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the days are starting to drag now, 8 days to go before i collect the new toy, i decided to buy an already built heavyweight, to get me into some events this year! brought a 6channel controller today which should be here tues, may not seem a big thing for some but this something i wish i got into years ago when it all started.
my wife puts it down to a deprived childhood:lol:
(Message edited by ady on May 12, 2006)
What have you brought then Adrian?
its known at the moment as mantis 2, owned by team mantis.
is a good machine was at newark
Wasnt that the original Mantis at Newark not the new one? loved the old one more than the new.. it had more character.. :crazy:
Chris - ^_^
It was the new one (was a mid week feather event, not newark kitcar show), as it was playing with G3.
ive only seen pics, i will post here once i got it and had a mess!! just going to personalise it for now to make it my own, see how it is competitively and go from their, did it look ok david?
you are right david, just looked at roaming robots on past events, found a pic of it on their.......
got the new controllers this morning, they look very impressive, just got to wait till saturday to drive something!!
got the robot today, couldnt have asked for more, very chuffed with it, a big thanks to duncan... had a quick go when i got home on the drive, very easy to use... looking forward to some events in the future.
Well i am glad to see that instead of a robot disappearing and being stripped for parts, it lives on to fight another day.
just going to personalise it for now,i spent more on my van to travel round with it, brought a vw caddy which im having stickered up and new plylining in the back, wanted a van anyhow as im always doing something around the house, and sick of getting my car dirty with carrying stuff.i just have to get a new hydralic pipe made up for the weapon as this one is cinked a bit, having it made longer so i cant re-route it so it wont happen again, only thing i need to sort is more traction, it has these hard rubber wheels but i need to do something with them to give them more grip, if anyone has any ideas?
Use Bike Tyres Cut The Tread Up And Screw To The Wheel Alot More Traction.
thanks for that,i was thinking this, only concern i had was if it didnt work id wreck the wheels which are a bit oddball, mite have to bite the bullet and give it a try, the tyre part on them seems very hard rubber so hoping the screw will not come loose in time.
Use some apoxy resin as well.
Should i use mountain bike type tyres and then wrap it around the tyre, or cut it up into bits, sorry about this but i want to avoid trial and error and ruining the wheels.
What we did for Project II was taking 1 motorcross tire, cut off the flanks and screwed the running surface on the HDPE wheel.
For Tough As Nails we did simular, but used motor race tires.
I still prefer the motorcross tire.
If you use a small tire, as from a mountain bike,and have wide wheels then spiraling it around the wheel screwing it on the wheel .
my wheel/tyres on my machine are inch and a half wide off memory, and it has 2 of them on each side, with about an inch gap between both wheels
I use cheap mountain bike tyres on Knightmare, and have plenty of grip. You have to cut off the side walls on the tyre so it will wrap around easier. I just screw them straight in to the rubber on the wheels.
is it like a knobbly off road tyre you use then alan, as it is and just cut it to size?
yup