Trax (My First Combat Robot)

Hi,
I have been looking at the forums for some time now and have finaly started building my first featherwieght, it will be a tracked rambot.
I have already got one windscreen wiper motor (slow i know) and another should come this afternoon, I have ordered a sabertooth 2x25 ESC but it has not arrived yet, I will use unmodified 14.4V drill bateries, I will make a removable link from some anderson connectors and have already got a dx6i transmitter and a reciever.
I am going to a metal workers some time this week to make a cuboid aluminium angle frame and I will use 3mm aluminium checked plate as armour which I will bolt to the frame. I will make the tracks from 150mm wheels and bike tires and tension it with a threaded rod and 2 nuts.
I will post some CAD drawings later.
All opinions welcome,
Thanks,
Max

hello and welcolme to the fourm your robot sounds good so far (I love to see tracked robots) but I wouldnt sugest you use windscreen wiper moters because from my experence they go faster one way than the other
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVra9HiO7jc
Armour dillo used windscreen wiper moters (it was the slow one) and it was inifective

On this website are some basic Cad drawings of Trax:-
http://fightingrobotpics.webs.com/

Welcome to the forums mate :)

you may have to change the name, Trax was already taken, but im sure Shane should be OK with it

How does MaxTrax sound then ?

windscreen wiper=bad
drill batterys=bad
everything else=good
nice cad 8)

Hi again,
I can't help but notice but every roboteer seems to have something against windscreen wiper motors, why is this?

They are really quite ineffective in a modern featherweight. Slow and weak compared to a drill motor although they could be useful in building a lifting weapon.

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How does MaxTrax sound then ?

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Quite a good name if you ask me :) Though if Shane is ok with it, you can still have Trax

Hi again,
I'm going to make the frame and armour tomorrow, unfortunatly the other wiper motor which arrived was completely different from the first so i am currently trying to find another one. Just i quick question, how many nicd/nimh drill battries do you think i'll need to power two wiper motors?