Author Topic: my build diarys (Read 119443 times)

NFX · « **Reply #260 on:** May 12, 2011, 06:11:02 PM »

I love how the floor flipper in the Antweight Arena is just some guy's hand.

haz · « **Reply #261 on:** May 13, 2011, 02:15:23 AM »

ive tried carbon fibre before, it was terrible, i still dont think a dremel would be any good, im going to buy myself a cheap jigsaw at somepoint

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #262 on:** May 13, 2011, 04:06:09 AM »

Quote from: haz on May 13, 2011, 02:15:23 AM

ive tried carbon fibre before, it was terrible, i still dont think a dremel would be any good, im going to buy myself a cheap jigsaw at somepoint

*In Vader voice*

Someday... you will join us on the ~~Dremel~~ Dark Side!

haz · « **Reply #263 on:** May 13, 2011, 07:01:57 AM »

ive got one that is good for ants and stuff but it would be useless for a feather

haz · « **Reply #264 on:** May 13, 2011, 02:37:08 PM »

trying to get my antweight going again for sunday, here is what i have done so far:
http://s947.photobucket.com/albums/ad315/haz-teamcombatpenguin/deodorANT%20build%20diary/

kill343gs · « **Reply #265 on:** May 13, 2011, 10:11:07 PM »

Trust me from experience, dremels are amazing.

haz · « **Reply #266 on:** May 14, 2011, 02:53:25 AM »

yes they are but the would be about as usefull as a sugar teapot for a featherweight!!!

haz · « **Reply #267 on:** May 14, 2011, 06:03:04 AM »

russian roulette · « **Reply #268 on:** May 14, 2011, 09:09:50 AM »

Love the name of the robot!

Pwnator · « **Reply #269 on:** May 14, 2011, 09:16:33 AM »

Quote from: NFX on May 12, 2011, 06:11:02 PM

I love how the floor flipper in the Antweight Arena is just some guy's hand.

lolthis

haz · « **Reply #270 on:** May 14, 2011, 10:01:06 AM »

haz · « **Reply #271 on:** May 15, 2011, 12:53:15 PM »

just got back from robots live in burgess hill, with a whole selection of new toys for me to play with but, more on that later.
the one fight murphy's law was in was pretty shocking even by my standerds:
11:00 one broken power light
11:05 broke other power light while trying to fix other one
11:30 found new power light
11:40 switch fell off transmitter
11:45 gave up
12:30 contiued giving up
12:31 deodorANTs lipo blew up
12:35 gave up
12:45 got murphy's law working
01:00 esc broke
01:05 fixed esc
02:30 the fight!!! moved forwad about 4 feet then i got hit by satanix which nocked off one of the eyes and a link, pain in the asp then fineshed the job, knocking the other link out battle axe drove over me before putting me in the pit where tiny toon and seraphim fell on top of me. one of my links fell under neath the pit along with the eye meaning i couldn't fight again.
rest of the day: fixed (sort of) murphy's law drank my lunch and talked to various people. then bourght 4 cheap esc's and a scorpion xl for £50 of david weston.
pictures:

haz · « **Reply #272 on:** May 15, 2011, 01:04:39 PM »

haz · « **Reply #273 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:05:57 PM »

any ideas for what weapon/ shape i should build my fw with??

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #274 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:07:55 PM »

Quote from: haz on May 15, 2011, 03:05:57 PM

any ideas for what weapon/ shape i should build my fw with??

Weapon ideas? Well, I could imagine if you have powerful drive, an electric lifting scoop with Plunderbird-style wedge stops on top of the body, just in front of where the wedge begins.

haz · « **Reply #275 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:09:49 PM »

i have some drills, a windscreen wiper motor and some steel

any more thourghts?

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #276 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:13:05 PM »

A couple, having seen almost all of Robot Wars in the past.

- A Pneumatic Spike with a hardened tip might be an idea- it'd be great for punching through bodywork.

- A Sergeant Bash-style front cutting arm built into the wedge, for grabbing hold of opponents and dragging them around- I've seen a couple of FW Crushers about.

- A front-hinged Flipper built along the front wedge and into the top of the shell, almost like an RA2-style popup. Opponent drives onto it? Pow, flips them over. Like a Landmine, almost.

haz · « **Reply #277 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:16:55 PM »

spikes dont work in the real world, and i don't realy want to muck around with pnematics and i only have a couple of wind screen wipers to play with

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #278 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:18:39 PM »

Well in which case, maybe some electric lifting spikes at the front might be good. A bit like Africanised Killerbot or Panic Attack, really. Come to think of it, I think Lifting Spikes would be a weapon well-suited to that particular robot.

haz · « **Reply #279 on:** May 15, 2011, 03:19:55 PM »

i like, i like