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« on: July 21, 2014, 11:17:34 AM »
Go claim your brown name dude! :P
Also WTF happened to Gate Stop? It looked good, how did it go from that to a stick? Weight issues?
One more thing, looks like a major point of weakness was your motor mounts. If you have weight, I'd get some UHMW for your side walls, like Nate has with Slim Pickens, and put the Spark mounting plates on that.
The reason Gate ended up like that was because one of the servos stopped working, either from shipping or from an inexperienced builder. I got a pair of Futaba servos to fix it, but due to the way they were designed they were impossible to hack for 360 rotation. Sturdier motor mounts are currently on the priority list, though I'm comparing costs to see whats the best next step.
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« on: July 20, 2014, 07:57:31 AM »
OK, now that I have a proper nights rest, I can go over a recap:
Gate Stop became this strange flailing stick on wheels, and never could go anywhere. In an odd twist, it was also the only bot I had to never sustain any damage all day. Drew against Mustachio and Billy Dan
Short Stop became a inside out kit, held together entirely by zip ties and duct tape. It drew Klazo and Ting Tang, the former of the which caused Shorty to kinda spew parts and massively dent the front wedge, yet despite all of that, including the rumble, the only major damage were a few broken solder joints.
Guest Stop thankfully entered just I came, just with a smaller battery pack. It drew Ting Tang and Algos, but the most damage either of them did was break a wheel and bend the steel a little bit. Only casualty of the team, one of the servos is stuck spinning endlessly, but I'm going to dump them any way.
You will notice that I drew both of Mikes bots AND got Ting Tang twice, but the spinners there hit really hard anyway, the only other ant weight that had an inactive weapon was Swiss Wedge of Doom. At the least I didn't fight Poco Tambor, had that happened and some really hardcore parts spray would have happened. Pretty much the only regret is not making the bots out of sterner stuff, but everything else worked well considering how much things came a part, nothing really harmed them too much and all with some TLC can go back and drive around again.
Plans for upgrades:
Gate: Total rebuild from the ground up, with proper gear motors. The concept that I came with Gate Stop might get reused for something else in the future.
Short: Change the gear motors to Sliver Sparks, total rebuild of the frame and chassis.
Guest: Up the speed, keep the Steel on Wheels concept with chunky lite flites and Kitbot motors. Might become a beetle weight, not really sure, but the steel seemed tough enough to take on two spinners without much damage, so we'll see.
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« on: July 19, 2014, 07:48:36 PM »
Lesons learned:
You can get unlucky and get get the same bot and team twice
Duct Tape is terrible
Zip-ties are worse
Building your bot from them is dumb
Make sure you have a working pair of servos
Flailing fail bots are funny
Remember that 0-6 is not the end of the world
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« on: July 18, 2014, 10:19:32 PM »
Here you are building these awesome things and here I am trying to get everything together. :c
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« on: July 18, 2014, 11:28:10 AM »
Why rebuild an overrated bot?
Also, why treads?
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« on: July 11, 2014, 08:39:32 PM »
GTM PIC AT BOT BLAST
I'm going to be at COB, so that may require me to bend space and time.
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« on: July 11, 2014, 08:22:15 PM »
I know its a week from now, but I'm leaving tonight(I didn't buy the ticket).
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« on: July 11, 2014, 07:34:59 PM »
Bags are packed
3DS and PSP charged
Bots shipped
Got entire season Kamen Rider Fourze ready to go
I think I'm ready for North Carolina.
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« on: July 10, 2014, 12:49:42 AM »
 The fleet prepares for shipment.... Left is Short Stop, right is Guest Stop, middle is a mess(A.K.A. Gate Stop, top of the list for a total overhaul)
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« on: July 09, 2014, 02:52:55 PM »
Probably not a good idea to use a water cooled motor for combat. What motor you need depends on what its going to be doing, but the way you worded it tells me that your going to be using it for the drive. In that case, a simple cordless drill works well, look for the cheaper stuff or if you want to splurge on the good stuff, go with Dewalt. If your looking for a weapon motor, again, depends on what its doing. If its going to spin something, brushless, if its going to lift something, brushed.
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« on: July 08, 2014, 11:07:57 PM »
Welp, now I'm a fan of Kamen Rider now. Go Fourze.
Sounds weeabooish...
I've got a five hour, non-stop flight on Friday leaving at 10:30 at night. I'll take anything really.
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« on: July 08, 2014, 07:32:36 PM »
Keep up the good work dood.
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« on: July 08, 2014, 06:52:50 PM »
Welp, now I'm a fan of Kamen Rider now. Go Fourze.
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« on: June 21, 2014, 06:03:55 PM »
>Spending half an hour trying to fix my head set
>Realized that the volume wheel was turned all the way down
>Hate my self
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« on: June 21, 2014, 12:05:22 AM »
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« on: June 17, 2014, 07:26:14 PM »
Wonderful magic has happened:
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« on: June 17, 2014, 04:09:43 PM »
Why do you have a BEC?
You want to arrange the wires so that the top wire is signal, and the bottom wire is ground(Easy way to tell is that the darkest wire will almost all ways be ground). If the Radio is mode 2(Throttle on the left) you want to plug the servos leads into Elevator and Aileron, if mode one(Throttle on the right) plug the servo wires into Elevator and Rudder. The lifter(If you have one) can be plugged into the Throttle OR the Landing gear port. The battery can be plugged into any unoccupied space.
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« on: June 15, 2014, 03:28:22 PM »
I suggest that if you want fiber glass, get Garolite. This stuff is really nice, and pretty cheap to get and easy to find. Look, here's some here: http://www.fingertechrobotics.com/proddetail.php?prod=garolite
Cheers, I'll think that'll be a last resort, the cheap antweight aluminium has caught my eye, perfect size as well
Edit: god I need to get my grammar right
Beware of what alloy it is, some alloys are strong but most you'll find would be better suited as card stock. The good alloys are 6063, 5052, 2024, and 7075, all of them are strong and light weight, though latter ones are much stronger than the former ones.
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