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righty ho,
Ive done a bit of work over the weekend, gonna do more soon
Finished the scorpian xxl enclousure
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0282.jpg
And also turned down the threaded rod from a car jack to 9.2mm
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0283.jpg
Right,
I've been doing a lot of work on laser 2 getting it ready for the champs. We've mounted the limit switches and wired them up, and we've also finished the lifter assembly.
here are a few pics
Scorpian xxl mounted
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture004.jpg
lifter assembly
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture005.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture006.jpg
Limit switches:
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture007.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture012.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...Picture014.jpg
and finally a vid of the lifter working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpnKIUNl3dM
nice! looking good!
Spent the last few days building a power supply, heres the finished product:
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/DSC00183.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/DSC00182.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/DSC00181.jpg
Rather than starting a new thread I would rather use this one.
I finally got round to starting work on my new antweight, twister.
I'm going to keep the weapon a secret at the moment, but I assure you it will be good!
I got a bit bored today, so I decide to go into the workshop and see what needs doing.
I got a Baby-Orangutan, as inspired by Jim, as I was in need of a compact and light ESC capable of running 4 motors
I saw the baby-Orangutan, so I wired it up and programmed it, and just now a few tests.
here are the pics and results of the test...
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0015.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0011.jpg
the size of it compared to my finger
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0012.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0013.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...o/IMAG0014.jpg
right,
havent done much in ages with laser as i have been so busy and not had access to the workshop for a while. I hadnt really touched Laser since the champs, but the scorpian xxl had broken in it so we have decided to go to hacked brushless esc's. Instead of buying the esc's ready ahcked I decided to hack them myself:
esc opened up
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00217.jpg
programming pins soldered on
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00220.jpg
esc's hacked
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00240.jpg
total money spent =£100 and i saved about £100 doing it myself.
The next thing to do on laser was to change the hdpe base to a 3mm ali base, which was done quite easily.
The other thing I have dont is swapped the lifter motor for a DeWalt drill, this now means it ias about 3x more powerfull and i have an option of 2 speeds.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00230.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00238.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00237.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC00241.jpg
Those are some really good upgrades! Simple but they could be very effective!
Do you have a link to a 'How To' on hacking those brushless ESC's and where you can get those from as I was going to replace my Electronize with those 85A ESC's.
Tutorial: http://www.robowars.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1609
Store: www.botbitz.com
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Really good upgrades man! The ESCs should make a big difference, as they did to ours. And liking the dewalt. :)
(videos!)
You know... I think I will get them pre-hacked, that looks a little beyond me. Or more accurately mu bank balance wouldn't cover any screw ups!