yes its good to see a few new builds now....futures looking good.
yes its good to see a few new builds now....futures looking good.
are you putting a weapon on that?
depends on how much weight i have left but if there is enough it will have a servo powered lifter
have been looking into a small horizontal spinner that would stick out underneath as well but that's less likely
Did you put scruffy in with the spinners at anypoint? Am looking into what it takes to make the lifting arm hinges strong enough.
the first scruffy took on spinners and the lifter held up fine but the front edge of the scoop got bent up, the old versions is my avatar
the scoop was just 5mm mild steel, the new 1 is thinner but it has a structure underneath which should make it more ridged and hopefully more prone to getting a gash rather than bet as i can then just weld it up
main suggestion don't use door hinge tried it and it bent, in the end i got some steel tube that was 8mm bore and made my own hinge which held up well
here is a pic
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/atta...7&d=1348412684
thought i should do a minor update on scruffy after maidstone ......good bit of fun lol, managed to shove a few in the pit and flipped a bot (well rolled it lol) and it had no problems self righting even with the missing spikes
my 1mm titanium blade bent so i either need to get a piece of hardox or 2-3mm ti, all my goth spike broke so i will need to look into getting some made from ti bar and my servo/micro switch controller for the actuator packed up on the last fight (luckily)
upgrade plans are to go back to 4s lipo instead of 3s the get the old scruffy speed back but the actuator is already fast enough so i plan to use a resistor pack form a car fan/heater system to keep the power to around the 12v mark
ive also been looking at the battle switches but i am unsure if they will work with the dx3e pistol grip tx so might just have to make another servo switch, upgrade the blade to something thicker and change the spikes for something stronger
night fury ran ok in the playtime at the beginning but died at the end turned out to be the battery had swollen so i think i ran it for to long or possibly damaged it somehow but my spare battery still runs it fine, anyway i was unsure on lipo disposal so i check on the net and found out it was easy just drain it flat and its safe so i did so
only upgrades night fury needs is some new front scoops probably best to get some hardox
on another note i will hopefully be starting my heavyweight in the near future its gonna be old tech wheelchair motors and 4QD esc as i already have these and im aiming for 5mm steel armour, im also leaving room for upgrades later on once these bits have broken lol
Last edited by plargen; 20th October 2013 at 18:59.
That's class mate. Look forward to seeing it in the Slaughterhouse
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