Swannys Bar

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Simple but expensive!!

thaty looks like it would turn a tank. very expensive too. still i do like it :)

Shane your motor and screw drive is perfect, but instead of having a microswitch to limit the travel you use it to control the motor drive relative to a separate block on the steering arm, this is controlled from a standard servo. This is very hard to put into words!

I will try to do a better picture layout for you, but it will probably be later today - I have to go xmas shopping(yawn).:sad:

Trev

enjoy trev. done all mine :)

Shane - on my profile is a sketch showing roughly how the system works. I have not added microswitches to limit the travel as you can work that one out.

The wiring is the key, as by using 2 changeover relays, when both relays are off the 0v connections short out the motor contacts and slam the brakes on. Without this the steering will tremble

When the sliding block moves it triggers a microswitch that makes the motor chase the block. When the block stops the motor will stop when the steering arm with the relays attached catches up. When you release the joystick on your remote the servo centres itself and so does the steering arm. The limit microswitches are wired in line with the trigger m/switches to switch off the relays.

Hope that makes sense!

Trev

gonna go with your setup trev. i will let you know when its complete but there is no hurry at the mo. i wanna take it to the fairford event to race around on an evening. you can inspect it there. and i am sure john bell would like to play too. :)

well its christmas party time again and i will be spending my christmas staff party on my own as usual. i have to travel 1 hour to work every day so i cant join in the christmas party with the staff and my boss just doesnt drink so if anyone else is in a similar position mabee we could all get together and have our own staff christmas party.

or mabee not cos we would all have to travel anyway

or mabee i should have a christmas online forum team bud christmas party in here and have fun and that

well i am not as bored as some people who is sat there refreshing their email box hoping for email :)

leave me out of this

a very happy christmas to all my roboteering friends. i have had a good year this year and i am sure it will be good in 08 too. thanks for everyones help with bits and bobs at events. i really am looking forward to every event this year and i hope envy performs well. MERRY CHRISTMAS :)

get shadowrun all you xbox360 owners then we can host our own private match.

noo cod4

i have dug out some old vids of some old events but they are on vid tape and i dont have the stuff to convert them to pc. can anyone help? some old faces and robots and its good to look back. i want to put them on my photo bucket so you can see them. :)

if you give them to me at swindon ive got a dvd copier dvd player so that makes them to dvd and then thats easy to put on computer and you still have the videos

sounds like a plan :)

team bud are now proud to announce that we will be holding the uk championships 2008. we have managed to hire an old factory in northampton in which we will build the origional robot wars arena from series 3. we have been in talks with the bbc and they are keen to do some filming although might not be screened. fra rules will apply and there will be seeded robots picked out of a hat. entry fees of £100 per team to help with building costs. more info to follow. event hopefully will be held on april the 1st. thats all for now

Oh oh - when do sign ups open!??!!
Ill update the FRA Events pages then asap!

Mr Stu

Boy you are early Shane. :)

wow that will be cool are feathers able to compete and is the entry the same

Hi Shane,

Cheque is in the post!

Your holding, im winning, cya in april *goes to workshops*

oh no!! Bad timing Shane. I just sold all my robots!!
Can the guys who bought Wheely Big Cheese, S3, and Edgehog please let me have them back for this event.

so how much prize money we having shane?

£5000 1st place? for heavy

£3000 1st place feather?

got a list of confirmed robots competing...
Razer
Hypnodisc
Warhead
Mortis
Roadblock
Hellsteeth
Air
Thor
Trax
T-bone
Typhoon
Panic Attack
Biohazard
Chaos 2
WBC
Gemini
Beast of Bodmin
Cassius
Steg
Nightmare

thats just a few. also the house robots attending will be Mr physco and Growler and killerlot.

if that dont do it i dont know what will. :)

t bone

even we beat that rubbish :rofl:

thought i saw beast then but its beast of bodmin who eva that is lol

Beast is on the list john. all the current robots are on the list. even Envy :)

just couldnt be bothered to type em all in

so prize money?

i might aswel spend it now :)

well i have thought about prize money and i have come to this conclusion.

Sponsers have put in £100,000
I have personally put in a quid
entry fees from roboteers £100,000

so the breakdown of prize monies as follows..

winner.... 50 quid
2nd .... 20 quid

thats about it really. the rest goes toward the end of season party :)

Add Hypnodisc Shane, I just got off the phone with Derek Rose, I bought t!!
:)

ill go spend the £50 now then :)

so whats the party going to be like

*goes to smash 360*

the party will be all your dreams coming true in 1 night dude :) :) :)

:blush: I think we change it dave.

james baker i would like you to stop telling pork pies on my thread as you do. you know its me that has hypnodisc and its in my shed right now. :)

James you own S3?? hmmmm thats weird, as days after a phone call to you when i said i was buying it, the owner stopped replying to my emails when i was wanting to collect it, i hope you didnt go behind my back james, i always thought it was weird that the bloke suddenly stopped contact. if this is the case and i am correct in what i am saying i would recommend you keep your distance from me in the future at events.

no it isnt you fibbin little swan monster... I can prove it, look at my profile pic
:)

Oh Adrian,
Ive never even seen S3, have a look at my profile.
So you see, instead of keeping my distance I can happily give you a big hug and kiss next time I see you.