Team Saint Robot Builds

**craig_colliass** · 30th April 2014, 12:31

The Burgess Hill event

Thanks to Alan and all the Robots Live team for a great weekend.

The robots

Gabriel didn't shine much, the first fight it broke one of the drive motors and that was it's weekend! After taking the motor apart, it looks like the armature is damaged and has lost power I will have to get this fixed, also the drive on the other wheel has tightened up again! I will be looking at this problem too.
I have decided to replace both motors for new units this way I have a firm base to develop the transmission and ensure reliability. the old motors will get re wound in the future.

Saint went well had to tighten up a few bolts through the weekend, but it just kept going, I am going to do some maintenance on it. So far I have taken one drive out and striped it down. When it was built the stub axle was going to be welded to the main plate I suppose I will have to do that also the drive bearing on the transition shaft fails regularly so modifications to this is also in the pipeline.

Cherub as bad as it was last event, it was good this event, it was runner up! that's the best result Team Saint has had. no work really required here! I will just take off the lids and give a few bolts the spanner treatment.

Feathers Tron worked faultlessly shame about my driving.
Seraph one of the "new gearboxes" seized up I think it couldn't take the excitement, I will be taking that apart and reporting on the Team Saint build thread shortly. Haven't looked at Seraph will try to get it going for the next event if I can

Kettle Bot Worked fine hope to sort out the steam function soon.
will keep you up dated on that.

Craig

**teamstorm** · 19th April 2014, 10:03

Just caught up with this, wow, Craig that's *huge* how are we supposed to fight that, Storm II will just drive straight underneath

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**Porker** · 19th April 2014, 15:07

What is your next project?

**craig_anto** · 19th April 2014, 19:44

You are not allowed to join the pneumatic darkside Craig, I will not allow it

**craig_colliass** · 1st May 2014, 17:13

I found out what the problem was for the drive failure this coupling has never failed before I will now carry a spare!

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Also you can see a before and after, the bearing cap had failed on Saint, this is something I have been meaning to sort out for ages and I have decided to modify the bearing to help with reliability.

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The axle used on my robots have both live and fixed heavies are fixed and feather is live.

**craig_anto** · 20th April 2014, 19:36

I'm hoping this is some kind of walking monstrosity if not you're not going to like what I'm leave in your tool box at the next event

**craig_colliass** · 22nd April 2014, 18:25

The conversation whent something like this.

Me "Now Zack don't go on the floor flipper as the gearboxes are weak and may break"
Zack "OK dad don't keep pestering me about it"
Me "Zack why is Seraph just going round in circles?"
Zack "I don't know dad"

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Thanks to mike I now have some Zack proof gearboxes to replace the old ones, so Seraph will be back to do it's thing, till the next time Zack finds the weak spot.

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