Only 1 ant motor, even for the drum? Surprising.Is trying to make that arm a srimech a bit of a lost cause? Seems completely the wrong shape. I might just rebuild it to be invertible.
Quote from: Merrick on July 12, 2012, 04:22:24 AMOnly 1 ant motor, even for the drum? Surprising.Is trying to make that arm a srimech a bit of a lost cause? Seems completely the wrong shape. I might just rebuild it to be invertible. A single JX Burst won't be enough to self-right a HW bot. Good job building to the weight limit, though. And most newcomers tend to overdo it on the batteries, but as JD said, every spin motor requires 1 ant to fully power it for 3 minutes. Burst motors require more, I'm not 100% sure on the values, but BSG's require 2.5 ants each, Small and Large JX need 5 and 7 respectively, and Betas either need 14 or 21, I can never remember. You could probably get away with the tall battreies for Beta Bursts if you need them. As a general rule, though, you should build the chassis around the components, rather than the components around the chassis. A little bit of planning beforehand, and knowing what you want to build can help a lot when your skill level begins to increase.
So yeah, if you saw my stock thread, you'll know I don't really go for huge deathmachines with 4 tri-bars and 36 maces to destroy everything it sees in under 30 seconds, but instead opt to try making robots that might actually be feasible 'real-life' competitors.I've been playing around with DSL this morning and came up with spinning drum robot with a rather unoriginal theme.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay double post.I can actually show how they fare in action now, rather than just pictures. :)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy3J6vd3M5I&feature=youtu.be
Quote from: Merrick on July 12, 2012, 05:27:20 AMYaaaaaaaaaaaaaay double post.I can actually show how they fare in action now, rather than just pictures. :)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy3J6vd3M5I&feature=youtu.betry fighting against heavyweight bot that is not replica
Quote from: Gropaga on July 12, 2012, 06:01:49 AMQuote from: Merrick on July 12, 2012, 05:27:20 AMYaaaaaaaaaaaaaay double post.I can actually show how they fare in action now, rather than just pictures. :)www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy3J6vd3M5I&feature=youtu.betry fighting against heavyweight bot that is not replica If it was a standard DSL bot, your advice would be good, but it's an IRL bot, so...
I never learn, do I?MOAR BATTERIES. I'm a sucker for having more power, what can I say? That and the inclusion of not one, but three blacks actually means I can reliably self right. For a change. Ok, so I've been experimenting with discs. After a couple of failed horizontal spinner attempts, I came up with this not very original design. Seems fairly effective though, yet to try it out on a DSL AI though.Made a couple of changes half way through taking screenshots, after realising there was about 200kg worth of ballast at the back to make up for the enormous vertical disc I originally tried to fit. The extra weight gained by removing this allowed for thicker steel armour (it was already pretty tough to begin with) and extensions to the srimech arms.God forbid it ever goes up against a half decent spinner or axe though.