Team Eventorizon: Build Diary

[typhoon_driver]

Battery: 6-18 cells (NiMH or NiCd) or 2-6 cells (Li-Po)

That controller couldn't take 10 cells in series

[typhoon_driver]

And yes the design is nice but I would put something to protect those wheels at the front. Every kind of spinner would love a go at those

[RogueTwoRobots]

Woops, missed that bit in Alex's description. Good point.

[Eventorizon]

well I will just get a different motor, we have not brought anything yet besides the Ti so many things may change but my dad is adamant on monstrous drive and multiple weapons so it will probably stick along these lines. The '16' wheels in the armoured configuration is the only way to get down all the power from the drive motors otherwise it will spin its wheels like crazy!

[typhoon_driver]

tracks would be better at putting the power down

[Eventorizon]

I have not been able to find a way of making reliable and lightweight tracks and I dont think anyone else has either. I have not seen any tracked feathers anywhere. I know someone here is prototyping one but it keeps throwing its tracks. But you are right, tracks would give much more traction!

[Mouldy]

Armoured version with more grip or less grip, less armour and a weapon... Should of just bought 540 lol


Are you using magnets? If not don't go crazy on thinking more contact area is a better thing... You only have 13.6kg pushing down on your wheels... So 13.6/4= 3.4 kg per wheel (ideal situation) if you spread that over a large area... It's not much weight pressing your wheels into the floor...

[typhoon_driver]

that he should have done

[Eventorizon]

We ended up with 3 designs that looked very 540-esque. But we don't want a copy. 540 is a perfect example of raw pushing power but we wanted something different so here we are. We did have a storm 2 type one, without the lifter but my dad wants some kind of active weapon rather than just a Full Body Hammer, and we also went through things like sewer snake, 101, All Torque, Tornado etc

Put simply we want something different, if it doesn't work like we planned then never mind. All we can do is test out ideas. In then end we are just after some fun and to improve out skills, if we can make a competitive but interesting robot at the same time all the better

Oh and no magnets as yet. but we could fit some inside the side pods if we wanted to... I think

[Eventorizon]

Done some work on Conker...
[attachment=0:36ptytsl]Conker MK 2.2 800x800 Crop.jpg[/attachment:36ptytsl]
Its beginning to look more like Tormenta with each alteration...
Sides a now 2mm Ti at 50 Dgrs, might lower that a little more. Underneath is a series of cellite buttresses to support each face. This set up will be used against non spinners so that we can get underneath them easily. Then the idea is to make strategic holes so that when facing spinners, sheets of HDPE can be bolted on to to absorb the hits.