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Your design reminds me very much of Team Shock's old FW Lightwave:
http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/?pages=robot&id=1008
Nice design, hope to see it in action soon.
Word of advice, screwing into HDPE is generally not a good idea, you should have some manner of bracing between plates.
Cheers dave, hopefully I'll be getting 4x 12v motors, 4x 100mm wheels, 2x speed controllers, 2x 7.2v 4500 batteries, black and red silicone wire and a removable link this weekend so I can finally get started :lol:
I hope I'll be able to start making my frame in my mates bodyshop this weekend to as I need to use his welder. :P
fit a weapon
similiar to my first robot prodigy, i used cheap box section from b&q, i had 5mm mild steel scoop, 10mm hdpe bolted to the sides and back, 4mm hdpe lid, 2mm stainless base. Was a really simple design you can build one in a good afternoon lol, think i built about 4 versions including a clusterbot.
(going off memory here)
it ran on 4 drill motors, with a sabertooth, and 2 x 9.6v packs. was my most successful in competition, most reliable and easiest to fix.
I was never bothered about sticking it in with any spinner, had a few spinner fights and never lost one. all you needed was a file and hammer to fix the knocks, and u were ready to go again.
great first robot, but for me I soon got bored of not causing damage to others and just recieving it :lol:
my first ever fight with it, and it was against 2 spinners!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-BLc9ZjOyE
testing my old spinner out on prodigy chassis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFBuJjIh9A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQ--9z2BQM
not sure where prodigy is now, did sell it to jack orr i think??, got a 6 wheel drive version here but i havent bothered to finish that one at the moment, its gathering dust on my shelf.
As mentioned above you are going to have weight issues without a doubt, you are gonna have to drill alot of holes to reduce the weight!!, you will be surprised when you put 4 drills,wheels, batteries and speedos on a set of scales how heavy it will be.
yes i have it, was in the middle of fitting some speed controllers before we came down to the island, now iv got the others out the way i can get it all sorted :)
also, that design looks good, liking the funky curves ^^ dont tap HDPE it will fail pretty soon, (check out the how to section on my site for more details) it should be a nice platform to start on! get it down to a few events and enjoy!
jack
Hello guys thanks for all your comments, I will post some pics soon :proud: