Tormenta 2 - Build Diary

[mattsdragons]

Cant see the video

[psychostorm]

Ellis, do you get the feeling Kaizer & Tormenta are looking more like twins?

At this rate, we'll pick up each others machines & wonder why the radio isn't working...

[Ellis]

Indeed, they're similar!

We're going to attempt to weld the second stage pins into place on the drill gearboxes soon, but I'm not sure if that's really the best thing to do. I'd love to keep the 12v motors because the power at the fully charged ~21v is fantastic, I'm just wondering if it's really worth the problem of never knowing how close the setup is to failure.

Looks like moving to 18v motors and 24:1 gearboxes would would cost around 55-60 quid. Has anyone got experience with 24:1 setups? Is the drop in torque particularly marked?

And thanks for the comments guys. Certainly is nippy!

Matt, it should work for all.

[Danjr1]

Robob works perfectly well with that set-up!

[Ellis]

I believe we're fighting in April so, uh, you got any video of Robob? For seeing how the ratio change affects things, of course, pfft. :wink:

[james...venom]

Looks great, can't wait to see it in the arena!

[PJ-27]

Is your wiring Black and Brown? That's got to lead to a few shorts!

[Ellis]

It is indeed black and brown, because believe it or not, no where here seems to sell red wire! It's incredible, we searched everywhere, and it's just not used. The colour difference is marked enough for it to not be a problem, though, no shorts so far!

(probably just jinxed it didn't I)

Thanks James.

[Eventorizon]

The current international standard in Europe for mains wiring is Green/Yellow as the earth, Brown as positive and Blue as negative. Red was used up until 2004... I think. That might explain it to some degree.

[PJ-27]

Yeh brown and blue is the current standard, with brown being live.

Just don't do what I did did and wire half the robot in Red/Black and the other in Brown/Blue, too easy to mess that up!