Author Topic: Team Psyclone - The Build Diaries (Read 12755 times)

R1885 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 06, 2012, 10:21:50 PM »

Do not use plastic for a wedge, use metal. A putty knife from the dollar store (Or in your case, Pound Land) sharpened will work nicely.

haz · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2012, 05:17:08 AM »

plastic is fine for a wedge, not much point armouring the top and bottom with ti though.
6mm hdpe sides
1mm base (or 2mm if you need it to be rigid) and top
0.5mm ti -1mm ti for the front grade 5 preferably

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2012, 05:54:43 AM »

Right, I'll keep that on mind. On another note, the wheels kind of make the wedge steep, could I just do a bulldozer thing, or would it not work?

R1885 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2012, 08:51:38 AM »

A wedge is useless unless you can get underneath an enemies wedge or under it. Other wise, I't will foul up the wedge on the first good hit and it will become useless. Please use metal for it.

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:10:30 AM »

I will use metal, but the problem is that I don't think a wedge would work, as I said, due to how steep it is. Is it possible to do a small scoop or would that be useless?

R1885 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:24:19 AM »

If your wedge is too steep, then simply extend the bottom plate and sharpen the edge, or take a small extra sheet of metal and bolt it on the bottom of the bot. Use counter sunk screws for this though.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:39:02 AM »

Damn, when I saw this thread I thould Psyclone was making a reappearance.

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:43:40 AM »

@ R1885 The thing is that the wheels are 32mm in diameter, and it's 4 wheel drive, so that doesn't leave too much room for a wedge, although I don't know the size -And weight- of the electrics and such.

@Meganerdbomb Sorry, but the team name wasn't my idea, so any misunderstandings have nothing to do with me.

Vertigo · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:03:40 AM »

Just allow your wheels to stick up more above the top plate, like I did on Gust

Remember, your robot can be upto around 130mm long, it doesn't have to fit in the cube flat

R1885 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:03:48 AM »

You have a four by four by four inch cube for size to work with and 150 grams to work with. Extend the bottom plate and bend it where the edge of the front of the chassis is.

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #30 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:10:15 AM »

I'll try to redraw the design when I can, but my niece is round today, and she likes to draw on all the paper.

haz · « **Reply #31 on:** January 07, 2012, 11:38:27 AM »

use CAD

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #32 on:** January 07, 2012, 11:48:14 AM »

Any suggested ones?

Vertigo · « **Reply #33 on:** January 07, 2012, 11:53:04 AM »

Google Sketchup

haz · « **Reply #34 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:08:17 PM »

prodesktop

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #35 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:14:12 PM »

I'll attempt with SketchUp first, ProDesktop looks complicated.

Or at least a more professional thing.

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #36 on:** January 08, 2012, 11:37:47 AM »

So, I've finally got round to using SketchUp, and I just need to know, if I'm to be using a metal scoop, where to get the metal, since I don't know any shops which sell any.

haz · « **Reply #37 on:** January 08, 2012, 11:38:22 AM »

TheDerpedOne · « **Reply #38 on:** January 08, 2012, 11:40:52 AM »

Oh. I feel stupid now. Thanks though.

R1885 · « **Reply #39 on:** January 08, 2012, 03:22:05 PM »

Online metals is your friend.