forces try to pull the cylinder apart.

[neontetra23]

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i dont see why a non-attatched ram would not work with a front hinged flipper

[kodster]

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Of course you dont...Leo shall explain.

(Message edited by kodster on July 17, 200

[leorcc]

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Well you need to retract the front hinged flipper or it will flop forward and stay there. You could do it but then you need so much bungeecord its ridiculous.

[neontetra23]

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oh, ok
are all the problems fixed on ulto, the bot is bigger(1 metre), the arm extends past the body, the walking mechanism is fixed and the weapon is now powered by a perm 132

[davids]

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How is this for a potential house robot?

Close to Paradise

Type - medium house robot, weighing about 250kg

Weapon - The main weapon is a Husqvarna k1250 cutter, with a 7.8hp petrol engine with a harden blade designed to cut though Hardox armour, the entire unit is mounted into an inner cage so that the vibrations caused by hitting stuff is transferred within the inner cage. The secondary weapon is the machine€™s speed and shear power.

Drive - 4 wheels which weigh 5kg each, with a layer of rubber on the outside, powered by 4 Lem 200s at 48 volts, with electronic traction control to make sure this house robot doesn€™t spin it€™s wheels when powering away.

Chassis and Armour - the chassis is made from steel, with some Hardox panelling on the side, the Hardox is connected by a number of bolts and locks so that it€™s unlikely it will be damaged. The rear end of the machine is weighed with lead and with lead placed at certain points on the chassis to give the robot a near perfect 50:50 weight distribution.

Speed - 26 mph+, who knows what will happen if we put full-power onto an empty runway what speed it will get up-to. It gets up-to speed rather quickly.

Shape - See picture, but it€™s a kinda box, with rear shunting plates and a curved top

Srimech - Nope.

Ground Clearance - Enough for a crafty flipper to get in and flip the beast, zero at the front, and feeding robots into the saw blade of doom *cue evil laugh*

Anything else - Was going to be designed to be a normal 100kg machine, until I changed my mind, stuck on more weight and a bigger petrol engine for the saw.

[kodster]

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Dave...

1) I know the Husqvarna brand of chainsaws, but what does the k1250 look like?
2) Hardox thickness?
3) Batteries?
4) What picture?
5) I actually think youd want a srimech

Looks good otherwise

[neontetra23]

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there are also now 8 teeth on the body and 16 on the 360 wedge as well as having 5 more weapon attatchments:
1) a tazbot style lifting arm
2) a tazbot like arm with panic attack style forks at the bottom
3) a hardox lifting scoop
4) a Mortis style lifting arm
5) an Atomic like lifting weapon
Getting better, hopefully my first good adddition to Team Carnage Is A Virtue

[leorcc]

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Ben, can you gather all information on that particular robot and post them in one post? I am not going to check stats by flicking back and forth between messages, and those 3line messages are not making it easier to follow what you are on about.

[neontetra23]

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The arm is now 120X4X4
There are now 4 more attatchmentts making a total of 14
1) A Hardox Forklift Arm which is 15X5X3
2) A Small Hardox Wedge which is 20X15X5
3) A Curved Hardox Wedge which covers 45 degrees and is 10X25X3
4) A Curved Hardox Wedge which covers 90 degrees and is 10X50X3
5) A Curved Hardox Wedge which covers 180 degrees and is 10X100X3
6) A Circular Hardox Wedge which is 13X15X5
7) A Hardox Scoop which is 20X20X30
The Other 7 attatchments dont use the original arm they are connected to the turret and all arms are 120 cm long (without attatchments)
A Tazbot Style Lifting Arm
9) A Tazbot Style Lifting Arm with Panic Attack Style Forks at the bottm which are 35X20X1
10) A Mortis Style Lifting Arm
11) An Atomic Style Lifting Arm that narrows at the top and the wedge is 5X25X5
12) A T-minus Style Lifting Arm
13) A Techno Destructo Lifting Arm
14) A Toro/Ceros Style Lifting Arm