Oh amazing!! Backflip shall return!
I'll be sending out messages to the people competing about tournament structures - it'll also help if people just tell me if they're attending. I discussed it...
Nah, that was the loser's melee where the drive packed up (and I was trapped by a disabled Audacious). I just got flipped 180 by the EXR flipper in the second Melee.
Oh yeah, the RL floor flipper is something to be reckoned with...
I remember getting caught on the tip, sending Oberon directly upwards into the netting and crashing down. Really thought it was a...
I'm guessing my nudging you onto the floor flipper didn't help, never realized it was that powerful, sorry about that! :uhoh: If it's any consolation, the flipper also took my wheel off with enough...
A bit late updating this one. If you were at RL Grantham then you'll have seen The Honey Badger 3.0 very very briefly. In the end, the way the motors were mounted into the body were the let down...
It will be the first competitive one that I will enter at an event.. I made a 4wd rambot last year and had it for a while but wanted to go the spinner route now there is more full combat events.
Isn’t that quite a big ESC considering it says 100amp on the motor specs?
Weapon will be a shrapnel style disk of ar500 between 2&3 kg ish.. diameter at 230mm one at 300. Depending on opponent.
Yes, I assumed they would but in the same context, just because they are in a hard shell doesn't mean they wouldn't apply, that shell will probably be plastic and offer no fire resistance.
I'd play it safe and assume that the same restrictions for Li-Po batteries apply to Li-Ion batteries as they are not specifically mentioned in the section which details the specific battery...
redbrick 200a. side note what is the weapon?
about the battery. I cannot see it being an issue if you got a charger Plus a lipo bag/metal box ( you shouldn't need it using a battery like that BUT...
Selling off drive, fast, bolt down for easy removal/ access, amp flow c40 300.
Roboteq HE...old heavy duty one
Front hinge setup for a good weapon which does work well. Same as Envy series....
The brushless motors and esc I’m on about is is for the weapon motor. No way do I want to dive into brushless drive for a first build hahahaha... I already have 4 x 18v 550’s on a hacked turngy85’s....
there is also 18v 550s which run at 6s no problem. It just 18000 rpm 775s which dont like 24v. 9000 rpm 775s dont mind 24v but due to them being 24v motors
I don't think you'll have too many issues with your 18v motors on 6s. At a full charge of 4.2V/cell, at 6s battery should be 25.2V, that's only about a 40% over voltage. Lots of people run the 12V...
Kaizen uses 4x 775 motors in it's drive system. From experience, I wouldn't recommend going past ~24v or so on them. I run them on 8S LiFe batteries (26.4v nominal) and, unsurprisingly, they'll cook...
most people run 5060s on 6s as it is cheaper than spending money on higher end ESCs and is simpler then VESCs. Also, it has the added benefit of a lower KV and being physically larger and able to...
Thanks for the info guys. The rules in that respect shouldn’t be a problem however it’s good to know so thanks.
Im running 18v motors for drive powered by a
Makita 18v LI-ON at the moment so...
Hi, just thought I'd throw my two pennith in.... stay away from #25 chain (mini moto). The chain is very strong and sprockets quite small due to the pitch but the chain is not forgiving on...
Chains and sprockets can be quite forgiving as long as they are not miles out
I did most of my allignment by eye and a simple set square.
A great source of chains and sprockets to keep costs down...
Oh yeah I never thought about a chain reduction needing spot on alignment. Thought it would be a dead easy drive train for a heavy, but I spose it's still loads easier than mod 2 gearing etc to get...
I've not experienced any difference in machining black and white HDPE on The Honey Badger.
The motor and ESC look OK to me but it is important to note that the motor can technically run at a...
Re: the HDPE. I've only ever had stuff from Direct Plastics, but the black HDPE definitely machines differently to the white natural HDPE. I guess that it's something to do with the dye in it. There...
hi all, my prototype build has been going great and coming along well. Until I weighed it tonight. Lol. it’s currently made from 12mm ply wood which will be replaced with HDPE when I make the final...
First things first get a simple bot made. Rambots are great starts but Ifou want something with a weapon lifters or axes are a good option as they are simple and can be done cheap
Nothing wrong with the Middleweights, they've only just started coming back onto the scene in the UK (though I confess to being a little biased, my "big" robot is a Middleweight). I would have said...
That sounds like a good idea. There's a heavyweight called Dead Bod which has a horizontal bar for a weapon, but originally started out as just a rambot with a wedge, using the bar as an...
Thanks for all the advice guys, this is very helpful!
I will definitely see if I can grab some VIP tickets for ExR Guildford next year so I can have a closer look at some FW's. I went to RoboGames...
I've got a FlySky FS-iA6 tx (enormous!) that uses AFHDS, and I used it in one of my ants. It seems fine, and you can get a fairly small 4-channel rx for it.
It has a small amount of telemetry,...
My bot was meant to be driven invertible (sadly doesnt quite work!) but in portsmouth, my link was cut as the link wire was poking out so you could grab it. I was advised by Greg to poke the wire...
Yeah, the protocols need to match. I don't know about the AFHDS protocol and wherever there is any special requirements but in the case of the LemonRX, it would not work as that is a DSMX/DSM2...
The transmitter looks fine to me (noting that the protocol is AFHDS rather than DSMX which is something to bear in mind if you were looking for a different receiver), seems to be within the rules and...
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/fpv-racer-radio-mode-2-black.html
^ the product in question
This transmitter looks far more comfortable to hold than the standard chunky controllers I see, however...
