lol, just like mgm (antweight fbs with tuna can shell) and mgm2 (antweight overhead bar spinner) was alot of fun but got written off by militant :PQuote:
Originally Posted by k_c_r
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lol, just like mgm (antweight fbs with tuna can shell) and mgm2 (antweight overhead bar spinner) was alot of fun but got written off by militant :PQuote:
Originally Posted by k_c_r
That drawing doesn't look too far away from Eric's shape but I see what you mean about the slight reduction in relative length, still looks close enough though :) . The 1.5mm aluminium armour will be thicker than big Erics though :lol:
Yeah, it's not that accurate but once it's all coloured up to match, you should be able to tell what it is :)
Not got off to the best of starts though, was hacking some old servos to use the boards as speed controllers but out of four, I currently only have one working one due to broken bits/overheated circuits/random failures on the rest, so I took the lazy way out and bought two 2A controllers off eBay :lol:
Update
The mini Chaos 2 has been shelved for the upcoming AWS as I was having problems with both the drive and weapon. The drive wheels weren't touching the ground equally so it was struggling to steer in a straight line and then I buggered the weapon servo which just compounded a rather frustrating day yesterday.
So I decided to take all the parts I had for a fleaweight and throw them into an Electronize cover and add a polycarb wedge. Introducing:
Kiss My Asimov :proud:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6206.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6207.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6208.jpg
Weighs in at 59g, so got 16g spare to devote to a little more armour. The wheels were external originally but that meant it couldn't fit in the 3 cube so I had to rip everything out and start over again. But it's a fun little beastie to drive :)
Progress on EricA is much slower. I've only got some of the chassis made and one wheel/motor combo attached. It looks quite odd and un-Eric-ish due to the size restriction. Eric's quite a bit longer than it is wide, but the ant is pretty square and has to be rather tall to fit everything in. Hopefully it'll bear a resemblance once it's all finished though:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6218.jpg
I have to admit, these things take a lot more work than I anticipated, possibly because I'm not used to building at this scale. I could throw a basic featherweight together in a weekend but struggled to get a 150g creation made in the same time-frame. Oh well, gives me something to do with my evenings this week...
Goes to show that a competitive ant is not an easy build. Its got its challenges like the other 3 active weight classes (Beetle, feather and heavy)
Wait, what? Who said anything about this ant being competitive?! :lol:
Hard to tell from here, are the wheels going to be exposed (Robot Wars Eric) or inboard (Eric now)? A pointless detail, but just helping you with your accuracy :lol:
You could start a trend Jamie whereby you make a smaller weight class out of a component from a larger one.
Next week, I wanna see a FW in a Bosch 750, ok?
hahahaha
That would be awsome(bit samlll though)
Umm, both :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Anttazz
They'll be mounted inside, but the side armour starts off vertical and then slants up to the top, so I'm going to have cut-outs in the armour to clear the wheels (the wheels are a bit large in proportion to the rest of the robot). So yes, technically they'll be in and out.
A FW in a Bosch 750? Challenge accepted! :D