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hi all, decided to make just one build thread for all my bots, and will update progress as i go
Pi
this is my new BW bot. thanks again to Dave for the motors. so ive just spent the last week or so building a frame thing for it from mdf and plywood offcuts. it is really simple, but should work. i'll upload pictures soon :)
Robot in your Avatar looks good :)
Thanks,
Should I paint it or not, I'm up for all ideas
I can see wood being effective in beetleweights, looking good :)
and I say don't paint it
Thanks andy
I'll upload some more pics tomorrow
I'm obsessed with using wood for robots lol no paint for me!
Hi, made good progress over the last few days. I did kinda paint it, but only in some areas. I also attached the receiver. Just need to order some more parts and its ready to go :)
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psda5d2914.jpg
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psd65cc672.jpg
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps414d204c.jpg
Cookie if you can spot pac-man
This is really cool :)
Cheers :)
Added a scoop and much warning tape:
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psd3182135.jpg
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psf400e281.jpg
Ha! double post
Whats the scoop made of? And nice decoration lol
2mm mdf
Thanks
Nice decoration. Found Pacman :)
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Upstart
Here's a pic of the side panel
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps687e8024.jpg
Just before I order these, if anyone spots a problem please let me know
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...cessories.html
http://www.technobotsonline.com/80a-maxi-fuse.html
http://www.technobotsonline.com/sabe...er-for-rc.html
http://www.overlander.co.uk/batterie...upersport.html
http://www.overlander.co.uk/lipo-safety-sack.html
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/0693848/
I'm gonna order them tonight
:)
Still not ordered the parts yet because life
But I have started work on a metal frame thingy for pi
To keep the spinners away. Hopefully.
So this happened
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7ee78f27.jpg
Could anyone who uses photobucket tell me how to get a picture in the thread not with a link if you get what I mean :)
Copy the Direct link at the side of your image on photobucket, click on the insert image icon on the forum toolbar, when the box comes up click on the From URL tab and get rid of the tick in the box that says retrieve remote file and reference locally, then just paste the link in the box and click okay.
Looking good BTW
Thanks sam
Got the bolts today, but no pics as there's no difference really
hi all, not been up to much robot building lately, mainly because of other things in life going on, but i'm thinking of getting some hdpe soon for the inner bulkheads of the box section frame.
(any mazda rotary fans out there... i've got an idea for using a rotor for a shell for something. expensive and rediculous, well, i thought it up :) )
Look for an RX7 / RX8 that's had blown oil seals and written the engine off.
Ok, thanks Dave. A new rotor is about £100 each
Hi, so not got too much done, but got some parts for a new build.
2 12v argos drills. For anyone thinking of using them in a feather, all of the gears in the first and second stages are metal.
Btw, what do people think about using drill batteries in a beetle?
They're 12v 1000mAh NiCads.
what kind of feather are you building? also the drill batteries will most likely be too heavy for beetles
Are you building a feather or a beetle?
Drill batteries by themselves weigh around or in excess of 1kg, seeing as the weight limit for beetles is 1.5kg there wouldn't be much left for everything else.
If you are really stuck for batteries i've got a couple of 1500mah 6v RX batteries that are free to a good home, in series they'll happily run a couple of those 1000rpm beetle motors, the cells will be better quality and they are much smaller and lighter.
Thanks for the quick replies
Its a beetle, and the batteries alone weigh around 330grams each.
It'll still be right on the weight limit though!
That is extremely useful to me, as I was thinking of buying metal gears for mine soon, and now I don't need to. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mega Masher
They run two drill motors fine at full power for a good while, never ran them down completely before but they do last a fight, possibly two. They're okay for salvaging a battery back to last before you get a Li-Po, but they aren't brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Masher
Thanks for that info. I may have miscalculated some run times and stuff.
Btw, I had a lot of trouble trying to get the reverse screw in the chuck out. It did this to a screwdriver head:
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1fcb7b53.jpg
Any ideas?
Oh dear, did you use another drill to try and get it out or was it by hand?
I wouldn't bother with drill batteries in a beetle to be honest with you, they're really heavy for what they are. You could do... but there's infinitely better options.
No, I used a hand screwdriverQuote:
Originally Posted by mrsam