hopefully were underweight :rofl:
we are on our home scales lol
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hopefully were underweight :rofl:
we are on our home scales lol
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we have just tested beauty 3 and it flipped beauty 2 over the fence! so we have to fix that now
ran out of gas to so cant do anymore testing til the event
Fix what?
beauty 2
it fell apart when i went over the wall
LOL, sounds like youve improved it abit then!
Im at the factory trying to figure out how to make a new self-righter! Ive ran out of gears to make it like the old one, so we shall see.
Day after 2morrow Chaps:)
yeah liam, lets wind them up... how many hours is it to go... not long chaps !!!
Who thinks theyve got the most to do?
John
Essentially got a whole robot to build (dont ask!) while trying to tie up all the loose ends on Drumroll
Who can top that?
i got 2 to build ......and some gears to fetch tomorrow for the 3rd :sad::sad::P and try to loate some rxs that have gone astray :sad::sad::sad:
and time is ticking :):):):)
Hey dudes, Shall we put on a bet to see who U think will win?
LOL
Ive got a failsafe of yours Pete that Ill be returning at the weekend, just incase you wondered if any of them had gone astray.
Liam, bet your money on me :)
(just as soon as I add self-righting hoops!)
;)well i think it will be either
LF3 or a Beauty but theres lots of butts ;)
Got DB5 in bits, I recon I need to loose about 200g, put a new weapon motor in, wire it up and a new side pannel. Then I need to ort out a load of spares as im not going to be there so Dave needs to be able to fix it quickly it it breaks. Not much then.
Half ten on Thursday night, and Ive finally got Drumroll in a running condition. Had the drum spinning with drives going but couldnt go much above half power because it was too noisy and vibrated too much.
Tasks tomorrow include fitting the srimech hoops, top panel and balancing the drum once Ive made it one-toothed (yup, still not got that done yet!). All that and building the other robot, then be ready to leave at 1.30pm :uhoh::proud:
But on the plus side, it only weighs 12.1kg so far, according to our digital bathroom scales :)
beauty 3 weighs 13.6 according to our scales! gonna be a close one
beauty 2 is 13.3
Hmmm need to find a way of keeping Venoms armour on lol
stripped it down today and got the gearbox running again. all seems to work fine. beauty 3 is going down :) lol hey john you been practising your driving yet?
iv had a little drive but my dads terrible
Well James has justdecided to start working on venoms armour 10 mins ago, and Ive left my transmitter at home to test ploughbots new selfrighter. It still needs ALOT of work but it should be done intime. We seem to forget we have an event to get ready, not build our robots!!!
ive gota modify the front axles in 360 and find a way to mount the 2kg block of steel ive had to put in the back to get it upto the weight limit :) Make a craddle, Then pinch a few bolts from work to put in the odd panel and then im all done :)
Should probably test it better, but that would be boring.
I think either beauty or Little flipper are going to win
I need to loose 400 grams but I have all ready shaved 400 grams and recorn I can do it. I have a whole other side that I need to work on. I also could replace the front scoop with an ali one.
Anoyed that the robot is completly finished expet all this weight reduction work. But it will be worth it to have have it in the weight limit.
Pete Lale: I have the spektrum RX that shane has in his AW if you need that.
Also, Satanix is going to be practically re-build at the event, as I am getting my new motors at the event. I can still run with my existing ones, but for the UK champs Id rather not.
Other improvements are:
New front wedged peices (So I can actually get under stuff)
4mm Steel Lid
5 Steel spikes on the back
TEAMTILLY UPDATE !!!!
1 robot 100% weighing in at 13.20 :)
1 robot 95% just off to get gears and chain. :blush: needs to loose 400gms :sad:
1 robot still at 30% but easy fix :)
We be there :):):)
Am I a bit naive in assuming that you normally have fully built and tested robots by the time you arrive at the event then? :P
Not at all Joey :)
I used to think that robots had to be 100% operational when they turned up and I still try to stick to that by making sure that my machine runs 100% finished at home before heading to the event. Probably the reason why I always have last-day stressful builds because Im trying to get all the loose ends tidied up on the bots.
But if I have to take an unfinished bot to an event its always reassuring to see that there are three or four other robots there that need either as much work or more than mine to get them running :)
Hornet 2 is running and I am happy with it (fingers crossed) and sting needs some new speedos and a small bit of wiring done. We are leaving at around 5:30ish so have a fair bit of time left.
Both discs are running well so I hope everyone has used their 1.6kg of hardox well! :proud:
just noticed no tony booth??
dizzy is back better badder and ready to kick ass so keep a look out especialy you prodigy evo and hannibalito 3
shane, im sure yours isnt the only robot thats better and badder :wink:
Anyone got a couple of strips of 3-4mm HDPE around 600mm long and about 50mm wide? Or polypropelene? One of my polycarb self-righting hoops snapped when I tested it (too brittle and probably overbent) so Id be looking for something less brittle to replace it but dont have anything lying around. Anyone able to help at all?
Ill be leaving in an hour or so, so wont be able to check the forum after that, so if anyone can help then just come and find me at the event.
Cheers,
Jamie
Indeed no Tony Booth and no Tony Fowler either unfortunately.
Hannibalito 3 only got a new flipperarm because the old one bent, the rest is still the same as before. 12.4kg with gas.
Shane, I cant lose that starting fight. :)
Jamie, Im cutting your pieces of 4mm HDPE. They wont be pretty, but will work.
Mario, Jamie is on his way now so he wont see your message. I will be meeting him later today so ill let him know - Thankyou
No problem
I hope he likes white HDPE with dirt on it.
i hope he has a nice long trip down lol
when are you leaving mario and how long will it be taking you?
We leave, probably at 4 30 am tomorrow morning....
But first, adding 15mm of HDPE to H IIIs armor. See how Prodigy Evo digests that.
i hate long driving trips lol
ye you have the unlucky heat with 2 spinners - if you flip one out tho as you prob will easily with ur flipper lol then your through
think you will go through that heat and then depends which spinner survives lol
you got any spare sidewinders? cant be having one break like last time! :sad:
Adrian can you remember to bring the rx for us please, not doubting you but i like to be sure :)
Little John, we have 2 spare sidewinders. Those are standard part of our electronics box.
Also thinking of taking my TIG welder along, together with Stainless steel and Titanium welding rods.
HDPE welder and spare pieces HDPE will be in the van.