The road to an antweight

[Badger]

OK, I may need some help with that when I get them, hopefully you will have put up with my 'till then.

[haz]

its simple as AB3

[Badger]

Can someone please remind me of the size limit for an antweight? I know the weight limit is 150g.

Edit:

Nvm, it's 4"³.

[Vertigo]

Can someone please remind me of the size limit for an antweight? I know the weight limit is 150g.

Edit:

Nvm, it's 4"³.

Actually it can be bigger than 4" in a single direction, it just has to fit in a 4" cube, doesn't have to fit in flat

[Badger]

Yeah, as long as it can fit in a 4" cube before the fight it's fine.

Although, reading up on some of the rules, I'm afraid some may be difficult to follow:

2h) For safety purposes, all weaponry must have the capability of being deactivated by remote control.
2j) The following radio frequencies are acceptable: 27 MHz, 40 MHz, 418 MHz, 433-434 MHz, 868 MHz and 2.45 GHz. (I have 2.4, not 2.45, is that acceptable?)
5b) Contestants must register their frequencies (including which crystals they have) with the event organiser at least 7 days before the contest. (What, crystals?)
2m) All radio control transmitters must be CE marked and comply with the R&TTE Directive (Not sure if mine is EDIT: It has the CE mark but I'm not sure if it complies with R&TTE.)

Although, apart from that, everything is going OK ATM. Will get the money to order the rest of the parts on Christmas day (hopefully).

[SKBT]

Just like most competitions the FRA hasn't updated their rules to accommodate 2.4ghz. 2.4ghz works by frequency hoping, to find an open frequency so you don't need/have crystals for it. Those rules do not apply.

[Badger]

OK then, so I don't need to worry about that. However, with the 'deactivating the weapon' part, will just not touching the weapon (Flipper) control count? (Bad wording is bad.)

[Vertigo]

Yeah, as long as it can fit in a 4" cube before the fight it's fine.

Although, reading up on some of the rules, I'm afraid some may be difficult to follow:

2h) For safety purposes, all weaponry must have the capability of being deactivated by remote control. Turn on/off via transmitter
2j) The following radio frequencies are acceptable: 27 MHz, 40 MHz, 418 MHz, 433-434 MHz, 868 MHz and 2.45 GHz. (I have 2.4, not 2.45, is that acceptable?) Yes
5b) Contestants must register their frequencies (including which crystals they have) with the event organiser at least 7 days before the contest. (What, crystals?) N/A if your transmitter is 2.4ghz
2m) All radio control transmitters must be CE marked and comply with the R&TTE Directive (Not sure if mine is EDIT: It has the CE mark but I'm not sure if it complies with R&TTE.) Oh well :P

Although, apart from that, everything is going OK ATM. Will get the money to order the rest of the parts on Christmas day (hopefully).

[Tweedy]

OK then, so I don't need to worry about that. However, with the 'deactivating the weapon' part, will just not touching the weapon (Flipper) control count? (Bad wording is bad.)

it basically means when you turn your controller off, the weapon ( and drive ) should stop moving completely

[Badger]

OK then, simple enough. I thought it meant that you needed a killswitch for the weapon. =D

Also, I have some K'Nex wheels I could use, but are they even worth bothering with? I have the dimensions, If that helps.


EDIT:


Also, as the drive will be bound to one analouge stick (And the flipper to the other), I would need a Y-lead like this, wouldn't I?

[SKBT]

No you don't. You plug one ESC into aileron and the other into elevator and enable V-tail mixing on the remote.

[Badger]

I don't think my remote has a button for V-tail mixing, but I guess I'll just have to see if it works.

I was thinking of ordering another pair of these (same as my weapon servo) as I read somewhere that they were good for rotation modding (what is the correct term for that, anyway? =S). Is this a good or bad idea?

[haz]

they arnet the best for drive, use the ones that vertigo linked you to, scrap that for the flipper aswell, get a hitec or supertec one
they will work though, i use them

[Badger]

Ok, so I picked up the battery and recharger today, meaning I could test my servo. Works fine. =D

Although the battery recharger seems to hate my battery. When I attempted to recharge it it flicked the discharge light on for a second then gave up. Maybe because it only has 300 or 600 mAh settings, and The battery is 400?

Will order that drive servos soon, when I decide what I want to get.

[haz]

is the charger set to the right voltage?
what charger is it?