Team Eventorizon: Build Diary

They are 6S yes, and a 10S is 42v fully charged so that SSR won't cut it.

Not sure I've ever seen an SSR rated that high before. The only people I know that run 10s on their weapon are brushless.

I think this might cut it...

http://www.active-robots.com/3951-0-dc- ... v-80a.html

Just a pair of questions...

With the Banebots wheels and the hubs how do you get the ring onto the end to hold the wheels on as brute force doesn't seem to work. Is their some kind of special technique

Firestorm had a sheet of 2mm spring steel across the front to make sure that it would run across the ground. What kind of spring steel and thickness would people think could produce the same kind of effect on a featherweight?

I have considered buying a load of cheap plastering-flattening whatsits.

Like this: http://www.currytrowel.com/images/101_lg.jpg

Unlikely but it might work for a while!

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Originally Posted by Eventorizon

With the Banebots wheels and the hubs how do you get the ring onto the end to hold the wheels on as brute force doesn't seem to work. Is their some kind of special technique

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You get dedicated circlip pliers, specially designed to fit in the holes in the circlip that allow you to open them up a bit, making it easier to fit/remove them:
http://www.technobotsonline.com/tools-a ... liers.html

Personally I just use an old pair of needle-nose pliers that have a reasonably fine tip. They're not perfect and can sometimes slip out of the holes but get the job done. Just use pliers of some sort to open the clip up and try and fit it around the groove in the Banebots hub. An extra pair of hands can come in useful if you're finding it a bit too fiddly to do on your own.

Thanks Jamie, we will give that a go

Need help with an electronics issue...

When I apply power to what should be a finished drive system the receiver and relays inside the ESC's fire on and off at a regular rate rather than staying on. I am using a BEC so that may be cooked but it smells fine.

It could be that I have the cables into the receiver in the wrong way round but I have swapped them over and get the same result.

Battery is freshly charged.

Ideas?

Put a servo into one of the spare channels on the rx and see what it does

Does nothing no matter than channel. Rebound the TX and RX and still naught.

EDIT: Just tried another receiver and still nothing... maybe its the transmitter. I had to repair the arial a few weeks ago but I have had it driving since.

There is a switch missing from the transmitter that got damaged and I am in the process of replacing. Would the Gear switch missing matter?

EDIT: It cant be the transmitter if its binding new receivers can it?

What does a flashing Orange RX mean? Cos thats what I've got. But it works.

I seem to have sorted it but I have no idea what I have done... running now off an Orange RX, same BEC