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  1. #211
    Ocracoke's Avatar
    Team Kaizen

    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 that just cannot handle the shock through the gears (and the bearing case by the looks of things). I can get 3 or 4 hits at the full distance the axe can reach of it before it packs up.
    Team Kaizen - Build Diary for all the robots

    AW: Amai, Ikari, Lafiel, Osu, Ramu
    BW: Shu!, The Honey Badger
    FW: Azriel
    MW: Jibril, Kaizen

  2. #212
    Quote Originally Posted by Ocracoke View Post
    I know what the issue is - the gearbox is a 2 stage reduction gearbox and that just cannot handle the shock through the gears (and the bearing case by the looks of things). I can get 3 or 4 hits at the full distance the axe can reach of it before it packs up.
    Got a video of it binding up ? and what releases it ?

  3. #213
    Ocracoke's Avatar
    Team Kaizen

    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 brings it back to life but a quick and dirty hack is to undo the 3x M4 screws holding the motor to the plate which seems to help.
    Team Kaizen - Build Diary for all the robots

    AW: Amai, Ikari, Lafiel, Osu, Ramu
    BW: Shu!, The Honey Badger
    FW: Azriel
    MW: Jibril, Kaizen

  4. #214
    Ocracoke's Avatar
    Team Kaizen

    Here we go. A slight revision, it is a 3 stage gearbox, not a 2 stage. The key bit to watch is the gear on the topmost shaft, watch that wobble about.

    Team Kaizen - Build Diary for all the robots

    AW: Amai, Ikari, Lafiel, Osu, Ramu
    BW: Shu!, The Honey Badger
    FW: Azriel
    MW: Jibril, Kaizen

  5. #215
    Ocracoke's Avatar
    Team Kaizen

    Pretty much ready for Manchester now except for some LEDs that were supposed to have been delivered yesterday but haven't. I do have another LED which if put in series with the other LED, should allow me to use the 19.8v battery set without blowing the LED but it is soldering time I just do not have. I'll be at the pits early working on it.

    For the sake of longevity, I am going to switch the drive and weapon batteries around so 6S on the drive, 4S on the weapon and just take it, I don't think the gearbox on the axe will hold up to the strain of 6S in the arena, 4S and it might.
    Team Kaizen - Build Diary for all the robots

    AW: Amai, Ikari, Lafiel, Osu, Ramu
    BW: Shu!, The Honey Badger
    FW: Azriel
    MW: Jibril, Kaizen

  6. #216
    If you have a single LED, put in a resistor. Use a 1k resistor or value around that (900 ohm to 1.2k will be fine)

  7. #217
    Ocracoke's Avatar
    Team Kaizen

    I don't have any resistors at the moment and can't leave the house to go get some. Putting the second LED in series, I thought, would half the voltage over the two lights.
    Team Kaizen - Build Diary for all the robots

    AW: Amai, Ikari, Lafiel, Osu, Ramu
    BW: Shu!, The Honey Badger
    FW: Azriel
    MW: Jibril, Kaizen

  8. #218
    Al_'s Avatar
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    I'll have a box of resistors at Manchester if you need any. What voltage LEDs do you have?

  9. #219
    Ocracoke's Avatar
    Team Kaizen

    I have a pair of 14v LEDs (they already have a resistor in them).

    Just tried putting the batterties on charge, a 3S LiFe battery is reading < 5 volts! The other 3S set is not far behind but the charger has managed to get started with that one. Yikes.
    Team Kaizen - Build Diary for all the robots

    AW: Amai, Ikari, Lafiel, Osu, Ramu
    BW: Shu!, The Honey Badger
    FW: Azriel
    MW: Jibril, Kaizen

  10. #220
    Al_'s Avatar
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    More than likely be fine in series then, but bear in mind that if one fails short, it will probably take the other one with it.

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