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Offline SKBT

Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2011, 06:12:32 AM »
Ra2 has ruined your comprehension for the way real robot combat works.

No it hasn't.


@Ribbs: It's really not worth it to enter a RC car. You get a turning radius the size of the arena with no pushing power and cheap plastic that isn't going to stand up to anything. Save your money from registration fees and what ever you were going to buy for that RC car. 

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2011, 12:15:29 PM »
Right advice time:

Look before you leap. Forget about rc cars and making other robots out of non-competitive parts. Make one proper antweight to start you off. i.e. Make sure you are using good motors, lipo's, good esc, good armour (HDPE if it can be sourced in the US). No, it won't be cheap, but cheaper than buying a new rc car every time it gets smashed up. And do a proper job, then build your way up from there.

You hear too many people saying "Hey, look I'm building this!" Then two days later saying "Now I'm building this!", you get too many jobs to keep track of, and they don't get finished. Make your antweight, and don't do a cheapy job, try to make something competitive. When something goes wrong, work out how to fix it, keep ploughing on, untill you have made something that works well. THEN maybe move onto something a little bigger.

May sound harsh, but so many people spend lots of money on projects that are never finished or wasted due to lack of experience. The best way is to start at the bottom, it's what we did, and now we've got the 2nd Place FW in the UK and have just completed building a heavyweight version.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2011, 12:59:08 PM »
started at the bottom and im still there :laughing i quite like it though
shutta your gaping noise void woman!!

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2011, 02:11:48 PM »
Ra2 has ruined your comprehension for the way real robot combat works.
lol I quote two month old posts

How do detect sarcasm.



Guys let him do what he wants, RFS won like three competitions with broken RC tanks. As long as he knows what he's doing I'm sure he can make a semi-successful beetle. Now of course he might not do well, but it's about having fun, not winning.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2011, 03:03:08 PM »
Ra2 has ruined your comprehension for the way real robot combat works.
lol I quote two month old posts

How do detect sarcasm.



Guys let him do what he wants, RFS won like three competitions with broken RC tanks. As long as he knows what he's doing I'm sure he can make a semi-successful beetle. Now of course he might not do well, but it's about having fun, not winning.
I gave him advice, up to him whether he uses it or not

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #25 on: September 23, 2011, 04:11:07 PM »
we should organize a GTM real robot competition with all this building :P

one for the us, one for the uk and one for Joey's robots in australia :P

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #26 on: September 23, 2011, 04:22:43 PM »
one for Joey's robots in australia :P

He could face Doomkiller.  Though I think dk's entry would be a firey ball of cardboard with hundreds of shaving razors taped to it.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2011, 05:08:00 PM »
dude so much empty space into that wedge

Also what weapon are you going to mount on your RC car thing ?

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #28 on: September 24, 2011, 11:24:27 PM »
Found a Harbor Freight coupon in the Sunday paper, will get a pair of drills Tomorrow.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2011, 02:45:57 AM »
good on that man!! thanks for taking it seriouly
shutta your gaping noise void woman!!

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #30 on: September 25, 2011, 03:02:53 AM »
Found a Harbor Freight coupon in the Sunday paper, will get a pair of drills Tomorrow.
If you are going to go for it, make sure you get some decent drills, dewalts are generally the best

Offline SKBT

Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #31 on: September 25, 2011, 07:22:22 AM »
The old HF drills were great, the new ones, not so much...

The've got a plastic 1st stage reduction, which I can only assume will break under impact. I cannot comment on their actual durability though because no one has used the motors in combat yet.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #32 on: September 25, 2011, 09:48:20 AM »
Only way to know is to test them.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2012, 10:29:33 PM »
DP.
I have accumulated 115 dollars over the Christmas holiday. I'm going to use it to finally finish Short Stop. Before I start buying parts, I would like to get a cirque from another builder on my parts list:
Drive: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-70097.html I already own this.
Wheels: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-TAM70101.html Kinda like these, I already own them.
ESC: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-SABER2X5-RC.html
Battery: http://www.fingertechrobotics.com/proddetail.php?prod=R360-20-2
Charger: http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-GPMM3010.html
Radio: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__9042__Hobby_King_2_4Ghz_6Ch_Tx_Rx_V2_Mode_2_.html
Thing to connect battery to ESC: http://www.fingertechrobotics.com/proddetail.php?prod=am-9017a&cat=10

So, any suggestions?

Offline SKBT

Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2012, 10:56:22 PM »
I'd use the fingertech tiny escs

Just to let you know, JST connectors are a pain in the butt because they are so small.

Overall besides I don't like those motors you don't have any bad parts that stand out to me, but the again I don't really build anything in the insect classes.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2012, 11:03:06 PM »
I thought about the Fingertech Tiny ESCs but they cost more for two when the Saber Tooth is four dollars less and handles more current.
Thanks for the heads up about the JST connector.
I'd upgrade to Copals but I simply don't have the money for new drive motors and wheels. I have a spare gear box from my senior project for parts if I strip any gears.

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #36 on: January 03, 2012, 05:51:44 AM »
i have used one of those gearboxes before and i can say they are rubbish!
shutta your gaping noise void woman!!

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2012, 12:51:06 PM »
Everything's fine apart from the motors, and the wheels aren't too great either

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Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #38 on: January 07, 2012, 09:24:13 PM »
Bad news, the radio I wanted from Hobby King became back ordered, and will restock in 30 days. With their infamous shipping times, Short Stop would in now way be ready for the next WAR. What I want to know is if this radio: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spektrum-DX4e-DSMX-4-Channel-Full-Range-Transmitter-Mode-2-/280802349791?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item41611fd2df#ht_921wt_754
will work with this receiver: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__11965__OrangeRx_R610_Spektrum_DSM2_6Ch_2_4Ghz_Receiver_w_Sat_Port_.html
If it does, I should be able to finish Short Stop for WAR on time.

Offline SKBT

Re: Team FarSide
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2012, 09:26:51 PM »
Yep the will work with each other.