RogueTwo Robots

ah right right, sorta the same with mine its still extremly slow but its got some force behind it now- i tried crushing my drum spinners chassis where 2 bits of 8mm hdpe join and it just went right through- claw even got stuck in the robot lol

and i'd go but i'm still minus 1 drum as kenny still needs to do it, if im not doing anything on that weekend i might come with the crusher and try get it running in some sort of rough state so we can try have a 1 on 1 at some point, think we need to agree no holding back either cos we might be able to do each other some cool damage :)

Update

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http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...r2_build56.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...r2_build57.jpg

Also received a pair of 120mm blue wheels with nut inserts for Drumroll, but they're an odd shade of blue, more commonly known as black :)
However, considering the robot is black, they go rather well.

Off to Hornet Headquarters tomorrow night so should be some decent progress to report soon.

As Jack Orr might say, those are 'smexy', are they Ti or what ?

Very nice peices :)

They're made from a material called Supralsim 690 apparently. They were going to be Hardox but it would've taken longer to get and cost a lot more so I'm trying this as an alternative. Not sure how it will compare to Hardox in the arena, so will be interesting to see them after a battle. They're really just a temporary measure as I'm contemplating switching to a beater when I remake Drumroll's chassis out of ali, but unlike my previous temporary measure of bolted bar teeth, these should be a lot more robust.

Also the teeth are going to be set 120° apart compared to the 180° offset on the old drum. Means there will be more hits per revolution but I like the idea of this being a shredding drum (ala GutRip from the 1996 American RW vid) as much as a big impact drum.

looks cool Jamie, using that drum i gave you?

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Originally Posted by razerdave

As Jack Orr might say, those are 'smexy',

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excuse me but when i have i ever said that? XD i seem to be getting quoted a lot these days...

also very nice Jamie! vftw!
Jack

Update

Made some progress over the weekend, mainly with getting the new drum welded up and sorting out some hardox armour to improve protection:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...r2_build59.jpg

Also got the Speed 900 fitted, just needs wired to the Victor and the right-size belt fitted (the one in the pictures is a little big):

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...r2_build60.jpg

Not too much left to do on this. Just a few little things here and there but which will add up to at least half a day's work. Then finally some spiffy paint and it should be ready to go.

Hopefully I'll have some Carcinus picture updates after the weekend, by which point it should at least be started. Think it's going to be one of my quickest builds ever!

how thick is the mounting bracket that you have on your speed 900? im thinking just a 2mm ali bracket on the face of the motor to hold motor in place on mine but im not sure.

Oh and your robots looking quite awesome. Any more pics?

That mounting bracket is 4mm aluminium, but it's softer stuff than the traditional 6082 ali that's used. Should hopefully be robust enough though.

Can't honestly say how well 2mm ali will hold up, it'll all depend on how much force is going through your robot during each impact. But I used to mount my 900s with those mounting plates that come attached and they only broke after several large impacts, so you might be alright with 2mm ali.
Not got any more pics at the moment, but there's not much else to see from it's current state. More pics after the weekend probably, should be ready to rumble by that point :)