James' Machines!

Well ive never had a thread just for me so here i go!

As you know Venom has been my pride and joy for a good 6 years now. Its used in shows and demos mainly but its still going strong in competition. how have people found battling it?

I won the 2006 UK Champs with Captain Scarlet. A Robo Challenge kit.

Many of you may have seen one of my new machines, Predator. Its a warhead replica and due to be completed fairly soon although its on standby while i start building my last featherweight robot. Needless to say it will be something to remember and of course a piece of art.

So if you want to know anything about Venom or Predator heres the place! Hope you have enjoyed seeing my machines in action and will continue to do so in the future

What weight class is Predator in?

there both feathers

well im looking forward to predator as venom was a piece of art

well you beat me a few events ago with venom! lol

Predator sounds cool:)

Warhead always looked like it was gonna take off... Perhaps Predator actually will??:proud:

What runs the crusher on Venom?

feather gold motor?

Geared way down?

its a custom made actuator, ye managed to get on top that event but beauty is the sort of machine that only had to catch it once and you would have taken it. Close match though and would love to give it another go!

12v gold run at 24v on a 22.5 : 1 ratio. Its tractor technology and you can stall it and it doesnt care one bit LOL

lol, I havent seen Predator OR Venom in action...well, okay one pic of Venom...any pics or vids out there? :)

http://www.psychoflingteam.co.uk/Pictures.phphttp://www.psychoflingteam.co.uk/Pictures.php

ill put some more pictures on later

just finally got round to actually testing Venoms power... 640kg at the actuator! i was quite suprised especially as its 6 years old lol

Are there pictures on that page Alex? As I cant see any on my computer :sad:

Ive only been in the arena with Venom once at that Teesdale school event with the wooden arena James, and while you did get us in your grasp briefly once, we either didnt sustain any damage or you were going easy on us :wink:
But then we became too busy trying to keep away from Razer to worry about Venom! :)
Even though it was three years ago and we were competing with RRC class machines, that battle still ranks as one of my personal favourites just for the sheer fun of it - will need to see if I can get a video of it online

Saw Predator for the first time in the flesh last weekend and is equally as impressive as Venom, particularly when it comes to attention to detail and the incredible similarity to the real thing. And thats it not even finished - cant wait to see it completed!

Good luck with your new robot build James :)

I saw Predator on sat and its still awesome
Ploughbot rules too

hi jamie,

yes i remember that battle, more so for Razer giving your machine a sqeeze! great fun. Thanks for the kind words and look forward to meeting you in the arena soon! :)

@Jamie

I forgot to save my update ill proabaly setup a phtot account online, makes it easier

http://web.archive.org/web/20021004161120/http://www.mblood.freeserve.co.uk/RazerandWarhead.JPGhttp://web.archive.org/web/200210041...rve.co.uk/Raze randWarhead.JPG

just seen this pic - dont think iv ever seen the two together!

weve got to start building Warhead again soon for battlebots, its looking a bit rusty :sad:

where does warhead live?

outside lol well its teeth were last time i saw it lol hes with simon

does ian have razer and simon have warhead then?

yes at the moment.

half the time ive been to the coopers razer has been in the living room.. makes for a nice coffee table lol