No golf caddy motors and wheels. Cheapo 18v drill motors and caster wheels are better for FW'sI thought GCM were a bit heavy. I'll give the drill motors a try.Good luck finding a TI pipe. That could be used as a drum. I'd recommend a 1/8" wall steel pipe with S7 tool steel drum teeth.I'll use a steel pipe. I'd rather bars than teeth as teeth do get in more, but the tradeoff is that they break easier. 20x20 is very very small for a FW to put it in prespetive my FW flipper is 30x50cm but if you can build a smaller bot go for it. I'll start big and shrink if I need to. About 40 x 40 x 7 and see if I can shrink it.How much machining experience do you have? TI is very hard to work with and hard to weld.I'm not great with the metal fronts of things, but my next neighbour used to make private airplanes. I could ask him. As for electronics, I can manage that. I've used a soldering iron before.
Possible, yes.Are you a first timer in bots? Whats your budget? Whats your country (UK? USA?)Yes, first timer in bots. Budget's about £1000ish. I'm British.Some tips:That's an awful lot of titanium, perhaps switch to 7050 aluminum alloy for less cost and around the same strength?I know, but I want my bots armour to last longer. If it's constantly being replaced (the armour I mean), perhaps I could try 7050.In the feather world, The ampflow A28-150 rules all.I might use different motors, but I want to keep my motors fairly cheap.Golf Caddie motors are a false economy, you need to chain them down, and there heavy. This motor should do you nicely: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-PDX26.htmlThe go cart wheels also have the same problems, go with Colson performa tires instead.Do you have a link?You haven't specified a battery, nor voltage.Forgot about that. Need some time to think about it. Probably 24V though.Do they even make the ESC you specified any more? You could go with a Vantec, or an IFI Victor 883 if you need the money.I'm not sure, I'll need to look at some more speed controllers, see if there's more choice.How is the weapon controlled?Spin motor. Need some advice here.You also have not specified the radio, either.6 Channel Spectrum most probably
Made a mistake, it's 7075, not 7050. :xBut yah, go for the aluminum. Compare the costs of a two foot by two foot sheet of 7075, 1/8 inches thick:http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=12663&step=4&showunits=inches&id=916&top_cat=60Compared to the costs of a titanium sheet of the same size and thickness:http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=7852&step=4&showunits=inches&id=322&top_cat=1353Man, that's a huge diffrence :OLink to Colsons Performa wheels are here:http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/colson_wheels.htmlSeem decentJust keep in mind that Colsons have no hub or key way, you need to make your own or get one with a hub built in(Will provide a link if you need it)Probably will need the link please :)Also, if you want to a little cheap on the motors, an 18v Dewalt old style motor can be used as well.Would that work with 24v batteries?
Your budget doesn't make a good robotExplosion only cost £500
Your budget doesn't make a good robot