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[joey_picus]

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Have you tried trawling throught the forum archives for ideas? Dont post there, the threads tend to be dead for a reason, but some of them have good advice on tournaments.

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/760/11220.html?1201649748http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/disc...tml?1201649748
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/760/4917.html?1130425890http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/disc...tml?1130425890

I also reccommend going down there just for the laughs

[corsair_lightning]

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Yes, the saw retracts into the body by use of 2 windscreen wiper motors running at 24V.

[alex_holt]

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Thats a rather pointless bit of information, for start you only need one, but for second it doesnt give any idea of the kind of motion you are achieving which is whats really needed.

For example, you could say that the entire saw mechanism is hinged at either the top or the bottom and the other end is connected to a linear actuator, this is inside the body with a narrow slit in the armour next to it so when the actuator pushes forward the blade is pushed through the slot.

However, I dont really think the weight of any such mechanism is really worth the effort for a saw. Personally I dont rate saws - they arent goign to do anything to titanium, and they certainly arent going to do anything to hardox, infact the damage they do against aluminium even is goign to be minimal - personally Id consider scrapping the saw entirely and usign the extra weight elsewhere.

[dinowarrior]

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JOEY: Silly question, but how do you actually access the archieves?

[joey_picus]

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I just scroll down the page...I dont think there are any actual archives beyond early 05, and of there are Id love to see them because Id like to know more about the history of this twisted sport.

[majinb]

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there used to be more, before they got deleted :sad:

[kodster]

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The WayBack Machine isnt up to full capacity, but its still there, and it has a lot of threads from that day, though you cant get into thread archives. Try it.

[joey_picus]

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I have tried that, although I havent actually gone into them in that much detail...may revisit it tomorrow, or just be lazy and ask you guys

[davids]

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quote:

if a windscreen wiper motor will give enough power to lift the arm with a robot on it, or if itll handle 36 volts

Well seeing as the majority of Windscreen wiper motors are designed to run on a 12 volt system, you might just get away with 24 volts if you dont use it a lot, but 36 volts and you will have a burn-out.

And for a wiper motors to lift another robot, forget about it (unless you want a slow lift)

[davids]

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quote:

there used to be more, before they got deleted

Hence why I always tried to save copies of the fights I wrote on.

And god, wasnt FAR 8 massive with all the side-events I forgot it was that big

[corsair_lightning]

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I have now scrapped the saw.

[corsair_lightning]

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+2>Cyrilium 2

Shape: All Torque (Series 2)
Colour: Gold with a silver stripe running down the middle.
Weight: 110kg (Tracked)
Dimensions: 92cm x 70 cm x 17cm
Speed: 16mph
Turning Circle: 0mm
Ground Clearance: 0mm at the front, and 5mm everywhere else
Movement: 70cm x 7cm x 13cm high grip titanium tank tracks.
Armour: 5mm titanium
Power: 4x TWM3R Magmotors from Team Whyachi powered by 1 R34 car battery.
Weapon: Co2 full pressure 750psi rear hinged flipper mounted on the front. powered by 2x 2kg compressed chilled Co2 canisters. The used gas is released inside the robot to cool down hot components.
Srimech: Flipper
Notes: Updated/New robot
Strengths: Tough, powerful
Weaknesses: Slow (Maybe)

Any problems with this one?

[joey_picus]

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It would help to say where the flippers hinged from, is it from the back of the robot or just the back of the wedge?

Also, non SLA/AGM car batteries are banned, as far as I know, and those sorts of batteries are prohibitively heavy anyway - you could use NiCads and free up more weight.

[Guest]

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Maybe?
Be a bit more sure Mark!

[corsair_lightning]

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How many NiCads would I need?

Rear-Hinged means the back of the flipper, such as Chaos 2.