Hard Time's build diary

thanks!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

Update on LASER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHuGd7nWHPM

Update on Evil Pig Sty(EPS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbjikzMnjw

Preview of FluorecANT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGxFw1Be ... video_titl
LASER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtml5va ... ideo_title
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Impressive camera skills!!! LOL, and you have some decent robots there...

It's like a Bourne Film!

Theres should be a warning about taking your sea sickness pills before watching those videos :lol:

Got the lights done, looking good.
just got the lifter and the vids to go.
HEALTH WARNING WHILST WATCHING MY VIDEOS YOU MAY NEED SEA SICKNESS PILLS :lol: :lol: :lol:

not much done but I put some awsomely cool LED's in and put grub screws in the clutches.
we also tried to get the lifter going but it failed epicly :)

Pics of LED's 0_0
before link put in
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...R/25852110.jpg
Link in
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...R/03b24c4c.jpg

Evil Pig Sty is dead :cry:

Ok
Team Magma is making has ordered most of the parts for virus.
The plastic has arrived today.
little Q,
I want a spiining disk for kilo bot approx 170mm in diameter and want to weigh under 300 grams what thickness should I use and what material (i'm was either going to use Hadrox 450m, P20 or Grade 5 Titanium)

Find the density of the material you want and do the maths to calculate the volumetric size of your bar and you have your weight.

For comparison, the bar on Spinza is 270g, some sort of steel, and 320mm x 45mm x 2mm.

It's far too heavy though, components alone for Spinza weigh a Kilo.

got some bits for virus my kilobot...

got
2x MFA 30:1 gear motors
brushlees spinner motor
spinner motor ESC
wheels

ordered..
11.1v 1000mah lipo

also got some bits for Twister my FBS antweight.

bought 3 brand new pneumatic cylinders off ebay last week for under £25 (amazing deal!) and they came today
specs...
63mm bore, 75mm stroke
80mm bore, 50mm stroke
30mm bore, 100mm stroke

some pics...
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...s/0ae62fdf.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...s/e92e1e17.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...s/aea1a19e.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/...s/705290dc.jpg

How much (roughly) is a 63mm bore 75mm stroke cylinder meant to weight?

Finished Laser! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaw6YbZT ... ideo_title

my new cylinders.... :proud:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-Qzp3nG0U

Looks much better invertible

Thanks :)

looks really good, if your going to kidderminster we need a friendly one on one to see how our bots have improved :)

I don't think I can get to Kidderminster, but I'm defiantly going to Worthing.

I've had a few problems with Laser and we are going to change the 1.2mm ali to 4mm steel on the lifter
we have also changed it from the Planet to the spektrim as the reciever has broken.
The Sabertooth is still being a pain by randomly spinning or going the other direvtion to what I tell it to do when i put the stick staright into full forward.Any Help?

As for Shadow wave we are going to buy a regulator and a 20oz main tank and a few pipes and valves to get the pneumatic system going.
We are going to run it on 14.4v with 2x 12v deWalt d907 via a scorpian XXL
Where can I get a 12bar PRV?
also which valve would you recommend out of these three?:
http://www.solenoidvalvesuk.com/catalog ... 202010.pdf
http://www.solenoidvalvesuk.com/catalog ... 202010.pdf
http://www.solenoidvalvesuk.com/catalog ... 202010.pdf

Those valves have very low flow rate

PRD http://www.technobotsonline.com/pneumat ... alves.html

Valve http://www.technobotsonline.com/aircomp ... 32669.html

Thanks Alan I'll use that valve instead, but where can I get a solenoid to activate it?

anyone?
also what is the max pressure that the valve will take?

Max pressure is 7 bar

ohh dear.. I wont be able to use that valve :( back to looking at the valves above and maybe some burkets.

would any of these work?
http://www.esska-tech.co.uk/cgi-bin/ess ... 26X0000000
http://www.esska-tech.co.uk/cgi-bin/ess ... 4601X00000

some bits arrived from hobbyking today for my kilobot and my antweight FBS :)

may use one of these valves for shadow wave:
http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk/we ... =S07012250
http://www.airlines-pneumatics.co.uk/we ... =S07012325
http://www.johnsonvalves.co.uk/Data/Dat ... 0Valve.pdf

also waht is the difference in threads between G1/4, 1/4BSP and 1/4BSPP

20 oz co2 bottle came today.
How would I be able to fill it up at events?

First you make a convertion lead thing, with the right conector (you will have to ask someone else what type) and then you asks someone with experience to show you how to fill it up, and then you learn, although it's not too complicated, you just basically conecting it to a larger tank, and filling it up until it has 20 oz's of CO2 in it...

my 2 DeWalt 907's came today :)

new battery for laser came today.
Lots of power :)

I went to look round the jaguar factory in castle bromwich today :)
I saw lots of robots working and a hell lot of of aluminium, also got to see all the latest jags.

back to robots...
done some classified stuff to laser 2.1 and people will see it at worthing.
managed to blow my 5th s3003 servo board on Evil Pig Sty :crazy: so if anyone has a spare one could I please borrow/buy it at worthing.

i have bought this 20oz c02 bottle off amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/approved-20oz- ... 28&sr=8-14
does anyone have a lead that i can use to connect to the donor bottle to fill up for testing shadow wave?

i got a servo board

what kind?

standard servo size, ive got a few you can choose if you like

cool trade it for 2 and 6mm hdpe bring them to worthing