Laser cut this today, made out of acylic
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...ps773aeb05.jpg
Would anyone be interested in buying them? If so, for how much?
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Laser cut this today, made out of acylic
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...ps773aeb05.jpg
Would anyone be interested in buying them? If so, for how much?
I was thinking around £5 ??
Hello! I would have a few off you! And a fiver sounds fine.
Great! I will produce some now I know I have some interest! It may be in a few weeks time though.
Hows about this becomes my first ever bot purchase? We all need 'em. I'll have a few as well.
You would be better using EC5 connections. Swapped boners from the deans to EC5s. Better current capacity and they don't come loose as easy in battle.
ive switch to xt60 as my link due to the deans falling out at GLS
Yeah I might do in the future but the current popular ones are deans.
I know there may still be better ways of doing a removable link than a Deans Connector, but everything I've built for my robot so far revolves around this. If you are still making them with a Deans I'll have a few off you as it's another pre-built bit that I don't have to worry about.
It's people like you, Ewan, the Robochallenge guys, Dimension Engineering etc and the members of this forum in general that have made it possible for someone like me to have a bash at building a Robot.
Lot's of robots lost fights because their links fell out, which is a really crap way the lose, but it happens far too often!
I'm not sure deans are to blame, but I will say the tabs do wear flat over time and the link becomes loose so be weary of that.
100% agreed, by far my favorite connectors. And easy to solder as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by typhoon_driver
Simply because of their current capacity and the amount of friction there is in the design to stop them coming loose I would design for EC5's
Of course nothing is 100% gaurenteed to work but I beat Nightfury by knocking out its link and several others lost this year for the same reason.
Then again with a laser cutter you could do one for each kind with no problems at all!
Had a look on Robochallenge website, and they sell EC3 connectors. What is the difference between EC3 and EC5? All replies welcome.
see hobbyking
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...tor_Pair_.html
EC3 has connectors that are 3mm diameter, and EC5 has 5mm connectors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Masher
Good to see the interest, I am buying the plastic and laser cutting next week and I will post in the for sale section
All connectors in robots are likely to come loose... ive lost fights in the past because ec5's have come loose, and deans, and andersons etc etc.... i put a cable tie around them all now, not had a problem since... and bullet connectors on brushless motors i put some tape around.
The answer to the link poping out is having a link door that pushes on the "loop" of wire on the link... so it physically cant pop out without the door coming off...
Ran BitzaWood the same way (with a deans) and never lost a link. Plus it's one less hole for an axe to get into.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mouldy
I went the other way with boner this year. I cable tied the wire running to the link and had it sitting loose (to a certain extent) inside the bot. Therefore the whole connection could move during hits. Didn't have any link issues this year.
youd have more of a market for ec5 mounts anyhow.... robochallege already sell deans mounts, or you can buy flash ali ones online
http://www.spotonrc.com/goods.php?id=193
i havent seen an ec5 mount for sale
Dam those are nice!
Nice, but 4x the price and in the US
so back to the main point, make em for EC5s and you will have more interest. Deans are going the way of the small anderson connectors
And yes, due to interest I have started designs for and ec5 connector