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Hello could you guys tell me if this design is viable as a antweight?
I want a metal skin and it has a spinning disk.
I take it I would need 3 motors, 2 for the wheels and one for the disk?
Could I use drill motors or will they be too heavy?
My design is very rough at the moment haha I have about £300 to spend
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hey and welcome :)its late so ill give a rough fast reply lol
drills are way to heavy for an ant weight not to mention too big for an ant weight -drills are what most people use in feather weights (13.6kg robots)-also antweights have to fit in a 4 by 4 inch square to be allowed to fight- or at least they used to have to - im not an antweight guy so im not all that sure.
and yes the design looks alright for an antweight, bu not to push you into anything but if your wanting a metal shell n all might be hard to get all that in the weight of an ant weight, you could be better off making a kilobot instead- theres a thread about kilobots just below/above this one you should take a look.
Thank you very much i did not realise how small antweight were, I'll build a bigger class robot :)
Metal shells aren't necessarily hard in ants, Jigsaw has titanium armour and TDF used to have all around 1mm thick hardened aluminium armour - I had to change it though as radio interference was an issue :P
Usually Sanyo-style 12mm gearmotors are used in ants, drills are far too heavy as Calum said :P what he said is spot on though apart from the 4 inch square (it's actually a 4 inch cube, and there's no rule restricting your dimensions to 4 inches each way as long as it fits in there somehow)
would a feather weight be fine? i think its the best option for my design
I think that the wheels get ripped off, if you use this kind of design in FW class.
Iv been thinking about that today, maybe try and put them inside the body somehow
hey, just bear in mind if you do make your design into a spinner, you'd only be able to use it at events once or twice a year.
any feather without a disk or anything that spins, --- a flipper or axe etc you can take to normal events, i think theres about 10 a year? ish
Hey guys, I know having a spinning blade on the front of my robot wont be very reliable or do much damage but I think they look cool haha
To be honest I prob wont enter this one in a event, i just want to get to grips with how everything works, fits together, what to buy and just the general experiance.
Im starting a new topic in feather weights now I have drawn up a better design.
Thanks for reading. Rob