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last minute panic, decided to put Alpha back together today, went to check it and found one motor pulling 50amps on no-load! Having stripped it and cleaned it up, checked it again, now pulling 40amps and getting very hot, turns out it had a winding gone, but you could hardly see it. So panic as it takes 2-3weeks for a new motor to come from Germany. Luckily i have managed to find an old motor with a bent case, but good armature, but its a different hand, but will hopefully fit, will try it on Friday. This may explain Alphas poor power over the last few events (years!) because good knows how long i've been running it burnt out!
beauty had one sort of fight link came out and a 1 min latter TT pushed toons spinner into back of usQuote:
I always thought Kaizer was last with its league score of 2.
wrote it off big time and only 1 point
all i can say is REVENGE IS SWEET!!!
theres only 1 bot we are after :)
Roboteer emails will be going out to everyone today. It will contain a lot more info than usual due to the nature of the event so please take your time to read through all of the document. If anyone has any quires our contact details will be provided. Good luck everyone not long to go!
whats going to be the lightest robot in the champs?
Depends which robot gets most beaten up by a spinner :)
Probably won't know until the event itself (one week - eeep!); are you planning on going for a new record?
Just finishing off emails will be sent shortly! :) not long to go!!!
i wont get a spinner that light I dont think but ill be under the old 12kg limit id have thought. Still waiting on lipos from flightpower, there taking ages, like 2 weeks so far and iv emailed 3 times and not had a reply so dont know what im doing about batteries.
I'm still waiting on wheels coming through. Ordered them a good 3 weeks ago. Worst case i'm gonna have to make my own from some HDPE I got kicking around.
Kaizer & captain scarlet were running for lightest last year I believe. About 7/8kg?Quote:
Originally Posted by xtreme
Can't believe I had the most awesome oota & no-one filmed it!
Hi All - I have just sent out an e-mail to all the competitor's attending. Hopefully I havnt missed anyone? Appologies if I have, we have been working in the factory on things for the event from 8am - 1am onwards everyday this week so my mental capacity for finer details is dwindling!
If theres anything you feel we may have missed please give us a call or an e-mail and we will get back to you ASAP.
Have fun :proud:
I've only just skimmed through it, but that has to be the most fancy roboteer's email I've ever seen :lol:
That was a bit fancy wasnt it? I just read through it all, well I tried to read it but got distracted by pictures.
I was sad there wasn't a CAD 3D model of me in the pictures :rofl:
How did you want to be cadded on the drawings? Boner in 1 hand and trophy in the other?
And dont say boner in both hands, Its not that big
that has giving a good smile on my face to start the day :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by xtreme
:uhoh:
Is there no soldering of any sort on the pit tables?
I can see me having to crack out the iron quite frequently......
Just nab one of the pit tables near the repair zone so that you can just nip to and from it easily enough :)
And it's amazing how much hilarity can be had from a dodgy robot name :lol:
I haven't received the email :?
I have received it now, thanks
No mail for me :(
Bitza is currently in Bits..... Seems we have a critical yet mysterious problem that I need to fathom. Hopefully we can get it running before next weekend!
Despite changing the motors and them running fine the other day, the robot now barely has the torque to move itself! I think the batteries are on there way out.....
well my DX3s arrived today and also a AR6255 reciever. Still no sign of my lipos. Ill start uploading pics of my progress monday. Its going to be the most rushed crappy robot ever, but the parts I do get done before thursday night should look nice-ish. Going to try get the drum done first because thats the most important part.
I'm going to be competing with you for that title Tom, you're going to have to make it really crappy if you wanna win :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by xtreme
Tron is nearly ready to take on the world, just sorting out the wheels again :shock:
Changed a gearbox on one of the Seraph drive motors, fitting a battery charger lead on to the robot, so I don't have to mess round with all the 4mm bolts.
Booked the B&B
Not a bad day :proud:
Anywhere else in the uk you can get FLIGHTPOWER EVO-ULTRA NANO 50C 11.1V 3300mAh 3cell 50C Lipos? I really dont think flightpower want to send me mine.
hi Tom - your best bet is to contact Matt Watkins at Midland Helicopters - They usually keep good stock. FlightPower lipos are currently being sent from China so shipping times seem to be varying quite abit.
i have the same problem tom 3 weeks now and still not sent paid for 4-6 day delivery lol
its a bit of a joke for a massive company they have offered me my money back with less than a week to go
this is a public domain so i will not swear but thats how i feel
i hope they can read this message!!!
Ye it said 4-6 days on mine too.
Grant Ill give midland helicopters a try, I have seen century uk with them but its another 150 quid on lipos from them. Ill Just have to get them from midland helicopters or from century if flightpower havent got back to me by monday. Just sent them a 4th e-mail so hopefully they will get back to me this time.
Mine took just over 2 weeks to turn up, there probably stuck at customs. Give Julian an e-mail and ask for the tracking information.
Ill wait untill monday, see what happens.
Ill get my mate to bring his camera, Try get a decent picture of every robot at the event. Have to get a pic of calums on the scales, Will be about 5kg over as usual :p
Hi all just a couple of videos of slow test spins for ls4 and buzzbar although ls4 had a problem but is fixed now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3QPpd7v57M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPbbZx8g3AY
Takes over a minuite to spin down...think thats a tech check failure :P
Like how you stop buzzbar going anywere by putting your foot on it lol
Im glad I dont have either of them in the first rounds.
Iv only got Tiny Toon and Beauty 2 in the first round, shud be easy for me, I mean them two robots arnt ever gonna win anything are they?
I've got a LS4 and Vortex sandwich as my third fight! That'll be fun.......
Ahh wouldn't worry too much, they will probably take each other out.
Yes the new gearbox is too good so it took 1min 30secs to spin down but its sorted now.
buzzbar spins round when it spins up too fast, the 7kw motor is a bit powerful.
sweet, can't wait to have a battle with it :D