Yeah keep thinking about a hammer.
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Yeah keep thinking about a hammer.
A hammer would be fun, you'd probably need quite a powerful motor for that though. Have a look at Headbanger, that uses a Speed 900 on 3s for an axe and it's pretty impressive!
http://i.imgur.com/wQiwPGz.jpg
2.5kg drum. Should be fairly tasty.
Teeth look about 100mm diameter?
Had a go wtih emachineshop - nice and easy to use
Cheers Haz!
Outer diameter of the discs (if I remember correctly) is 160mm, forget what the tooth depth is though. Emachineshop is pretty simple to use, I like it! I'd only use it for spinning weapons, mind (there's far better options for complete assemblies) but you can export the shapes out and use them in other things very easily as well. Very handy for single toothed things!
Have you got a side image of that? I am slightly worried about those holes... there may not be enough material there to prevent compression on impact, especially at the speeds you are planning to spin it at!
Aside from that it looks great, but its got to function properly too.
I'll grab one at some point, stress analysis has been run on it though and it's given it the all ok! Also got spares haha
I'm as ready as I can get on my end of the scale http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/...pshzdyasst.jpg
Hardwired 2 Classic's got its new paint scheme (Overdrive's going under the name Hardwired 2 this time) as well as Balsa Steel being patched up ready as a punching bag for demos and whatnot.
Overdrive will be the focus of the next couple of days for me, I don't have it to hand (everything seen up to now has been Harry's handiwork) so travelling down tomorrow, and with any luck the waterjetted hardox stuff turns up on Tuesday. If not... oh dear. I'm keeping confident though - if it doesn't turn up, it's my own fault for getting it sorted so late on!
Also got Fhqwhgads with me, no idea if anyone else is bringing beetles or if they'll even be able to run in the arena whilst its quiet, but it'll be there if so. Failing that, Hardwired 2 Classic is only about 8kg still... HW2/Fhqwhgads cluster, anyone?
Regarding beetles, I'll have RPM with me.
Also I love the new paint on HW2, looks so sleek!
Nice one! I think Sam said he might bring Lynx too, depending on whether they're alright running beetles in between times. Cheers too, wanted to spice it up a little, even if it is only going for whiteboards. This particular paint scratches really, really easily though I've found which won't be so fun hahaha
I was planning to have Inertia B with me- I'm fitting some new wheels tomorrow to fix the ground clearance issues
May bring Flatulence along then, last time I ran it was against Calum's flipper at GSL last year. Just needs the wheel grub screw tightened and it's good to go. Although if I've got time I'll maybe pop some 1000rpm motors in it as the MFA ones are a little on the slow side these days.
There may not be a huge amount of time for battles as they tend to let punters have a shot of the robots in between shows. That said, everyone tends to hang around for half an hour or so afterwards so may be fine.
Might bring glitch but dought it will last against the spinners
If theres room and weight left in my suitcase I'll bring one too
I'm planning on bringing Lynx along, just need to make up some wheels for it and it's good to go. Found out it had a dodgy bearing which was causing a stiff spot when spinning, put a new bearing in and, well it's rather scary.....and loud....very loud.
Well, Overdrive didn't do as well as I'd have hoped in the main championship, but considering the robot was built really late on, I can't say I'm unsurprised at the fact! As for the concept of Overdrive, I think I may shelf that for a little while, not sure I'm entirely set on the vertical game just yet... I have a few ideas for next year's entry, all I do know is that it won't be Overdrive, nor Hardwired 2.
Speaking of which, Hardwired 2 did actually rather well considering, got it running rather well in a whiteboard, and it pushed things for the first time ever! The change of tires and drop to 3s really did make a world of difference. Huge thanks to Mario for the motor too! It does feel the right time to retire the 900s though, they're getting so rare/expensive and Hardwired 2 being a solid brick means it eats motors and speed controllers pretty quickly. That said, the machine itself isn't getting retired, after taking varying degrees of punishment the chassis is still in usable condition... so I can't really yet haha! It'll be back for spinner-based whiteboard hilarity next year I'd imagine, if I can adjust the drive!
All in all though, whilst not a successful champs for myself, it was a brilliantly fun one. Congrats to the winners and many thanks to the Robochallenge crew for once again putting on a spectacular event!