motors

Do you mean are they powerful enough? If so then a lot of robots use those drill motors and they are quite fast and powerful, you won't be the most powerful pusher but for your first robot there great! If you want more power then you can go for gimsons which will be more powerful.

i think i will get gimsons if they r in my price range but my robot is a thwackbot and needs alot of power

Plain grimsons are £24.50 but you can choose conectors and wires for them as well for an extra £1.70
grimson website: http://www.gimsonrobotics.co.uk/GR01...gearmotor.html

the scootoer motors are more powerful and will probably give me more impact when i attack enemies but i dont know what would be suitable for this esc:
http://www.technobotsonline.com/saberto ... or-rc.html
the only reason i suggested the scooter motor is because they are cheap and i thought they were good but if push comes to shove i will buy the gimson motors.

A quick question, which of your robots were most successful? what kind of robot are they? did you have any tactics?

scooter motors will end up costing more than the gimsons once you buy gears.
also, i don't like the sabertooth escs, they are a little fragile, try some electronizes much more rugged.

oh, i have a lifty pushy boring robot, runs 4wd off of 4 GR01 motors and it can lift around 50 kg

the robot sounds good and i may buy the gimsons but i thought i might need 18 - 24v motors to give it enough strength.

overvolting. overvolting. overvolting

running 12v drills on 18v gives you plenty power and speed for a simple bot.

oh ok i thought you had to match the voltage with the max of the esc and battery etc.

don't over volt an esc though

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_kw=ge ... erTools_SM any of these do? this is my first project and i want to get it right.