Prodigy evo tests

some test videos
12volts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ufZIMVaMshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ufZIMVaMs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghztOTXymhMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghztOTXymhM
24 volts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFBuJjIh9Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlFBuJjIh9A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7rCSAL0OQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7rCSAL0OQ

these tests were just a quick nudge rather than a full on hit.
also put a pic on profile of what a quick hit did against the steel scoop of the old Prodigy , the scoop is 6mm mild steel.

And it keeps together?

sorry mario, does what keep together? the spinner is fine, i just dont know whether to run or 24 volts, 12 does good damage but 24 is scary!:)

hmm looks like an engagement problem, when you did get the object on 24v it was a pretty sweet hit, but the rest of the time on 24v it was a grinder.. your gona have to get corners on 24v or you wont do much damage to people..

Id suggest run it on 12v for this weekend and afterwards bring it down to the factory, well mill of 2 teeth and balance it as a 1 tooth disc, that would be real good on 24v then.

Hi dave, that would be good. What i found from all the tests was it seemed to grind on the polycarb sides, everytime i hit anything steel it would engage, and that was on flat surfaces not a corner. so i wondered if it was anything to do with more force needed, instead of nudging, if that would make much difference, or if the polycarb was causing it too grind.



(Message edited by ady on December 26, 2007)

upto you then, if you think it drives well with the disc at full chat you mayaswell run on 24v, and just charge at ur oponent with the disc going if possible.. but it doesnt always work out that way in the arena. If its not to much hassle to re-wire, then just bring both battery packs to the event and change your voltage acording to the armour on your oponent?

So long as you weigh in at tech check in the heavyest configuration (24v) it shouldnt be a problem. But i still deffo recomend we chop some teeth of it for next time.

ok, i like the sound of the teeth chop. It is very easy to switch from 12 to 24v. it weighs 13.6 at 24v, the advantage of 12v is i get to put on an extra 600g of armour. my biggest worry was little hitter as i wasnt sure what that can get through in hdpe.

Running into the opponent instead of nudging it helps a lot. Really drive into the opponent is half the battle in this case, and aim for the corners. I have the same with my spinner. You could look into running at 18V as a possibility. The disc motors can handle it, they are factory rated for 12 to 40V.

24v

sounds nicer :-)

i hope the arena specs r safe enough lol i no it is but the spinners r getting nastier all the time lol

if you keep your front end towards LH all the times i think you will have advantage

The arena is more then adiquate to contain prodigy evo. It held out easily when Little Spinners bar broke and a chunk of it flew at the wall. Its pretty much air tight, thats why the smoke machines wont be run quite so much this year, theres no room for it to get out once its in lol.

Indeed, after seeing the construction of the RC arena I am confident it can contain all current FW spinners.

You might think of extra ventilation though, if a nicad fire breaks out in the arena the vapours coming of of them are quite toxic. Ventilating the arena before entering is advised.

Leo - Have you seen the two big doors :proud:.
If weve had a fire in there the doors will be left open and clear untill it is safe enough to enter. We had to make ventilation holes in the roof so that it doesnt heat up too much, or get too full of smoke - but some form of induction for them is also something to look into in the near future.
But first - we want to make sure the rest of it works well enough!

That hit on 24V was nice Adrian, and it sounds menacing at that voltage too. Im looking forward to seeing it in action on Saturday, whatever voltage you choose to have it at :)

depending on my opponent and what works best after trying both, but we would like to see it on 24volts all day really.

it was surprising how much damage it caused on 12v, it doesnt look much on the vid.

(Message edited by ady on December 27, 2007)

you know when it hit on the first 24v vid did the robot stop??

Hi kenny, stop as in, stopped working/broke something? the spinner was fine after that, i shut off the power literally as i hit it, the red robot chassis hit a concrete gravel board on the fence and took a nice chunk out of it lol.