I fancied setting up a build report on our machines a bit like what the Aussie guys have on their forum, plus I wanted to have something worthwhile to post for my 1000th post (woot!)

Team Terminal Damage

Team Terminal Damage basically consists of myself, my friend George Speirs from my schooldays, and my dad Michael who used to be purely taxi driver but Im now trying to get him into the actual robot combat more
Our first event was Rexs Robot Challenge 2004 and we now currently have three active robots.

Robots

Drumroll:- is the main robot, carrying a 3.2kg spinning drum on the front (I would add lethal to that description but needs a bit of work to reach that status ). The chassis used to belong to Hornet 1, but I bought it when Gary upgraded and after running at two events without a drum attached I decided I needed to get round to weaponising it. It was at this point that I realised my dimensions were slightly off and the Hornet chassis was just a touch too small. So I built a new chassis from 20mm nylon, which has now been through two events and is standing up well.

Critical Damage:- used to run under the name of Terminal Damage, that competed in Rexs Robot Challenge 2004 (our first event), a school-hosted RRC style event and the UK Robotic Games 2005 before being retired. George later chose to bring it out of retirement and change its look slightly. Its a bit of an oldy bot as it still uses windscreen wiper motors and SLA batteries, and seems to keep getting new amour for each event (previous coverings include very brittle perspex, and an upturned garden wheelbarrow!)

Bullseye:- currently only used in whiteboards as an introduction robot for my dad. The chassis is used to run under the name Mini Rover (a feather replica of Typhoon Rover) but now has a wedge to replace the football guides. Desptie running fine on the bench, its been sluggish in the arena and is in need of a few fish suppers to add some weight.

Upgrades

Drumroll has had its internals rearranged yet again. Due to its small size it will always have very compact insides and they were arranged thus for the FW champs:

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(it became a lot busier once it was fully wired up)

It was a bit too cramped at the champs when it came to maintenance and so Ive played around with different positionings to try and free everything up a bit.

The speed controllers have now been mounted to the sides of the internal bulkheads (two heatsink corners that protruded had to be cut and filed):
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Drumroll%20-%20Build/dr_build139.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0-%20Build/dr_ build139.jpg

with the power and motor wires going into terminal block units mounted to the base panel:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Drumroll%20-%20Build/dr_build142.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0-%20Build/dr_ build142.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Drumroll%20-%20Build/dr_build141.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0-%20Build/dr_ build141.jpg

The weapon motors are being changed to Speed 900s, which although bigger, will fit in straight where the HTIs sat. One of the battery packs will sit under the motors (hidden in the picture by the white strip) while the other pack sits vertically between the first pack and the drill drives:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Drumroll%20-%20Build/dr_build144.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0-%20Build/dr_ build144.jpg

The Victor 885 for weapon control now sits between the Electronizes at the rear of the bot, with the radio receiver mounted just behind that:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Drumroll%20-%20Build/dr_build148.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0-%20Build/dr_ build148.jpg

The aerial now mounts to the internal bulkhead via an ali angle bracket as opposed to being previously attached to the top panel (meaning I couldnt remove the top panel completely without first unscrewing the wire from the RX to the aerial mount):
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Drumroll%20-%20Build/dr_build151.jpghttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0-%20Build/dr_ build151.jpg

Drivewise its ready to run at its next event; the only work still to do is to buy and fit the weapon motors, and get a new drum made as the current one is a bit dodgy

Critical Damage will be getting new HDPE armour and a bit of chassis strengthening (and probably a simple weapon) but no work has started on that yet - will post an update when progress is made

Team Terminal Damage
http://www.ayrshirerobotics.vze.comwww.ayrshirerobotics.vze.com