a new beginning...

hi all,
some of you may have noticed that i have been a bit quiet recently
iv been busy...
but im back :mrgreen:

lots of things have been going on in the Team Orr camp:

1: we are focusing more on featherweights now, orrion is a awsome robot but atm we just dont have the time to give it the attention it needs, so its been put to the side for a bit, the new featherweight line-up is:

the mighty gizmo (TMG)
ministrom
prodigy
(un-named drum spinner)
pure evil

2: i have started work on a dual brushless featherweight drum spinner, however, i have decided to put this to one side for now so i can focus on my other featherweights and get them moving properly

3: i have bought a new robot, pure evil, its a awsome robot with a stonking axe :D i got it moving the other day (low battery testing can be seen here>>>)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRdMt_xINvM

did some work on evil today

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Pure evil as it was befor i started today, the paint job is a lot better now, that one was slightly crappy because you can still see some of the yellow hdpe underneath, new one is done and ready to be touched up with a airbrush later on this week :mrgreen:

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took off some of the pannels so i could get a looksie underneath, all seems to be fine (exept some slightly dodgey wireing at the back which i resoldered pretty easily) was interesting to see that there is a george francis speed controller in there. the batterys have seen better days so they may need replacing with some new packs soon.
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shot of the electronics, this thing is really well made and really sturdy! hdpe is awsome :lol: spent a while re-tapping a few holes which have been slipping and replaced the odd bolt or two, but other that that id give it a clean bill of health,

still needs a charger tho, anybody know where i can get a super-nova? or have one lying around?

ta, jack

oh, and i found a little somthing lurking in the back of the workshop..... :wink:

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mmmmm.....me needs sleep nooow.....zzzzz zzzzz zzzzz.... :mrgreen:

jack i have charger not the one your after but it is as good and will plug into the wall which is a bonus :proud:

let me know

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2: i have started work on a dual brushless featherweight drum spinner, however, i have decided to put this to one side for now so i can focus on my other featherweights and get them moving properly

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I did the dual brushless thing in 360 to start with.

Save yourself a lot of time and ALOT of money and just go for one big single motor.

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Originally Posted by mr_turbulence

Save yourself a lot of time and ALOT of money and just go for one big single motor.

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I completely agree, dual brushless is a pain to get right and has no significant benefit.

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+1 (due to silly 3 attachment maximum :angry: )

Good stuff :)

8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHiBLxxSrU

cant believe your using my claw as the test piece

lol oj

i cant believe you think shorting out a battery is going to make a good welder....
Jack that's a bad idea...

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Originally Posted by mr_turbulence

i cant believe you think shorting out a battery is going to make a good welder....
Jack that's a bad idea...

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Never welded something using a few car batteries and a stick welder ground clamp/electrode holder? :rofl:

I guess it's a kart racing thing...

hi guys

it is indeed not the best method of welding however having seen that method being used out in the 4wd field many times befor i know that it works, the battery sustains no major damage and can then be plugged back into the car to be used again. gret for welding up trailers and axles etc,

alex: hehe, yeah soz about that, theres no actual weld on it (i used the plat end of the stick) and its all i had to hand, but now have a sheet of hardox to test on so :)

its just a little experiment so not expecting great things,

jack

ministrom :mrgreen:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzoRT...layer_embedded

oh yeah and iv done some stuff to the website, not finished yet but its getting there...aim to get it up to speed by the end of the hol's

http://teamorr.com/

Lol, copy&paste much with your general roboteering links? That's plagiarism you know :P
At least stick http://www.rogue-two-robots.vze.com in your 'other roboteers' section as payment 8)

ahh yeah sorry about that, meant to use it as a basic guide and alaborate around it....must of forgot :uhoh: sorry...stuck your site down the bottem now (and in the other robot sites :) ) but may edit it anyway...dont want to be associated with stealing ha-ha :lol:

done some more stuff :kiss:

basicly a drive pod for the BETA version of the drum spinner, will have another HDPE piece when its done and a speed 900 (one per side, theres 2 pods)


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oh yeah and some stuff on my antweight valliant

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adding ti flipper if i have the room for the servo (very compact!)

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Well, what better way to use my 1000th post than too give you guys a quick update on whats been going on in the Team Orr camp:

My antweight event RFRC 3 was in September and i think i can say it was pretty awesome! had a good turnout with some new people and some new robots which was cool, lots of damage but that just adds to the fun! My all singing, all dancing house robot wasnt quite done in time but it should be ready soon. We also had several awesome Spall moments (the plucky little infrared robot that keeps on working) which was amazing...i thought it would be killed in its first fight TBH :p guess we will have to try harder next time...

vids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua0mpiHK_YM

Looking good jack, did you organise that event?

yep

http://www.robotwars101.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1316

so started work on a new fleaweight spinner called diablo (altho i am thinking of renaming it deathbed: the bed that eats :-P )

The brushless setup is here!

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4114.jpg

the motor has these cool connectors, but i think they may be cut off to save weight

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4117.jpg

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4116.jpg

it came with some other cool extras

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4118.jpg

screwed on the mounting plate

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4121.jpg

the ESC is tiny!

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4120.jpg

and this is the motor and ESC together

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_4124.jpg

servos are scheduled to arrive tommorow so it should all kick off this weekend!

Jack

Its good if you decide to rename it, then there isnt 2 robots called diablo.

ahh yeah just noticed that, iv had the diablo name for a while, just thought id put it on a active robot, will probs change it anyway,

also, servo's are here :-)

did alot of work yesterday, spinner should be mounted and soldered in today or tommorow, did a test and its very fast :-P servos are speed hacked

http://s1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... G_0803.jpg

it weighs 35g ATM so hopefully inside the 75g limit, still need to add weapon mech, blade, and receiver though...
Jack

it lives!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxs_rRjAvg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgTj18DMypI

okay, so this isnt strictly just confined to robots, more RC all round, its not brilliant quality but i hope this will help some new comers thinking of getting started in 2.4Ghz and spectrum technology:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hgx9...el_video_title