Team Shock

Right, here is the Team Shock thread so that we can keep you up to date with our small army of machines.

Here are the ones we have at the moment

Heavyweight

Maelstrom
Weight: 100kgs
Length: 1.1m
Width: 0.9m
Height: 0.4m
Drive: 2x 800w Littons with custom 12:1 gearbox
ESC: Sidewinder
Batteries: 2x 12v 17Ah Hawkers
Armour: 6mm Ali, 10mm HDPE, 6mm Hardox, 2mm Stainless
Weapon: Full pressure CO2 double flipper

Featherweights

Whirlpool- the 4WD pusher with the RC blue lights
Weight:12.5kg
Length:45cm
Width: 52cm
Height:7.5cm
Drive: 4x 12v drill motors
ESC: Scorpion XL with fan cooling
Batteries: 15.6v 3700mAh Ni-Mh
Armour: 10& 5mm polycarb, 10mm HDPE, 3mm titanium
Weapon: Pushing power

Shockwave- the polycarb low pressure flipper
Weight:12.9kg
Length:45cm
Width: 45cm
Height:15cm
Drive: 2x 12v drill motors
ESC: Scorpion XL
Batteries: 24v 3700mAh Ni-Mh
Armour: 10mm polycarb and 4mm ali
Weapon: Low Pressure CO2 flipper

Aftershock- The black robot with a blue full pressure flipper
Weight:13.6kg
Length:45cm
Width: 45cm
Height:18cm
Drive: 2x 12v drill motors
ESC: Scorpion XL
Batteries: 24v 3700mAh Ni-Mh
Armour: 2mm steel and 5mm HDPE
Weapon: Full Pressure CO2 flipper
Notes: 2008 Winter Tour Champ!

Tidal Wave 2- The black wedge flipper
Weight:13kg
Length:53cm
Width: 50cm
Height:20cm
Drive: 2x 50:1 MFA motors
ESC: 2x RC smart 50amp
Batteries: 24v 2000mAh Ni-Mh
Armour: 10mm HDPE & 2mm Titanium
Weapon: Full pressure CO2 flipper

Antweight

Ant Awe- A mini Iron Awe 5!
Weight:150g
Length:13cm
Width: 9cm
Height:4.5cm
Drive: 2x 30:1 Micro motors
ESC: 1x Barrello ant 150
Batteries: 6v 120mAh Ni-Mh
Armour: 0.5mm ali
Weapon: Flipper powered by a HPXF servo

Pictures and more info at http://www.teamshock.4mg.comwww.teamshock.4mg.com

Well a new year can only mean one thing- its time for a new robot.:proud:

Our first new machine will be Tidal Wave 3 which will be a complete redesign of Tidal Wave 2 with some serious upgrades including a far more powerful flipper and a new drive system as well as a new chassis to house it all.

Hopefully this should be a lot better than Tidal Wave 2 and will finally have some serious power in the flipper. Once I have the ram I will have all of the parts so it is just a case of building the rest. It is going to be an aluminium frame with HDPE covers so it should be quite straightforward.

There is also another robot planned- a joint effort between us and Team Blitz but that could be a while yet.

That sounds cool! Will, U going to Barnsley?

Yes, we should be there, gotta fix Maelstrom but that shouldnt take too long.

Thats awesome, I cant wait to see Maelstrom and meet u as well!

Whats wrong with Maelstrom?

We smashed up a wheel bearing at maidstone and that sent all of the bits into the gearbox, luckily it didnt cause us anymore problems so its just a case of replacing the bearing and putting the gearbox back together.

Not too much damage then. See you at barnsley.

Bring Ant Awe ! :)

BTW Will, I may of asked before but I forgot: Why the water based names ?

Dont worry Dave, Ant Awe will be there, it is also now underweight and much faster than the last time you saw it!

Also the water based names are from when we used to be Team Ocean- our first robot was Tidal Wave 1 which was built way back in 2003, it never saw competition although there is a video lurking on youtube somewhere. Our second machine was whirlpool v1 for the UK Robotic Games where we decided to become team ocean. In 2007 we built whirlpool and continued to be Team Ocean until Shockwave and Aftershock came along so we became team shock. Tidal Wave 2 had a similar shape to the original hence the name, Tidal Wave 3 will be using most of the parts from number 2 so the name lives on.

On paper Tidal Wave 3 should work quite well, the pneumatics from Tidal Wave 2 were pretty good, the only problem was the ram. The main problem with the drive was the MFA motors so they will be scrapped and replaced with good old drills. The electrics will be lifted straight from Tidal Wave 2. The design is changing to allow more room inside but be stronger and lighter than the original chassis.

Also we got the new bearings for Maelstrom today so we can now start rebuilding it ready for Barnesly.:)

I thought it was about time I updated this because a lot has happened since I last posted here.

We finally built Whirlpool Evo and has so far had 2 successful events coming 4th at Rebel Robots and 2nd at Barnsley. It looks the same as the old Whirlpool but is all brand new both inside and out.

Aftershock has had a few changes including the lighter aluminium arm which has given us enough weight spare to fit a base plate, It should now be around 300g underweight.

Maelstrom seemed to work really well at Barnsley especially in the final melee. However we found out that it was overweight at 104kgs. - This has been solved as of today because the new batteries arrived this afternoon. With these fitted it will weigh in at around 95kgs.

Also I have put Tidal Wave 2 back together for one last appearance at the UK champs (whiteboards only) although this will depend on how well it works when I test the flipper this weekend.

Tidal Wave 3/Whirlwind (havent decided on name yet) will be built soon, we have all the parts and the design done but just need some time to get it made.

Aftershock is ready for the UK Champs, all it needs is charged batteries and gas and it will be ready to fight. I might even finish the spare flipper arms so that we can change the arm to suit the opponent.