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Vertigo · « **Reply #600 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:29:55 PM »

Quote from: GoldenFox93 on October 01, 2011, 12:24:16 PM

Quote from: Vertigo on October 01, 2011, 03:28:32 AM
Disappointed Haz, never will I do the darkest deed to build a spinner
How about an axe or a crusher? =P

We've had ideas regarding building an axe, still a long way off though

Still trying to design an antweight I'm happy with to send off to shapeways atm

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #601 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:31:57 PM »

Quote from: Vertigo on October 01, 2011, 12:29:55 PM

Quote from: GoldenFox93 on October 01, 2011, 12:24:16 PM
Quote from: Vertigo on October 01, 2011, 03:28:32 AM
Disappointed Haz, never will I do the darkest deed to build a spinner
How about an axe or a crusher? =P
We've had ideas regarding building an axe, still a long way off though

Still trying to design an antweight I'm happy with to send off to shapeways atm

Nice- which weight division?

And as for Crushers...if I do ever get into building, I might, with the sufficient experience, try building something akin to Storm or Draven- IE. A vertical crusher on a liftable arm.

haz · « **Reply #602 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:32:19 PM »

hey is you order something from shapeways can i tag along on the order? i need like 4 wheels and i cant justify the postage.

not judging, i wondered if you had a way to build one for £120
ah yes 101, costing about a grand to build

smashysmashy · « **Reply #603 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:34:50 PM »

Quote from: haz on October 01, 2011, 12:32:19 PM

hey is you order something from shapeways can i tag along on the order? i need like 4 wheels and i cant justify the postage.

not judging, i wondered if you had a way to build one for £120
ah yes 101, costing about a grand to build

Okay, sorry :D

orly? Never mind :P

haz · « **Reply #604 on:** October 01, 2011, 12:36:30 PM »

yeah that anoys me, "it only cos £1.01 to build" yes, only if you have bourght all the parts for a robot beforehand.

haz · « **Reply #605 on:** October 01, 2011, 01:08:39 PM »

haz · « **Reply #606 on:** October 07, 2011, 10:53:23 AM »

new antweight spinner:

Somebody · « **Reply #607 on:** October 07, 2011, 11:24:22 AM »

is there any way u can fix it to drive perfectly straight?

haz · « **Reply #608 on:** October 07, 2011, 11:26:54 AM »

yes. but that rather takes the fun out of it don't you think?
in that im back to driving two stick, (still the wrong way round)

Badnik96 · « **Reply #609 on:** October 07, 2011, 11:27:42 AM »

Quote from: Vertigo on October 01, 2011, 12:29:55 PM

Still trying to design an antweight I'm happy with to send off to shapeways atm

lucky ma dad can machine so I can get it done for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

haz · « **Reply #610 on:** October 07, 2011, 11:29:23 AM »

what can he do? what type of materials. shapeways is 3d printing btw

Vertigo · « **Reply #611 on:** October 07, 2011, 11:40:53 AM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on October 07, 2011, 11:27:42 AM

Quote from: Vertigo on October 01, 2011, 12:29:55 PM
Still trying to design an antweight I'm happy with to send off to shapeways atm

lucky ma dad can machine so I can get it done for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

So can we, but machining isn't the same as getting something printed from a CAD model

SKBT · « **Reply #612 on:** October 07, 2011, 12:18:40 PM »

You guys get your bots 3D printed? How well does the ABS plastic hold up?

haz · « **Reply #613 on:** October 07, 2011, 02:08:22 PM »

as far as i know, its a kind of nylon (22?) that its made of, not abs. its pretty good stuff, at 3mm thick spinners barely scratch it, mind you its mainly used for frames so its a lot thinner, tends to shatter.
none of my current ants are 3d printed, but i do have a new one that is, ill get some pics of the frame if you like?

Vertigo · « **Reply #614 on:** October 07, 2011, 04:13:31 PM »

How much did it cost?

haz · « **Reply #615 on:** October 08, 2011, 03:45:51 AM »

$24 + p&p for the shell, has no armour though.
also im paying £15 for a set of wheels!

Vertigo · « **Reply #616 on:** October 08, 2011, 03:46:33 AM »

Not too bad actually

haz · « **Reply #617 on:** October 09, 2011, 01:53:29 PM »

hey peoples of the internet, just got back from roaming robots at portsmouth.

REPORT:
well, when i got there i did nothing for a bit as i was still recovering from the early morning (and the bolognase on toast) so i just checked everything was still working and had a bit of a sit down, than after i got my robot through tech check, i had to help out henry hall get through with his fw, Bulldozer i.e. adding a powerlight and fixing the lipo in place. then me and Jonny went and helped fix steel avenger, the main problems were it not failsafing and the mixing was dead weird, thats why it seemed a bit out of controll in the arena.
the first couple of fights for murhpy's law were....... interesting....... first fight the rx died and so i just stopped dead, i drove into the arena and just shut down. the second fight was not much better, one of the cells in my battery got tired of living and broke so once again i lost power after i had driven into the arena

the second show was slighly better with both my fights being under 20 seconds long, being OOTA'd both times but on different sides of the arena, i think matilda did it the first time and......SOMEONE who will remain nameless (hint: his username ryhmes with "shwertigo") chucked me out the second

pretty good i think (came second in the antweight challange)

martymidget · « **Reply #618 on:** October 09, 2011, 02:02:24 PM »

Was his robot called shwxplosion by any chance? :P

Whatcha gonna do about the battery?

'Grats on the second :D

haz · « **Reply #619 on:** October 09, 2011, 03:03:47 PM »

i replaced one the dead cell, cycled the pack and its fine.
yes his robot is called shwexplosion, a passive little bot that isn't really competitive and is just a bit of fun really.