Eric Jr2 - FP FW Flipper

Didn't manage to get it finished for GSL this year and i'm looking to build something that I can use at my own events so thinking about getting rid of EJr2 to fund something else.

What you'd get:

Welded titanium chassis with Hardox scoop and 10mm HDPE baseplate
Complete FP Flipper system designed and built by Mario (60 x 60 ram, buffer, main tank, dump, battleswitch burkett etc etc)
2 x 24v Gimson GR02's with Gimson hubs and Banebots wheels
Scorpion XXL v2 or BotBitz tz85A's (your choice)
24v 3700mAh NiMH pack, can come with a spare too
Spektrum DX5e and Orange RX
Link, LED etc

If i've missed anything else, its essentially a ready-to-go robot.

Will get it finished and working before sale, just looking to see if there is any interest.

any chance of some pics?

Ill get some better ones tomorrow. This is the best I can do this evening.

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...psde6f6932.jpg

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2916dabd.jpg

thats cool. ideas of rough price your wanting?

Haven't worked out exactly what I have in it cost wise, the pneumatics alone are probably going to be around £450 when I add the bottle to what it cost me. Minus radio gear it's probably upwards of £700.

ok, cheers dude! will have a think

I would only be interested if it was the shell with no innards. Would that be possible?

I don't think that would be in anyone's best interests

My Rip shell being sold again !!
It's been around the block a few times !!

At least it's attached to a robot again !!

What about without the motors, wheels and botbitz?

It's a nice robot Jonno, but because our arena has no polycarbonate I can't use it so I'm only attending one event a year that I can use it so reckon I'd be better building something else with a bit more flexibility. If I don't get what I need for it though it'll only come out once or twice a year and I won't be too upset :)

Ill work out prices this evening and get back to everyone.

It's a ready to run machine. Why would anyone want to break it up?!

My thoughts exactly Gary, I can understand anyone wanting me to take the ESC and radio gear out if they have a preferred option but that's as much as I think should be changed. Maybe motors at a push but you'd struggle to get anything else in there.

Right, have had a think about all the bits that are in there.

Looking for about £550 posted for it as a chassis and complete pneumatics system, including Battleswitch. Will do a bit less than that if you want to buy the main bottle and fit it yourself.

Complete robot minus radio gear looking at around £750 with addition of radio gear around £800.

Thats pretty much the cost of the parts within it. I hope i've been fair here in estimating these parts. Anyone else in the know please feel free to comment and confirm/challenge the price i'm asking on how fair it is.

I do think it's fair on you ,Tony. I just don't think you are going to get it.

Do you have a spare £800?

bloody hell i was very generous letting chuck go for £500

Diablo sold for £450 at a very similar spec.

Why sell it for a loss? The pneumatics alone cost nearly £400 and the majority of the parts are brand new.

EDIT: Saying that, have just looked at the parts list and my addition has a lot to answer for. Parts cost is actually less than what I stated by around £100

I don't know of any robot sold with real profit or even break even.

Why sell it at a loss? Simple. Something is worth what the nut gives for it. Nobody is forcing you to sell.

I'm not attempting to make a profit. I am aware I'm not forced to sell, I asked a price that if anyone wanted to build a Replica of this robot, that's what it would cost them. Doesn't seem like a ridiculous concept to me. If it doesn't sell it doesn't sell, but would be a shame for it not to be used regularly.

There are clearly people out there who do have the money spare Ceri, some spend thousands on robots. I was asked for a price on here and in PMs, so I gave one on which people can agree with, reject or counter offer.

I have no issues removing electronics and letting it go for a bit less, but you'll just be putting the same bits in anyway which will cost the same if not more.

That sounded a bit rant-y, but it wasn't intended that way, just saying that I think :)

Not much serious interest in the robot as a whole, so have decided to hold onto all the bits I will use in the future and just sell on the FP system.

Will come with all that is mentioned in the initial thread, a complete FP system.

I'll take the full robot. (sorry for the slow reply' I was getting the cash together)

Already talking to someone about the pneumatics on their own :(. If that goes through I could do the remainder of the robot (chassis, motors, batteries, battle switch, speedo, tx/rx if you want), pretty much everything except pneumatics and direct you towards a replacement pneumatic system?

Can i ask what happened to Eric Jr 2 in the end?

It went into this thread:http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/thre...p-spares/page3
But the question still stands.

Well, I originally told Tony that I was interested in it but I told him to keep it on hold until I raised enough money to buy it. But now that December's come along, I've decided to decline because I'm now trying to save enough money to go to the Miami event in May and I'm already happy with the Beetleweight I have now. I hope it does find a good home though.