Zeobot

hi if i was to buy a featherweight would anyone recomend the zeobot 2wd rc chassis kit and has any one got any personal experiance with them i plan on getting the rc chassis only so i can build a body and weapon to my own design.

thanks mike

i bought one, it started my robot building off! very simple easy to follow and get running. also they are very easily adapted theres some pics on my website off what ive done..
http://www.psychoflingteam.co.ukwww.psychoflingteam.co.uk

alex

Nice pics Alex, and I notice theres a shot of Team Pillow Torques robot too. :)

Zeobot seems like a good chassis kit to use, does anybody know where to get them? :)

Technobots - http://www.technobots.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d526.htmlhttp://www.technobots.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d526.html

i personally think they are not strong enough for combat, which is why i sell my own kits.
see http://www.xbotz.comwww.xbotz.com store robot kits
these are offered in a variety of sizes and performance, the details at the moment are slightly different to the current kits, but i can go into more detail if you were interested via email.

James, I dont see any pictures with the kits, is that normal?

me neither.. sitelooks very pretty, but sooooo slow to load

Or details on what they actually are?

James, I dont see any pictures with the kits, is that normal?

pictures will be online very soon.

me neither.. sitelooks very pretty, but sooooo slow to load

really? shouldnt be slow. does anyone else have this problem?

Or details on what they actually are?

They are currently available in either parallelogram or rectangular box. The size and material varies from kit to kit, but more info will be going up shortly. A 4wd rectangular verion will be available shortly.

The raptor cadet and feather cadet kits both use drill motors, in a polypropolene or polycarbonate chassis. This kit uses the cheaper components, currently mtroniks controller, but other options are available.

The feather combat uses more expensive motors bought in from the USA, which are similar to drill motors, but better quality and with really nice gearboxes. The chassis is strong, and made of steel. Components are more expensive, currently eletronize but other options are available, such as the robot power scorpion XL

The feather extreme is what it says. Hardox chassis, high power, high quality motors, sidewinder controller, but other options are available.

All kits come without transmitter or charger. Ignore the battery info, they are all changing to different specs.

All this info will be going on the site soon, so contact me by email if you have any questions before placing an order. The specs are being updated from those currently listed, so nothing will be a lower spec than stated. Sorry that it is not exact at the moment, but it needed to be up intime for orders last month, so it was put up as proposed specs.

In relation to this thread, I would place the Zeobot kit (2wd) in the same class as my raptor or feather cadet kit, but as standard versions, my kits have more power and better armour.

Hope this helps.

yep those buttons on the left take an age to load (relatively... Im only talking 5 to 6 secs, on broadband, but that may be too long).. tested on home connection, and its a slow as on the University of Warwick connection, so not just my connection..
Ive had a look and its the file sizes of those images.. the raptor pics are enormous at 128Kb.. they should be about 10-15kb ...whole page at 40Kb is what we used to reccommend to content providers (BBC etc)
If you run them through GIMP or photoshop and reduce the quality of the compression to about 75% or 80% I reckon the pic quality will be the same but youll save a whole load on file size.
Rob

Zeobot vs Robo-Challenge kit vs Xbot Kit

My moneys on the UK fw champ.

James it doesnt take a while to load on my computer.

Thanks Dave :)

The Robo Challenge Kits have proven themselves to be high performance, very reliable and highly competertive in the modern era of featherweight fighting robots. Designed to run 24/7, be easy to build and extremely versitile. Their achivements speak for themselves.



James
Robo Challenge
Fighting Robots Uk Featherweight Champion

As for the Xbots Loading Dilemma

I have the loading come down as:
7 secs Opera.
8 secs Netscape.
8 secs IE.
9 secs Firefox.

Such a shame really as if it wasnt for the top banner, youd be 6 or under in all of them.

You might wish to try not using Flash on a loading screen and particularly not mixing Flash with other images. It kinda becomes a division of priorities.

Seems fine with me :S

thanks for your input guys, ive passed it on and hopefully will have it done at the next update.

as for
Zeobot vs Robo-Challenge kit vs Xbot Kit

no offense to anyone, as Im not trying to upset anyone, so I dont need emails on the subject, but as nobody on here has even seen an xbotz kit, I think that ranks up there with some of the most pointless and unsubtantiated statements ever made on this forum. Biased is the most accurate term. Thats fair of me to say I think.

Not saying you are wrong, but be fair.

Detailed Specs and pics of the Xbotz kits are available soon, so hold fire on the direct comparesons until then please.

cheers. :)

as nobody on here has even seen an xbotz kit

I go for tried and proven methods. Not words from someone i dont trust.

Mike: Thought of making a machine from scratch? It would probably work out cheaper for you and you have the freedom to make it how you want:)

my personal opinion.. decided to run a feather to go with my heavyweight. i decided to have something custom built by some1 in the know to save me alot of time and trouble. After 2 months of endless amount of research, looking at sites etc.... i found PERSONALLY that James Baker was the person to build my machine. The quality of his parts,workmanship and backup was exceptional at a good price. This is a decision i didnt make lightly as Im not made of money and i was satisified more than enough to hand over my hard earned cash to him to build me a machine. Mike you are more than welcome to come see my machine at april 28th bash, if it helps. its new to the circuit and i hope you find it entertaining to watch in action. (thats the main thing isnt it).

i dont want to get into a slanging match with anyone i am just talking about my personal experience, and no james baker isnt my best mate or anything i was just a statisfied customer.

OH AND I WANT THE TITLE

fighting talk thats what we like!!! lol
just chill out guys, we all have our own opinions but lets keep it civil for the future of the sport

Thank you Adrian, glad you are happy with the service, and hope you liked the sneaky peak at what is in my kits.

I have been asked to retract my statements above in relation to the zeobots kits.

Having re-read them, I agree that I do not fairly represent the zeobot, so would like to retract the comments, appologise to technobots, and ask admin to edit my post to remove all referance to the zeobot.

As a specific point, zeobots are strong enough for combat of course.

Hopefully one day we will have 2 wheel drive zeobot vs robochallenge vs xbotz in the arena, but until then it is not fair to any kit producer to compare apples to oranges.