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Thread: elobire's build thread

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    well done mate looks like a nice simple setup for a first robot

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    Yeah with a spinner you will only be able to compete at events run by Robo Challenge as theirs is the only arena that can safely contain spinners at the moment. With an axe you will be able to run at Roaming Robots and Robots Live events too.

    The link you've provided is only for the Planet 5 transmitter. You would need to buy the receiver to go with it, which will probably cost ~£15 so that'd be right up at your total of £50.
    Alternatively, there is the 2.4GHz 4-channel transmitter and receiver combo from Giant Cod RC for ~£26:
    http://www.giantcod.co.uk/gianitcod-24g ... 03779.html

    That is a basic-function transmitter/receiver, it will allow you to control your robot and has inbuilt mixing if you wish to have one-stick control, but features such as dual rates etc (commonly found on more expensive transmitters) aren't present but also aren't essential to the control of your robot so it would be a suitable alternative to the Planet 5 set.

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    http://www.elitemodelsonline.co.uk/Prod ... ET-MODE-II

    There you go, with a reciever and under £50.

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    i might just go with the one from giantcod instead, looks decent enough untill i can afford something better.
    done a bit of research on the axe, and a guide said to buy this chain/sprocket set:
    http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//pr ... 2cefc40094

    what i was wondering is if i can use one of the scooter motors that i bought for the robot drive but decided it was too complicated. the problem with them is that it doesnt have the sprocket for the chain on the motor, would i be able to buy a sprocket and attach it to my motor, to save me buying the one the guide told me to?

    here is the motor the guide told me to get: http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//pr ... 2cefc40094

    the guide: http://www.robowars.org/wikka/ElectricAxeWeapons


    im also hoping to get a welder for my birthday as well as the transmitter (i want a cheap transmitter so i can buy a decent welder), so once im done with the wooden test frame il start with a metal frame.

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    yeh

    it depends what ratio you want ie how fast you want your axe swing compared to the motor speed

    so that would dictate wether that kit would be useful (only had a quick look at the picture)

    alex

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    Lucky, my parents won't let me have a welder as they think I'll blow myself/the house up

    Steel, Aluminium and Titanium are most commonly used. Chances are you will have a stick welder and steel is used with them. Although but I have seen aluminium brazing rods (use a blowtorch) and aluminium welding rods (for a stick welder) that don't need any gas. Not sure if they're any good but if you don't want so shell out for a different sort of welder and gas and be able to weld ali and steel then they might be the way to go.

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