ENVY

lol

tested flipper on sunday. so far so good. more than happy.

Nice thread name change. Who did it for you? :)

Put up a link to the pic too! :)

Envy will be full battle ready for magna. hope to make both shows but might only be the 2nd one because of work. bringing edge hog along james?

yes i am Shane.
if we get chance to fix it after wigan :)

get in that workshop then james :)

No pics of the new robot? :sad:

kody there is a pic of me and envy (during testing) on the roaming robots website on the events section under wigan. although its changed a bit now tho i am sure there will be more on there soon. i cant load a pic on my profile on here cos the files are too big and i have tried to shrink em but cant. :)

edgehog is ready :)

envy needs painting then ready

Hmm i not tell you my thoughts on paint work :P

i was thinking a nice terracota with a summer peach highlight, maybe with pineapple stencils and an uplighter?

Green it is.

Green of Envy.

Or perhaps Mauve with a trace of salmon pink.

just recieved an e-mail about magna....

This also means that I don€™t want ANY robots flippedout of the arena, we must protect their floor and they are adamant about it.

YES!!!! a full length fight at last :) we may actually bring battery chargers to this one :)

(this relates to this thread, as it now takes away the whole revenge of envy thing.... mwha-ha-ha :) )

envy performed outstanding is all i can say really. i am very happy indeed. still some minor mods and more armour as it weighed in at 86kg are in order. got a little revenge on edgehog bit it really pitted inself. said that i think envy would have had it in there anyway. cool :)

was cool Shane looked like a relaible controllable robot, all hail Envy

Got any pics of Envy?

there will be some on the roaming robots website when the events gallery gets up. i will take some pics tho and try and get them on my profile. i am now going to build a feather envy so i will need a nice flipper setup. would mario be my best bet to make a good custom one?

ive a load of low pressure bits here if mario cant help you, plus email me to talk about motos/controller etc if you need advice.
cheers

As a guide little flipper is 50mm Dia, ~50mm stroke full pressure, think G3 is around the same.

i have a 50mm ram somewhere that i could cut down to length. i have some batteries and mabee some drill motors and wheels. what would be a good speedo to control it.

electronize from technobots http://www.technobots.co.ukwww.technobots.co.uk
scorpion xl from me http://www.xbotz.comwww.xbotz.com
leos specials. (leo van miert - hannibal)
if you want info about about any other type, let me know, and ill tell you if ive tested them and if they fell apart.

The Sabertooth 2x10 RC is the perfect low cost solution for drill motors, doing away with the chunky and delay causing relays of the electronizes, having a fully solid state construction.

http://www.gimsonrobotics.com/shop_rc-speed-controllers-sabertooth.htmlhttp://www.gimsonrobotics.com/shop_r...abertooth.html

Questions? Email on profile

All the best

i have decided on a new feather. it wont quite be like envy. mind you i dont know if i can pull it off at all but going to look into it. my initial idea is to employ 2 of my new bosch 12v motors for a kind of silly speed ram bot. 1 to 1 drive for maximun sillyness. calling it billy whizz. :) :) :) :)

Sounds good - Run them at 24v and it will be seriously good!
There has been a feather using bosche 750s a while back, I think it was called alienator something similar.

Sounds a bit like one of Nightmares old bots ....

http://www.robotmarketplace.com/whirligig1.htmlhttp://www.robotmarketplace.com/whirligig1.html

gonna try it with 12v and 24v. might be a bit much on 24v but hey in for a penny in for a pound. :)

envy being upgraded to 36v on bosch 24v. more armour to take it to 100 kg

upgraded envy nearly built. runs on 36v, lower frame and lower angle flipper, hardox front and flipper. 8mm ti rear and front sides, down graded from ni-cads to hawkers 16ah for longer play. will put a more recent pic on profile later but you can get the idea from the pic on there. will be ready to play at the riat event.

played at riat event with some sucess putting a robot out of the arena. problem was the front hinge was weak and wasnt up to the job. so now i am yet again rebuilding with complete new chassis. base from hardeded ali with 5mm hardox front and sides. bout 8 inches thinner and about the same length with even bigger flipper. hope to do well at uk champs but then i hope to do well at any event. :)

best update this one first.

well envy performed well at the ul champs. there are flaws like i didnt have a power return and got stuck upside down but these things can be easly fixed. anyway for those who care envy flipped oota.....leveller, big nipper, tan, das gapec, kan opener. i was pleased with envys performance but alas didnt win anything major. flipper broke on one battle and eventually burning out a motor ending envys champs. still it was a good week and i was over the moon. i have now put in envy some mag c40 motors so i can go to 24v and have a realible drive. went to portsmouth event for testing but in the rush getting the motors fixed forgot to tighted bolts holding the motor to the chassis eventually stripping the spur gears and losing drive on one side. portsmouth wasnt a good event for envy but i do hope to make up for it at notts. thankyou very much for the batteries mr bell i will now do some proper testing on ni-cads. oh and thankyou very much mr bell for the other thing. you know what i mean. :) :) i am now in the process of re-doing the drive back to form and this time i will make sure i tighten bolts. if anyone has watched the uk champs dvd i hope envy impressed. very well done to the big nipper lads and unlucky thz you will reign supreme one day. cant think of anything else at the mo but will keep envy thread updated for those interested. new pic on profile too but that was just a mess about paint job.

bud does this mean you have the same house power as john wayne
:lame:

That looks niiiiiiiiiiiice. :) Except for the paint job. :proud:

jason you are so gonna get a slap. kody i was just messing but not its green with go faster white stripe.i will get a photo and put it on when i can

ordered new mo2 2 gears. a step up from 1.5 en24 steel so i do hope these hold up. if not i will cry. that or rebuild the whole robot.

tanto uses mod 1.5 dont see why you would need more than me? Tanto is (no offense mate) more powerfull sounds odd?

anyway mod 2 should do ya if not theres soemthing wrong

i think it might be the gear ratio too. i will be using 5.7 to 1. the motors will be working hard but i will have the speed. essential for effective envy. but i just want to be sure with mod2. i know it may be a little over the top but i hope it will last.

shane Thz and I used 10 T to 50 T on 6 wheels

Mod 2 as well}

Shane

I have found 10:1 to approx 10 wheels to be about optimum, in other words - driving wheel dia in inches;1

Mighty Mouse has 6:1 ratio to 5 wheels.

Mod2 gears are good if you are not too precise with shaft positioning, but dont thin down the gears, I have to in Velocirippa and all the gear teeth are bent over.

Trev