Liftoff (FW) build diary

[harry hills]

Looks pretty solid. Very nice work

[Liftoff]

Thanks Harry... it looks solid enough, but that will only be confirmed in combat!

More work in progress, today sorted out the pneumatics and their attachments. I'm happy by the result, everything fits in to the millimetre. Also continued the hdpe under armour, tough work with the plane to match and allign the pieces, but so far so good. Still doubting I manage to finish by Tuesday but I'll try!

Some pics of the progress so far and a comparison of the old vs new shell.

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[Liftoff]

Feeling exhausted after a whole day at the workshop working on the machine...tomorrow is the last day I can work on it as on Wednesday will be off to the UK. Then its up to my brother to finish it off and make it work for Sunday's event!

We're almost there, track drive installed, tested individually but not as a whole unit, so so far its untested!
Flipper hinge and allignment in progress, but there's still loads to do! Most probably it will have to do without the titanium armour for now.

Some photos of the robot so far.

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Playing with fire!!

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Overall view of the robot, its looking more complete by the day, hope it will function as it should in thd end!

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[Liftoff]

Is the 13.6kg weight limit with a full Co2 main tank or it doesn't matter

[Eventorizon]

2.3 Consumables
Maximum weight includes all consumables.

No, the C02 is included in the weight of the machine.

[Liftoff]

Pity, could have saved 200gr!

Not that it will matter much, I'm already 13.4kg, and I still need to pack the batteries, Co2, speed controller and wiring, top cover and worst of all - the titanium armour!
For the local competition its ok as 17kg is the limit, but after its over I'll go over the machine and trim excess material off. This build was done in too much of a hurry I had no time to get to details.
I'm done for now, Blastoff is almost complete but still untested, I'm particularly worried about the pneumatics because of the way the ram and flipper are mounted...have no idea if it will be strong enough to flip something or not... That's for my brother to discover now, gave him a good handover and he should finish it of by the end of the week.

In the meantime I'm packing up my bags (actually my wife is!) as tomorrow morning we're off to the Uk. Hope to meet up with you lads next Sunday at Golchester...

[RogueTwoRobots]

I take it you're competing at Gloucester, rather than just watching? If so, don't worry too much about the weight; the whole point of whiteboard fights is to have fun and, in some cases, do some testing of robots. As a result, some robots are often overweight. And considering the distance you've travelled, I don't think anyone will complain. Best of luck getting it finished

[Liftoff]

I wish I could bring it over for a whiteboard, but unfortunately our local robotwars event is on the same day as Gloucester, it will be for another time.
My brother will finish the robot off and take it to our local event, no time left for me to help, tomorrow at 7 will be in the air!
Will be missing the local event but I'm more than sure that Gloucester will make up for it!

[Eventorizon]

Why is the local limit so bizarre? 17kg isn't in line with anything in the UK, US or anywhere!

[Liftoff]

Good question, but I don't know the exact answer. Keep in mind the level of this event is nowhere near to the events you're used to. Rules are somewhat similar but with just one class of robots.
The event is organised by the University for the engineering students. I'm long past the student age but my brother has been a sudent there for 5 years, and we've competed for these last 5 years.
From next year on we're out of the competition as my brother has graduated and he's out of univ. So the alternatives are come over to the Uk or organise our own event, the first is the easiest option so that's what we'll do.