Team Psyclone: The Uprising (Of Build Diaries)

[TeamPsyclone]

Well, I'm not dead, I've just had no money for the Robots atm, though I have been modding my Xbox. I do plan to make a beetleweight from my old Battlerat kit that was missing bits.

[TeamPsyclone]

Okay, after a long break, trying out new things (E.G. Building computers, Making a business, thinking of doing a DofE on either that or robots) and so on. Anyway, I'm saving up to build a new antweight, or carry on with my feather Shazam!

[TeamPsyclone]

So, if none of you mind, I've got pretty much the full status.
McCheapo:
On standby until I can get a nice rugged, but cheap look
Shazam!:
Nothing
Them Ants I tried to make:
Tried "hacking" old cheap servo, only stays on now.

[daveimi]

So have you been having a crack at building a feather? Do you have any pictures? How far did you get and so on?

[TeamPsyclone]

I got as far as the base chassis, before the jigsaw died. The other, McCheapo, is almost done, just needs a link, light, batteries and an ESC. Half of the robot looks like it's missing, mainly to see what I could build with the junk from the kitchen and shed. I wish't the Bang Bang speed controllers had worked, but the digital servos just pushed the switches off.

So, hopefully tomorrow, I'll have enough to get a cheap ESC, or more likely salvage one from the old RC Car.

[daveimi]

Do you have any pictures it sounds really good

[TeamPsyclone]

I don't have any at the moment, but it sounds better than it looks, unless I put it as "Two badly cut chopping boards stuck together with HDPE, drill motors bolted down with Pipe Clips* and with missing side panels." Just wanted to make a bot out of what I had spare.

*The rubber pipe holder things

[daveimi]

Keep going! It sounds dead good!

[TeamPsyclone]

So, unfortunately, McCheapo, I've realised, has to be scrapped for parts, and left as a testing mechanism. As of now, Shazam! is my main robot. It'll take a while to get it running, but I have an engineering college/school/something to get it going.

[TeamPsyclone]

Right, I think I've got a design decent, fun type ant. It's a little larger than 4 inches, so not comptetitive, but something to get my skills up with. I'll likely be 3D Printing it, soonish.