Just a quick update, bit the bullet and ordered this from the local fabrication place. It's due to be ready in about a month or so as I I'm planning on fighting it next year. Thinking of getting them to make a heavy version as well as I can't weld lol. It's feeling like bite the bullet time, if I want to compete regular with a heavy and get to the champs I need to start designing stuff from steel lol.
Got the 5 yr old's robot ready for AWS on Saturday
Attended AWS 45 this weekend, loaded the car up and trucked down to Coventry eating much Maccy D's and ASDA butties as was possible. Blew up my receivers Wednesday night with some stupid wiring, borrowed one from Razer Dave to whom I owe a massive massive thank you. Had a fab time to the point where I think I may switch from feathers to ants as it's much more regular fighting and a dead friendly crowd. Also no flaming drill motors to contend with. Pick up heavy chassis some time this week, battery packs are ready to go, umming and arring about dx6i or plumming for a dx7, really need it to failsafe for heavy regardless. Half the electrics from the feather are blown, wheels are wrecked and the chassis is a joke. May just keep that battery and speedo and bin it as it'll be months before it gets a run out and the cash I will spend sorting it all out I could spend building a decent ant. Anyway, will post some more with heavy pics later in the week. Thanks for reading and some snaps from Saturday. Cheers, Dave.
Been to the metal people, they say they're nearly done and it will be ready in a week or so. All I know is I'm three hundred notes worse off but it's worth it. Need to sort out some propper drivetrain stuff as the chassis is utterly beautiful: welded, folded, machined and recessed. I have some batteries, some 12V 9Ah to go in the heavy and am flirting with the idea of mag drive and some custom gearboxes, only problem being that I need the wheels to be 200mm minimum. I've spent so much money its frightening. Gone are the days of this being a "bit of fun"...this is frightfully serious now given the money I keep forking out lol. Erm I randomly drew something...hic...(see below). Also worried that Craig will go mad after he realises I took a shine to Cherub but am too daft to make the horns. Oh and are bulkheads needed for strength? I have chassis (nearly and batteries), also have some wheel chair motors, but am pining after some custom mag gearboxes, if I buy someone enough beer will they make me some mag boxes? I need a wotty, or some other esc as well. oh and a dx6i! and an orange to failsafe.
I have postoned wabbajack building and can't be bothered with feathers anymore fed up of drills breaking and unsuccessfully damaging fingers trying to hammer flaming unf nuts into molten hospital bed wheels. No I say,...no more! Heavies and ants! Heavies and ants! Now need to see if any of the EO's will let me enter something next year with my non existant heavy haha.
Over and out....Dangerous Dave.
Picked up heavyweight chassis today.
I fear the name Twisted metal is in use already.
http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Twisted_Metal
Just go for it and go 4wd! With a chassis like that it will be easy and not all that more expensive yet will have a ton more push
Gutted about the Twisted Metal name lol, and am looking at 4WD now just trying to work out mph, gear ratio and motor torque and wheel size and so on
Chassis looks good Dave, look forward to seeing it progress!
Looks pretty cool! And I have to agree with Matt as well, 4WD would suit this so well! Wouldn't take much in the way of modification from your original designs too I'd imagine
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