Wow, i should really check this thread out more often XD
To answer an earlier question, no that isnt me, that was my dad :)
And my god Hunter looked clean back then =_=
So, updates time :)
Biggest update of all:
As some of you know:
NEW 2010 ROBOT
Yes, the new robot is built by moi, and so far has entered 2 events, only to see how it works around the arena and to have a bit of fun :)
His name is:
(No prizes for guessing where the name comes from ^-^)
Yes, Alejandro is my 2010 bot, that will hopefully be completed soon O.O
In May 2010, at Brentwood, I had made my first robot, called Super Evil Fighting Chihuahua (i'll see if i can find a piture later)
It was entered in with the battle ratz, and got fantastically thrown around all over the shop, which the audience loved.
I was hoping to add a frenzy-style axe to it, and enter it in with the big FWs for a laugh.
But after seeing the wreck that was my robot, I decided to scrap that idea completely.
the chassis of SEFC now sits pretty on top of my wardrobe ^-^
However, I took all components out, and decided to make a full-sized FW, by myself.
Hunter was a joint job between me and my dad, and Artemis is more of his robot, so, I wanted a robot that i could completely call my own.
And so, Alejandro was born.
I was keen to have it done in time for Maidstone at the end of the year, and so far progress looks good, but the chances of me going to maidstone this year are very slim again T_T (bloody RR events and Ju-Jitsu Ko-Budos crossing over >.<)
Anyway, Alejandro took quick progress, and not before to long, on the 12th of June 2010, Alejandro D1 had been born:
The blade was its first weapon, and it was using one of the old Security Alarm batterys from Hunter - which where terrible!
With Artemis being trashed from Aylesbury a couple of months back, Alejandro became the first drag-bot (and not the wheelie type!)
With a bot of paper, tape and a pen, Alejandro soon became Artemis for the day.
'She' had one fight, of which Hunter was in aswell.
'Artemis' soon died as its link fell out, and Hunter ended up in the pit (Well done dad :) )
But I wasnt happy, due to how slow 'she' initially was.
Turned out it was the battery :P
So, after guildford, work was being done for Fairford, which simply meant changing the battery for one of Hunter's style batterys.
And, at fairford, after some trouble with getting it running, Alejandro competed.
And with the woggle
My mum was sorting out the cupboard under the stairs (where we keep my orphaned cousin, after both his parents died after some man got them with a stick, such a strange kid :P) and found this woggle, or a blue swimming float, so i decided to tape it on for fun :P
Here is a pic of it from fairford:
Yes that is Hunter underneath :P
Alejandro had 3 fights at fairford, 2 with the float and 1 without the float or the blade, which went quite well (untill the motors gave up =_=)
So, after that, I needed 2 new drill motors, which i got for £24 from Argos
Finally fitted them in, the gears arrived for the axe, and fitted the wedge on :)
Here is Alejandro as of this day:
Now i just need to fit the axe :)
More updates of the other robots coming soon :P
-Wham
