I love how its almost as big as major damage!
Looks quite lightweight though but I guess the middle section is just dense so very heavy.
It's just a shame that it doesn't seem to damage anything, I preferred it when saint had that massive hammer thing on it.
It's huge!
Dark indeed Craig!!
I think I should do something pneumatic just to show I can, but it will have the Team Saint touch !
(by that I mean it will be fiendishly clever, with ideas no one would want to use, or no one will understand why I bothered. and it won't win!)
I have a feather (that won't win either) I was going to finish as well I don't know what to do first!
As always a big thanks to John and all the Robot Wars Crew for a great weekend roboting, This time Joseph (my eldest son) came along with me, as Zack was “revising for his GCSEs” I believe him.
This time I took Saint, Cherub, Seraph, Tron and the kettle.
As Zack wasn’t there I had to do some driving, and I suddenly remembered why I let Zack drive. Saint hit everything and occasionally the other robot. The fights were scrappy and hard I loved it, I think Saint saw action 5 times during the weekend and only had one failure when the split link on a chain failed one time.
Cherub didn’t miss a beat. It kept coming back for more and I think it only got flipped out once. By its team mate, thanks John.
Seraph was the worst performing robot the main problem being the motors cut out when you use full forwards or backwards with left or right if the control stick is in the corner, the robot just dies I have tried the usual things changed radio systems and adjusted throw but no difference with this fault, It started when I fitted those Botsbitz 85A speed controllers with a v-tail mixer! Any ideas welcome.
Tron was boringly reliable, and with the LiPo battery has enough power to push most of the other robots about.
Kettlebot just keeps going all I had to do was tighten up the screw that holds the lid, as it had worked loose other than that it kept the crowed amused. Oh and made friends with a bread bin. (That was a sentence I thought I would never write!)
Just a privilege to meat old friends and make new friends too. We are looking forward to the next one.
Craig
Team Saint
What code are the TZ85 running?Originally Posted by craig_colliass
There is a thread with code that stops this problem when running with dx6i's
Still doing bits to tidy Saint this time its the hub caps.
The old plastic hubcaps got a bit worn and even started to crack a little!
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I didn't have any green plastic the right thickness but had some white HDPE left over from the Gabriel biuld so that's ok.
OH by the way, the saw you see in the picture has been brilliant, it dose not clog up and with the big blade it cuts straight even with me using it. I got it from Argos.
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A Big thanks to John and all the team for a great weekend at Barnsley, we managed to get both Saint and Cherub working for the whole weekend without any problems, had some good fights and looking forward to the videos soon.
Had a great Saturday evening with "The Usual Suspects" always a privilege guys.
Tron was going well and I even got a compliment on my driving from Zack.
The only robot to have trouble was Kettlebot we have worn out the motors in it! I have ordered some more as they are quite cheep. and it's an easy fix when they come.
Lots of people were away probably on holiday. but the shows were well received by the audience. And plenty of good fights were fought. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Still think i won that fight
This is soooo cool. Saint was a lot scarier in the flesh that it was in the videos. When you stand next to the arena and Saint's hammer came down on the floor the whole place shook!
I do enjoy the pictures and would love to see some more
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