Quote from: TDS on July 02, 2015, 10:11:30 AMOn an unrelated note my sisters kid saw battlebots and heard from them that I used to do that, now he's all in frenzy mode so I'll be dragging him out to bot bash in a few weeks.Depending on commitment from him I might be making bots again at some point in the near future.It would be cool to see a mini-DoS show up at Moto this year.
On an unrelated note my sisters kid saw battlebots and heard from them that I used to do that, now he's all in frenzy mode so I'll be dragging him out to bot bash in a few weeks.Depending on commitment from him I might be making bots again at some point in the near future.
Quote from: MikeNCR on July 02, 2015, 11:57:42 AMQuote from: TDS on July 02, 2015, 10:11:30 AMOn an unrelated note my sisters kid saw battlebots and heard from them that I used to do that, now he's all in frenzy mode so I'll be dragging him out to bot bash in a few weeks.Depending on commitment from him I might be making bots again at some point in the near future.It would be cool to see a mini-DoS show up at Moto this year.I'm not seeing that on builders db? It seems like east coast events are limited to like 6 pounders where i'd rather play around the 12-30 pound limit where i'm not doing crap like drilling holes in zipties to make weight, and the number of 1-6 pounders that are just a motor with a ridicilous weapon is a little scary when you can't fit enough armor in that weight limit to protect your expensive stuff I'm also at a pretty large disadvantage it seems since tech (like cheap speed controllers and batteries now, wat?) seems to have advanced quite a bit but there's no delphi forums hoedown to really troll for newer information and I dont really know a ton anymore.I /do/ still have my 60lber in the basement but those SLA's are looking ripe, lol.
On an unrelated note my sisters kid saw battlebots and heard from them that I used to do that, now he's all in frenzy mode so I'll be dragging him out to bot bash in a few weeks.
You mean Bot Blast?Aw man this year's gonna be amazing
Quote from: Badnik96 on July 04, 2015, 08:20:10 PMYou mean Bot Blast?Aw man this year's gonna be amazingYeah thats the oneI'm thinking of something DOS-ish, a greenspan style spinner for the 30lb sportsmans, we'll just make two frames so I'll make something for the 30lb big boys club
Do you still have DoS? You should bring some bits of it for display!
Quote from: Badnik96 on July 06, 2015, 02:19:25 PMDo you still have DoS? You should bring some bits of it for display!well the disk is ****ed but i really should have kept it, but I still have a lot of the frame and baseplate, the rest was gutted for money :)"The plan" which I've just concocted would probably be building two heavily armored frames that we could strap different weapons into, so we could swap parts and such. I think a greenspan style rotary flail could be effective, since honestly it doesn't give a sh** how much energy its holding, if @400rpm it can dent whatever material its hitting, its going to make a lot of noise and sparks. If building hinges into your spinning disk is "building for maximium destructive power under the rpm limit" i'll be damned :)We'll see, I'm in a weird place since I basically know all there is to know about the /mechanics/ of exactly how I want to build exactly what I want to build, I just have no idea anymore about the motors, speed controllers, radios, ect. anymore.And what the hell is with brushless motors, what kind of crack child doesn't list their motors by actual energy output? how the hell are you supposed to know anything? lol
For once the mods did something right
While I appreciate the discussion going on here, I would like to point you gentlemen in the direction of the real robotics section, just for the sake of keeping this thread on topic.
Quote from: kill343gs on July 06, 2015, 10:26:51 PMWhile I appreciate the discussion going on here, I would like to point you gentlemen in the direction of the real robotics section, just for the sake of keeping this thread on topic.NEVER!also you can split the topic into a new topicAlso also: i'll be wearing my Buffalo Warmachine jersey if any of you guys track me down out there
As a NERC officer, I'd call a 400rpm Greenspan style rotary flail totally legit for the Sportsman class. As far as motors/gearboxes, the e0designs.com DeWut is very good. I'm also a fan of the Magnum775 from Robot Power, and a lot of people like the various banebots options. ESC wise I use the Ragebridge (v2 coming soon) in my 30's wherever possible. There's also BotBitz esc's and the Holmes Hobbies BR-XL that have been used with a lot of success. On radio gear, I use a Spectrum DX6i and one of the OrangeRX variants. (R410X and R615x)