How could I Improve pt 2

i dont think even he knows that joey :P

anywho, here is a feather iv been designing:

CrOoKeD MeTaL OnE:

Weight: 13:6kgs
Weight-Class: Featherweight
Paintjob: black with flames and boggle eyes on the front (crooked of course :D) a gaping mouth on the front/flipper (with fangs) and a menacing picture of Jeremy Clarkson on the back ïÅ
Shape: a long box wedge with rounded side and rear
Armour: 3.5mm ali all over
Drive: 2x 14.4v dewalt drill motors
Power: a 12v NiCad pack
Weapon: a full pressure, front hinged, pneumatic flipper, capable of giving 25-30 flips ïÅ
Ground clearance: 0mm at the front, 2mm at the sides and rear.
Dimensions: 45x50x12
Locomotion: 2x blue wheels
Shrimec: the flipper
Strengths: good flipper, oota capability, nippy, can€™t be stacked

any comments, ideas, a foam filled crocodile?

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Originally Posted by team_orr

i dont think even he knows that joey :P

anywho, here is a feather iv been designing:

CrOoKeD MeTaL OnE:

Weight: 13:6kgs
Weight-Class: Featherweight
Paintjob: black with flames and boggle eyes on the front (crooked of course :D) a gaping mouth on the front/flipper (with fangs) and a menacing picture of Jeremy Clarkson on the back ïÅ
Shape: a long box wedge with rounded side and rear
Armour: 3.5mm ali all over
Drive: 2x 14.4v dewalt drill motors
Power: a 12v NiCad pack
Weapon: a full pressure, front hinged, pneumatic flipper, capable of giving 25-30 flips ïÅ
Ground clearance: 0mm at the front, 2mm at the sides and rear.
Dimensions: 45x50x12
Locomotion: 2x blue wheels
Shrimec: the flipper
Strengths: good flipper, oota capability, nippy, can€™t be stacked

any comments, ideas, a foam filled crocodile?

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A decent spinner will chew up 3.5mm ali pretty badly. :twisted:

Well heres an ant i've just finished:

Wild-ant
weight: 150g
weight-class: Ant weight
paint-job: black all over with wild blobs of red.
shape: low wedge.
lo-commotion: 2x Lego wheels
armor: 2mm polycarbonate all over.
weapon: my favorite part! it has a pneumatic flipper that can flip from 25-30 times each battle, also it can flip over 500g.
dimension: 4€ by 2.5€ by 1€
ground clearance: 0mm at the front 1mm at the sides and 2mm at the back
speed: Fast
Power: 11.1v Lipo
Drive: Micro gear motors at 50:1
Strengths: Powerful flipper, speed, pretty good armor.

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Originally Posted by Harry_Orr

Well heres an ant i've just finished:

Wild-ant
weight: 150g
weight-class: Ant weight
paint-job: black all over with wild blobs of red.
shape: low wedge.
lo-commotion: 2x Lego wheels
armor: 2mm polycarbonate all over.
weapon: my favorite part! it has a pneumatic flipper that can flip from 25-30 times each battle, also it can flip over 500g.
dimension: 4€ by 2.5€ by 1€
ground clearance: 0mm at the front 1mm at the sides and 2mm at the back
speed: Fast
Power: 11.1v Lipo
Drive: Micro gear motors at 50:1
Strengths: Powerful flipper, speed, pretty good armor.

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4x2.5x1, way too narrow and low, It will never fit. Give it 3.5 wide and 2 high You'd be more in the ballpark. You have to store your gas somewhere, and your lipo, and your receiver, and your ESC, and your ram, and your valve etc...

Joey, I'm talking about a couple of improvements I made to the double-clutch system. Now the gear won't get knocked out of place, and it won't jump back suddenly as it engages either the drive or clutch.

...I'm still not overly convinced you know what you're talking about to be honest...

As I said, I am referring to the double clutch used on Cyrilium Mach 4.

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Originally Posted by joeychevron

...Mark, do you actually know what you are talking about?

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I think he means a guide slot for the lever and solenoids.

That's what I meant. That way, when the gear repeatedly engages the drive/flipper, the lever won't get knocked out of position to where the gear cannot make contact with either the drive or flipper.

Cyrilium Mach 4 is looking much better now. But you're over-estimating the weight of the spinning rim. You're also under-estimating the energy levels it will produce by a long way. It doesn't really matter what features you're adding to this double-clutch system, because at the moment I think it would destroy itself. The batteries don't look quite right either. But otherwise it's looking good.