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So that is the wooden mockup of our in-progress heavyweight robot
That ram is 100mm bore, 160mm stroke, and we shall be running it at high pressure
nice work, it looks realy good. in guessing hardox?
btw i was just looking through one of you build diarys on another forum and saw these exact pictures, weird or what...
Yeah, should be fully hardox when finished
Looking very neat and will be quite good made of hardox.
What kind of motors will you use?
Bosch 750, as per normal for heavyweight robots, with homemade gearboxes
I quite like it in wood!
Looks awesome! :)
I don't, I prefer a fully hardox chasis that should hopefully keep Thor at bay :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ-27
you can always use the wood version as a foot stool when you get the hardox version done :lol:
Would be a bit big :D
haha, I suggest you give it a coat of shellac first!
Just think of it as ablative armour........
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Today we created a new, removable wedge ready for the UK Champs
3.2mm hardox, much longer, and pivots (i.e. is flush to the ground either ways up)
Now weighs 12.1kg
Gearboxes finished at long last
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awesome! where did you get the bosch 750's and how did you make the gearboxes?
Looking very good, similar to Kronics gearboxes, and they're about the only part i've not managed to brake yet!
You can get Boschs from Ellis Components
thanks, i think i shall sell my littons and buy a pair
are those blue wheels you are using?
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Baseplate cut and components placed where they will be mounted, not yet mounted :)
Baseplate weighs 8.8kg
looking really good
that looks great, but if its anything like explosion, that will be scary!
Well, that's a bigger ram than in either Iron-Awe's :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mattsdragons
with a ram that size, i think we may have a UK champ in the making :)
Damn. could be worse. a Kronic ram!Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Invade
it's not just about ram size y'know :wink: how many burkerts are you using on that ram?
I know that :PQuote:
Originally Posted by jonny
2 burkets, and 2 buffer tanks
cool, what size main tank(s) are you going for?
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Originally Posted by mattsdragons
I wouldn't worry too much guys, the flipper arm's only made out of wood :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by death robotics
i think we all know wood is stronger than people think :) good work
looking good. The only thing i will mention, if your planning on using the bearings for the flipper, as they are cast the do have a tend to crack the casings.
Id second that, we use that type of bearing at work on loads of area's of production... when the shafts sieze up on them and the bearing's carnt be removed easily, a good hit with a hammer and the castings snap in two...
One hit from THZ or Thor on the top of the arm and it could be game over...
You might be better of mounting a block on your back plate with brass bushings going through it... theres no real need to mount the pivot on bearings...
Apart from that it looks really good. Possible new champion in the making :)
this looks really good, the ram is the same size as mine, in theory it should be more powerfull than the iron awes but when im fighting with them im not sure if there is much difference, maybe for the first few throws im better but im using more gas and the performance drops a bit, iron awe rams are about 80mm i think, i have 1 2lt buffer tank.
I do like your gearboxes these are exactily what i want to upgrade to later this year.... or next !
any chance you can let me know where all the bits come from ?
That is looking realy good and agree with everyone else that it could be a potential UK Champion in the making.
That is a big ram you're using (makes Maelstroms 75x150 ram look quite small in comparison :D )- Iron Awe 5 has a 80mm bore 150mm stroke and IA6 has a 100mm bore 150mm stroke one (got that from the website). I think their performance comes from having 2 large buffer tanks and the ball valve system to fire which gives a high flow rate into the ram.
Your system sounds like it should give one hell of a flip though and will be good to see in action!
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Motors and ram fully mounted
someone gave explosion steroids :lol:
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Gas bottle mouted
and remember its Team Beasts tag team partner ;)
shame your going to hold him back john :P
You going to re-machine the pneumatic cylinder end cap from something solid?
Flipper mounted
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We will once its finished, rushing a bit atm to get it ready for September :lol:Quote:
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Looking good mate
Yeah, a Heavyweight version of Explosion would be awesome!