Team Saint Robot Builds

[craig_colliass]

Lots of people have asked about Kettlebot and the drive used so I thought I would try to post links to the different bits

Motors http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Torque-Pow...item43b8f471de

wheels http://www.technobotsonline.com/whee...ot-wheels.html

Speed controllers http://www.technobotsonline.com/sabe...er-for-rc.html

Battery pack http://www.componentshop.co.uk/12v-2...tery-pack.html

Gyro http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...o_Gyro_JR.html

servo for lid http://www.technobotsonline.com/futaba-servo-s3003.html

I hope this helps someone and looking forward to domestic appliance robots on the scene soon

[Ellis]

When we first built Tormenta 2 it could be disappeared or reappeared in 10 minutes. A few nuts and bolts and it all slides away from itself.

Now that it's seen battle, no chance! Much of what used to be a matter of lightly tapping now requires dropping the machine on the floor to get into place.

[craig_colliass]

After many years of faithful service it is about time to replace Seraph with a new machine, the reason is the old one is getting tatty and you either rebuild or just make another machine. Gabriel was never very successful so the drive from that is going to be the start of the new Seraph


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I decided two motors was not enough so I am going to try to marry four motors shared between two wheels!! also I am looking for inspiration for the shape of the new Saint so make the feather and then see how the shape works for the heavyweight. I will keep you posted on the progress.

[psychostorm]

Sorry to bump. Craig, may I please borrow two of your SLAs for Newport? Only I don't think the ones I have are holding charge well & I really need to able to run away from Thor.

[craig_colliass]

Of course yes,I will try to remember to take some, Why would you want to run away from Thor?

[psychostorm]

Of course yes,I will try to remember to take some, Why would you want to run away from Thor?

You're right Craig, that's a stupid idea. I've got a wedge - I should be running under it thus hidden from the axe.

[craig_colliass]

I thought I would give Tron a new paint job beige and purple very Cadillac,I might do a bit more on it like new batteries but for the moment. that will do!

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[craig_colliass]

I didn't have any good pictures of Cherub and was thinking of doing a web site in the future so I decided to smarten it up for the public.

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[craig_colliass]

Well I thought I would give some feedback on how Team Saint robots did in the
Robot Wars UK Championships

Saint did very well! it weighed in at just under 95Kg with the feather axe fitted.
it won the first round so made it through to the quarter finals and lost to Iron Awe 5 which is no shame as it is an ex UK champ.
saint didn't have any significant mechanical problems in the weekend only one bearing cap failed this is a regular thing and we keep loads of spares, the Wotty overheated at the end of one fight but then cooled down enough to drive out of the arena after a few minutes.

Cherub went better than I think everyone expected, won the first round too. then lost to Behemoth very quickly, for some reason the lifter mechanism stopped working and Cherub could not self right, got it back to the pits all worked perfectly, don't you just hate that!! It went into a whiteboard fight and worked very well it is fun to see it self right, after the weekend I noticed when packing it away the split link on the lifter was coming apart so I will have to fix that before the next one. but with the wins it means we have 2 robots seeded for next year and neither of them flippers.

Tron did what Tron dose, it is a bit of a "boring box" but it is tough and reliable and easy to drive. Didn't win never dose, but it gives me something to do in the feather fights.

Seraph won the best feather,
I can't begin to tell you how good this feels. it has been fighting for quite a few years now and has proven to be impossible for any other feather (with the exception of some spinners) to do any damage to, in fact most can't even get close to it! every fight it goes around scoring points off any robot Zack chooses to hit, and still hardly ever gets close in any of the competition finals much to mine and Zack's amazement, but perhaps at least at Robot Wars events the corner has turned and it will be recognised as the design classic I believe it to be. Robot Wars ................. guys we salute you

Kettle bot
I don't know why people like it but they do, we changed the balance on this one and it drives as well forward as it dose backwards!! which has to be an improvement.

Final words have to be many thanks to All at Robot Wars and all our dear friends and fellow roboteers for a truly wonderful weekend.

[craig_colliass]

The machine works and I can get my pictures on the forum again, thanks Kane for all your work making this happen.
As always the quiet hero!!

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Above is a picture of the replaced speed controller and the two Rxs the one that is staying is the Spectrum one.

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New battery retaining bar small thing, but the small things let you down.

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Just a nice picture of Spiderbot.