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few pics of ram n billet piston
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Surely you shouldn't be using push fits if it's at full pressure?
After the valve isnt pressurised
Did you custom build the cylinder or is it a off the shelf part? Looks custom but I may be wrong
Ye its custom, its a mini version of the Flow and Diablo rams
Sorry I'm probably being stupid but isn't it all pressurised when the ram is fired? Or is it that it's only pressurised for a short amount of time so it's ok?
Ye there is a vent hole (exaust) in bottom of ram so it vents before it reaches high pressure, this was only for testing high pressure ones will be used on final build. we do not recommend using 10bar fittings on a system like this as they can still blow
Here is a photo I took last night, Its a crappy photo but it just shows a bit of size differance
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...e/bd2cd937.jpg
You guys never fail to amaze me with what you can achieve, looks fantastic :)
Mount for the self righting servo for 180
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what valve are you using Kenny?
The pneumatic setup isn't mine, its dave / toms
ahh right, sorry Kenny, Tom/Dave what valve are you using?
Gravy valve. For pressurised gravy pumps.
Aaaaaahhhhhhh bisto
lol
That's one of the problems I came across, given up on the flipper for a while. Want to finish the other beetle rocky which I think will be more effective, and far simpler. Will probably finish the flipper sometime in the future, but in the mean time it would be nice to see how yours goes!
At Kennys getting the body for The Gimp (my full body spinner) machined.
Here is the billet
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/2b285704.jpg
Kennys 180 on the billet
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/b0d2dd1e.jpg
One side done and now for the other side
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/d6a71c5f.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/1e40a283.jpg
Outside finished.
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/2853ee7c.jpg
What is it with you and taking a massive piece of metal and machining away 95% of it?
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/eedeb123.jpg
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/...p/b379ead7.jpg
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How much does it weigh?
Looking smexy, love the radioactive symbol milled into it. You guys planning on having these ready for the Robo Challenge open day?
looking good tom
Hopefully they should be ready.Quote:
Originally Posted by k_c_r
What material is that? How are you attaching the spinning element to the rest of Gimp?
I need to get a blade sorted for Spinza.
Quick test of drive system in the gimp
http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q329 ... 63f870.mp4
could do with a few more lipos
Still got room for more lipos lol. I was suprised it drives really well. Dave wired it up today. Just looking for a different brushless setup at the moment. Somthing with a lower profile motor than it has, and less KV. Would love to see a few more people building them and posting pics.
mine is no futher than random motors and a couple of lipos atm. still designing it.
I have the design of mine but I used the motors for my ant arena effects, need to get some more.
I'm also not sure if I can get my design in the weight:
1mm Ti base plate
1mm Carbon fibre top
1.2mm Ti front
10mm HDPE bulkheads (held in with Ali angle)
1 x 1300mAh 11.1v battery
1 x sabretooth 5A
2x MFA 100:1 motors
1 x 12T gear and 1 x 24T gear (possibly, may be less)
And the clincher
1 x speedo 900 replica for my weapon
I can see the S900 replica screwing you for weight there Dave.
I'm not so sure. I reckon it'll be the 1mm carbon fibre top that'll take it way over the weight limit.
be nice to see some non spinners.
My mini Turb flipper (well, electric lifter) is still sitting in need of some TLC. Been lacking motivation with it as the armour's a bit fiddly, but should just need some attention over a weekend to get it done. Maybe this weekend coming now that I've finished on Cicatrix.
Rocky needs a new body, and I'm also cutting a new blade. After that, all I need is the pully, and bearings. And how are you going to fit the s 900 in? They weight loads, im using a motor a 3rd of the size and it still looks big!
What weight are people building to? I remember reading a long whilke back that people could not decide to go with a straight kilo or the 1.36kg of the US. Was a decision ever reached?