Mr.Pink

Not to sound condescending, but, checked the batteries? Has caught us out in the past.

Try the obvious things first. Like Ellis said the batteries can be the source of several flashing issues. You are running a brand new LiPo so you may need to balance charge it. Then check the output on your regulator to the Receiver. That has got me several times when it wasn't running right and cost me a receiver as well; it got cooked with 14.8v :uhoh:

Well first I need to get a power supply, not relay got round getting one.

I don't use a regulator, don't even know what it is :lol: and I power my receiver with a ParkBEC 5V 1.25A BEC that can handle up to 8s lithium.

I thought I'd post this here, I told Ed Hoppit that this robot was Mr Purple (because of the new paint job), not Mr Pink, so he said Mr Purple when he announced the winner of one of the melees :P

Well the paint is stared to look more pink these days, I guess it's got something to do with time. I do own purple paint and it looks noting like this :lol:

At the Deeside Leisure Centre event, this has been Mr Pink's best and worst event so far. Winning 1 round, nearly winning 1 round, got count out and commit suicide.

Upgrading to the 14.8v lo-po battery was the right choice but now, Pink is hard to control, I don't know if you can blame it on the arena floor or my drive skills, but I say both.

I may have to consider putting a gyro in him. But I don't know were to get one. (I have looked) I do have plans on making a new Mr.Pink with a lifting scoop. Why not a flipper? Well the combat robot world, does not need more flippers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuFHO2b-aLc

I use a GWS pG-03 gyro. If your robots going to be invertable at any point, I would recommend a gyro switcher to turn the gyro off remotely (otherwise it goes into a death spin).

If you can put a linear actuator into the scoop, do it :).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GWS-PRO-PIEZO ... 1e73acf407

i got 1 of these for testing they seem pretty good

I could be wrong, but I think that's a heading lock gyro, which basically means, when you arm it up and then drive it, the gyro will keep turning the robot to the direction it was facing originally when armed up. I will check this though :P.

well if that 1 is there here is 1 that isn't :lol:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GWS-PG01-Gyro ... 3a7ad7b49e

Update

I just got a GWS pG-03 gyro and played around with it, but how do you know when it's working? It's my first time using one of these.

Also do you mount in flat of side ways?