Team Psyclone - The Build Diaries

[R1885]

Are the DIP switches in there proper place?

[TheDerpedOne]

I'm sure they are.

[TheDerpedOne]

Well, I haven't been here in ages! I suppose it's due for an update, I've been too busy with other things to deal with it.
So, now I have a featherweight, formerly BarnsleyBot, now Twister. I got 11th in Burgess Hill, and I survived a good flipping from Explilision. (Yes, I'm stealing Haz's thing, deal with it.)  The ant's broken, but I plan to fix it in the near future.
I'll be at The Royal Armouries event in Leeds, so everyone has a chance to laugh at my failures.

[TheDerpedOne]

Bloody hell, it's been a while since I've been on! Does anyone even come on here any more? I've finally gotten myself back into combat Robotics, and plan to make a proper feather. Last summer, I had a go at one, the first metal one failed, and the second, made from chopping boards, looked really bad.

So, if anyone is still here, how are said people?

[Tweedy]

It's good to see you're back building again, don't worry about your first feather not being the pinnacle of engineering either, you can't expect your first bot to win the champs really can you.

[TheDerpedOne]

Well, the reason the metal one failed, was because one of the sides fell off. Also, the plastic one has been scrapped, motors taken from it. Neither ended up with any electronics, and I think as soon as I can get my hands on some thin HDPE, or recover the sheet I got ages ago, the one i made the ant with, so I can make another. I now go to an engineering college, so I can 3D print my own bots as well. Antweights only, though, they're only MakerBots, the small ones. I can also use Milling Machines. I just have no idea how to use SolidWorks. I can do basic things, but not much.