Author Topic: Tweedy's Beetleweight Stuff (Read 45263 times)

MikeNCR · « **Reply #120 on:** January 06, 2012, 11:33:17 AM »

Quote from: plazmic inferno on January 06, 2012, 11:13:52 AM

now i'm not sure on whether to make my ant a bar spinner or a shell spinner when I build it, mainly because i've never seen an antweight shell spinner ( maybe for a very good reason ) and i'd like to see how it would do

Assuming you mean UK ant, there's a few-
http://buildersdb.com/botdetails.asp?botid=6240
http://buildersdb.com/botdetails.asp?botid=4080

I imagine it's mostly an issue of finding the weight for a shell that's strong enough to survive and a baseplate that's strong enough to handle the hits at that size.

haz · « **Reply #121 on:** January 06, 2012, 11:36:11 AM »

yay for RCD's robots

Tweedy · « **Reply #122 on:** January 06, 2012, 04:07:35 PM »

once i've got the motor, lipo, etc i think i'll just try a few different spinner types and see how it goes but i'll start off with a simple bar spinner

powerrave · « **Reply #123 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:40:26 PM »

Can also try an ant ringspinner.

Vertigo · « **Reply #124 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:48:25 PM »

Quote from: powerrave on January 07, 2012, 12:40:26 PM

Can also try an ant ringspinner.

I'd probably reccommend attempting something simpler

powerrave · « **Reply #125 on:** January 07, 2012, 12:59:46 PM »

Just an idea. Think it would be fun to see something like it.

Tweedy · « **Reply #126 on:** January 19, 2012, 01:20:36 PM »

had another idea for minor tom's shell,

construction should start in the next week or so and I should have it running as soon as I can afford the esc's

Badnik96 · « **Reply #127 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:38:28 PM »

that's like the exact chassis on F-Zero :P

Tweedy · « **Reply #128 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:40:23 PM »

that was meant to be a secret until after BoF2

and I thought it would work well as an invertible rambot

Vertigo · « **Reply #129 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:46:57 PM »

Just a little tip, it's generally better to build the chassis around the components

Tweedy · « **Reply #130 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:52:03 PM »

i'm going to, i'm just thinking of a few basic shape ideas before my workshop is cleared out

Tweedy · « **Reply #131 on:** January 20, 2012, 03:21:54 PM »

I need your guys opinions on this, should I wait and save for my feather's esc's or should I start work on my antweight spinner because I have just about enough money to finish it ?
edit: this is what I have been working on in dt for about a month too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC3l9NHUrFQ&feature=related#ws

haz · « **Reply #132 on:** January 20, 2012, 03:39:37 PM »

featherweight

Tweedy · « **Reply #133 on:** January 20, 2012, 03:40:20 PM »

Vertigo · « **Reply #134 on:** January 20, 2012, 03:44:33 PM »

featherweight

Tweedy · « **Reply #135 on:** January 21, 2012, 04:32:50 PM »

guys, when I dohave the money for he esc's which one/ones should i get ?
2 of the the electronize 30a or the scopion xl ?
the scorpion xl is cheaper and looks easier to set up

Tweedy · « **Reply #136 on:** January 21, 2012, 05:01:30 PM »

and would I be able to wire 2 batteries at different voltages in series, e.g a 6v battery and a 12v battery or would that cause a short ? because if it won't i'm going to wire them in series tomorrow as batteries for my featherweight

Tweedy · « **Reply #137 on:** January 29, 2012, 05:44:21 AM »

going to start work on minor tom's shell today with this shape:

not sure on dimensions yet

SKBT · « **Reply #138 on:** January 29, 2012, 09:06:14 AM »

Bad idea... work out your dimensions before you cut anything. Make a CAD first. And by CAD I mean cardboard assisted design. Lay out all your parts on a piece of cardboard larger than your planned size. Arrange your robots parts in their planned configuration on the cardboard, and cut it down to the smallest size, while still protecting your components. And that's just one way to size your robot.

Tweedy · « **Reply #139 on:** January 29, 2012, 09:09:11 AM »

i'm going to do that first now, thanks for the help, I can't start work on the actual hdpe version for at least a week now anyways
edit: just ordered a scorpion xl and am going to make the cardboard model as soon as i can find a decent ammount of cardboard
( see vertigo hot glue is good for something )