Cody's Bots

[G.K.]

How much does it weigh?

[Cody Furlong]

How much does it weigh?

243.8 kg

[cephalopod]

The lack of power in there may be a factor in it's low speed. Maybe think about putting all the drums on 1 motor and upgrading that motor to perhaps a mag? Won't be quite as powerful but will free up some weight for elsewhere and need less power.

[Cody Furlong]

The lack of power in there may be a factor in it's low speed. Maybe think about putting all the drums on 1 motor and upgrading that motor to perhaps a mag? Won't be quite as powerful but will free up some weight for elsewhere and need less power.

I might try changing the wepon motors out in the next attempt, I just wasn't sure what a good alternative one would be, that would fit in the bot. I think the slow down is from the wheels I changed too. Since  if I put the heavier wheels I used before back on it, it becomes more agile again. So it probably has something to do with the smaller diamitor of the wheel or the lower ground clerence it gives.

[Cody Furlong]

Doing a bit more work on my lightweight drum bot, I found something I could use for frontal wedges, that won't just get broken off after one or two hits like the flipper segments did. Only problem, is that they are too big, and lift the front of the robot up off the ground, making it easier to flip, and the drum even more less effective.



Also fail attempt number two, I though about just forgoing the frontal wedges, in favor of making the drum more powerful. However now the drum hits on the ground, and it doesn't really seem to be that much more powerful either. I also had to put plastic armor back onto it. Can someone explain to me what the advantages and disadvantages of having the drum split in two, and powered by two motors,vs. it being powered by a single motor would be?