Cobalt

[Kenny]

Wow that sounds really good, are there any pro's to using an electric actuator? I imagine them to be slow and heavy (I mean as apposed to a gear motor setup such as yours will be).

Only one i can think of is you can buy them off the shelf and not after make something

[psychostorm]

End switches already installed, so it doesn't try to destroy your robot with back force.

[Kenny]

Managed to get the cylinder finished , its been at pirtek today being pressure tested to 350bar and passed

now to try and mount in cobalt for the weekend..., aswell as getting tiberius ready going to be busy...

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[Kenny]

The final design of new cobalt is close to being finished
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[plargen]

out of interest do you know what thickness of steel cobalt can get through with the new ram

[shakesc]

Probably at least 1mm more than the armour on my robot :sad:

[Kenny]

Rather than a certain thickness it can go through its more to do with how the armour is supported underneath, if its only supported at each side it will bend the middle in, if its supported everywhere it will have more of a chance to go through

[Eventorizon]

out of interest do you know what thickness of steel cobalt can get through with the new ram

Cos both your machines are sturdy welded boxes I would have thought that would make them ideal targets for getting crushed. Sorry. But then again, if any machine is designed to stop spinners then its probably going to be perfect for Cobalt no matter what.

[teamstorm]

That's the great news for crushers these days, everyone is focussing on defending against spinners in the featherweight space... which don't usually attack you from on top !

Vortex is being retrofitted with 10mm 2014T Aluminium up top !

[plargen]

so my only hope is the pit, push him in or hide in it