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Sewer Snake style is the aim. The drill is actually from the dump, but it's fully functional (just a bit grubby). Think it was thrown out purely because it was a bit ratty and the battery had died.
Considering Sewer Snake's success, we're hoping this lifter'll be a little more interesting than a threaded rod setup. We intend to build it for the German event in September, and depending on how that goes, enter it at the UK champs next year. We may have a third machine to enter by then too, though that's way down the line.
I'll go into more detail of what we have planned for Tormenta 2 when I make a thread for it.
Oh, and, starting the process of uploading the footage we got from Yeovil and the champs. I'll link any uploads here.
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This is my idea for a lifter it's a heavy weight called Cherub :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YNVaiSAXsU
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Feel free to pick my brain about the stuff I did in Nyx. One thing I'd list as an absolute must if you're using an electric drive for weapon power is a torque limiter of some sort. With the dewalts it was the difference between a fully functional weapon and snapping shafts constantly.
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Just so you know, Sewer Snake doesn't use limit switches or torque limiters.
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We'll look into the torque limiting business. We have already toyed with keeping the drill's already existing limiter in place. We won't be using limit switches, I don't think. If all goes well, the thing will be too fast for them to make sense anyway. With a large enough ESC and a bit of practice, I reckon it will be fine. Quite far down the line that, though. :)
I have started uploading footage to here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamExpat - subscribe if you wish; we have quite a few recordings of various fights.
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did component.shop pay you to advertise that sticker?
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No, they didn't. The stickers came with the batteries, and their service was genuinely good, so we stuck a few on the machine. :)
