HDPE isn't particularly heavy in of itself. The Honey Badger 2.2 uses 10mm HDPE which, all told, probably adds up to only 1kg, maybe less. If you want it green though, why not look at RG1000, which...
Most ESCs these days have a LiPo function that automatically cut power when the voltage level is too low. The Cytron definitely has the facility to detect undervoltage (< 3.0v per cell)...
So a little change, I've gone back to the CIM motors I was originally planning to use for this and there'll be a little bit of adjustment in the sizes.
I'll be releasing a drawing of what it...
Technically, that could also happen with a hardwired solution (the wires to the LEDs being cut by a spinner for example) and I think that is the crux here, is the only acceptable power light solution...
The next EXR event is in Portsmouth on the 19th-20th May. If that is too far, EXR Guildford is on the 9th and 10th of June. I should stress that Extreme Robots have a limit of HW spinners tip speed,...
Sounds as if there is a reverse needed on one of the channels on the transmitter possibly, I need to do that on The Honey Badger and I think it might have been for this reason.
Because of where it is in the robot, you can't see it binding up, definitely got a video of the gearbox after the case has been dissembled, I'll post it shortly. Repositioning the shaft and bearings...
So a new hub arrived and now it has a M4 hex bolt as a locking pin. Great, except the gearbox has jammed up yet again. :(
I know what the issue is - the gearbox is a 2 stage reduction gearbox and...
I don't use that particular variant so I can't comment but so long as the receiver failsafes to a safe/off position, it then comes down to what you want out of a transmitter.
The battery and ESC...
As I mentioned in my last post, a OrangeRX transmitter would do the job here. Alternatively (and this is the one I have use with Shu! before), a FlySky TX/RX works fine as well.
The batteries you...
Annnnnndddd now the grub screw has sheared in the hub, new one required and ordered :( Definitely going to change this mechanism, it just does not handle shock at all well.
Actually, in addition,...
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I use LiFePO4 batteries in my Beetleweight Shu! which worked quite nicely at the last Beetleweight event I was in though they give out less power than LiPos (a...
So mixed results - I upped the voltage from 13.2v nominal to 19.8v nominal and the axe now fires at a relatively quick rate. I'll need to get a new LED to handle the upped voltage (I am all out at...
Aye indeed!
I think there are three improvements I can make to the axe on The Honey Badger before Manchester:
Increase the voltage from 13.2v (LiFePO4 4S nominal) to 19.8v (LiFePO4 6S...
Applications stay open as I understand it rather than a defined cutoff period before the event (though for safety's sake, I'd recommend signing up at a minimum of 3 weeks before the event). I was...
Crikey, 7 axe bots... going to be very choppy in there (bah-dum-tish). It is going to be very interesting seeing how different the various implementations are and how effective they are going to be....
And here is a video of the testing I did today with it. Perhaps the most important one here is get some threadlock on the nuts.
Otherwise still as uncontrollable as ever. :D
Looks pretty tough, looking forwards to seeing it in action.
I would have thought soldering it was an option... might be too brittle though. Wonder if it is possible just to replace the...
I do know of folks who do use fuses as removable links in the FW category so I can't see this being an issue here. AWS rules state that a switch can also be used in place of a link...
Well, the 2.2 refit has been a while coming. It has been 116 days since the 12th of December 2017 when the refit technically started and there has been a few setbacks (largely of my own making) but...
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