Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

[Eventorizon]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

I cant believe you are getting that off a single S900! I guess I need more mass behind my disc, its only 1.4Kg. How much does your beater weigh?

[razerdave]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

A few videos from Jarvis:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MicroGravit ... ture=watch

[sam_smith]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

Thanks James, I was too lazy to take the lid off after the battle to check, but the SSR would have stayed cold. It is so overrated for that set up that even if I pretty much 'melted' the motor, battery and wires the SSR would barely get warm.

That's a very unlucky motor failure!

Calum, yes would defo be up for a re-match.

Thanks for the videos guys, did anyone catch the NST attacking the wood pieces and chassis?

[james...venom]

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Some great videos there!

[cliveb]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

Come on guys the awards were handed out on saturday,who won what please?

[calumco]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

jamie-it was on grants lipo thats why it was so much better lol, so much more power! think i no what any christmas money i get is going on now!- technically ive owned a lipo since april time but i just never recieved it....-Then need new drive motors and nylon for the chassis too,
oh and the beater weighs 3.5 kgs and atm altogether it weighed under 13 kg and thats with heavier nimhs so shud be easy to get a self righter in there i hope
And sam i did, ill upload it friday once the sky mans installed the internet at my house lol

[PJ-27]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

What are you using for drive Calum? Its pretty nippy!

[james...venom]

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Hi Clive, Kane is just editing the video and I believe hopes to have it up later today.

[calumco]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

it was running off 18v drills there overvolted to something like 22v but im not keeping them for the next one as the motors came loose a few times from the large impacts the robot recieved throughout the day so at the champs i wouldn't wana risk it.

[james...venom]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

TS2 performed really well, seemed like a totally different machine from the champs. Are you going to enter it next year or are you having a rebuild? Seem a shame to not use it now it works so well.

[PJ-27]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

What size wheels?

I only ask because just got a set of 18v drills for Bitza to be ran on a 6s Li-Po and drive has failed us every year so far!

[swanaldo]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

Our day at Robochallenge has inspired us to build a spinner. The quality of the feathers has improved so much. Bigconkers will try and make one before the next champs. And hopefully we will get delivery of the spinner motor very soon.

[calumco]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

james- nah rebuilding it, the new one will look almost the same but have a self righter and the front end will be slightly different, gonna build it all out of the same materials and parts but do the bulkheads at work rather then a shed so i can get some pockets in there to loose some weight etc

and i no some people stand by drills but i wouldnt use them again now in full combat as mine didnt seem to agree with all the shocks and hits etc ones got a crack in the plastic casing, will upload a few pics wen i take it apart sunday

[james...venom]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

how were your drive motors mounted?

Sounds good Shane! Predator has a couple of new speedos coming, just trying to sort out the motor as it seems there was a defect due to the case and windings not being correctly bound. Kane said on the video you can see sparks from the motor when it first spins up. I guess when it hit the wall that really gave it some beans!

[Ellis]

Re: Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

Very impressed by TS2! And as Alex said, a single Speed 900 can clearly deliver the goods in the right setup.

Inspiring.

Also regarding the drills, yeah sounds like it may be the way they're mounted? We split a gearbox or two in Tormenta earlier in the year but we learnt from that and with Tormenta 2 (thus far) we haven't had any issues at all with the gearbox cases, and we got some pretty serious shocks at MMM. Plus the nature of the weapon is hardly light on the drive.

Think more should try mounting drills as we did. Works well.

Need to start thinking about robot #3 for next year! Still wish I could have attended this.