Author Topic: my build diarys (Read 119457 times)

haz · « **Reply #340 on:** July 03, 2011, 08:38:09 AM »

Bulldozer:

motors before cleaning:

after:

polycarbonate side pannels before cleaning:

this has cost about £400 so far. you may remember it as being for sale on the FRA forums a while back, one of my team mate bourght it and blew up the speed controler, so i have been given it to repair and rewire. ordered 3 packets of deans conectors, 300 LEDs and a pair of 30a electronises. got a 4900mah 12v nimh battery on its way from china as well to replace the 3300mah 9.6v one it ran at guilford.

any thoughts/comments??

Vertigo · « **Reply #341 on:** July 03, 2011, 08:51:32 AM »

But Tron was so reliable...

What have you done to it???? :P

SKBT · « **Reply #342 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:37:46 AM »

Why the overkill capacity battery? If it's 4wd you could run two matches on a 2.5ah battery counting on I guessed correctly in assuming that its running 550 size motors.

As a side; I noticed your wheels are press fitted drectly to the gearboxes output shaft. I've never seen wheels attached like that work well. If you have a laythe or know someone who does it might be a good idea to make something like these to attach the wheels or you can buy them here I use this setup on all of my robots.

Vertigo · « **Reply #343 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:41:37 AM »

Quote from: SKBT on July 03, 2011, 09:37:46 AM

Why the overkill capacity battery? If it's 4wd you could run two matches on a 2.5ah battery counting on I guessed correctly in assuming that its running 550 size motors.

As a side; I noticed your wheels are press fitted drectly to the gearboxes output shaft. I've never seen wheels attached like that work well. If you have a laythe or know someone who does it might be a good idea to make something like these to attach the wheels or you can buy them here I use this setup on all of my robots.

We attached wheels like that on both Annihilation & Explosion, along with practically every other UK feather

Never had any problems

haz · « **Reply #344 on:** July 03, 2011, 12:09:48 PM »

wow it used to be tron?? i did not know that

as for the batterys better to over do something than under do it, at least that is the plan

any ways:

before

after:

with hinge:

haz · « **Reply #345 on:** July 06, 2011, 02:51:04 PM »

hey, got my electronizes today and got it wired up and moving for the first time:

what do you think??

ty4er · « **Reply #346 on:** July 06, 2011, 02:51:50 PM »

Nice hand :P

haz · « **Reply #347 on:** July 06, 2011, 02:57:14 PM »

cheers

haz · « **Reply #348 on:** July 07, 2011, 11:39:19 AM »

driving time!

haz · « **Reply #349 on:** July 09, 2011, 10:27:33 AM »

haz · « **Reply #350 on:** July 18, 2011, 12:37:41 PM »

pontefract ftw

haz · « **Reply #351 on:** July 27, 2011, 06:15:46 AM »

kill343gs · « **Reply #352 on:** July 27, 2011, 11:46:49 AM »

I think it might be too fast for its own good, Every lower weightclass bot I've seen with that kind of speed was all but uncontrollable in combat situations.

haz · « **Reply #353 on:** July 27, 2011, 12:05:25 PM »

that is kind of the norm speed for antweights, mind you i can't drive robots to save my life, im slightly better at featherweight driving because there is more room for cock ups... unless you end up out of the arena, curse you will!!

kill343gs · « **Reply #354 on:** July 27, 2011, 04:55:20 PM »

You could break the norm and have a bot that is actually controllable =P

powerrave · « **Reply #355 on:** July 27, 2011, 05:10:59 PM »

True. Why be standard? Try something new.

haz · « **Reply #356 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:34:33 AM »

new is often expensive

what should i do then?

powerrave · « **Reply #357 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:42:34 AM »

Whatever is needed to make it controllable at that speed?

haz · « **Reply #358 on:** July 28, 2011, 04:58:27 AM »

not moving the stick that much?

powerrave · « **Reply #359 on:** July 28, 2011, 05:17:40 AM »

Maybe... It might help.