Removable link mount

[plargen]

ive switch to xt60 as my link due to the deans falling out at GLS

[webby]

Yeah I might do in the future but the current popular ones are deans.

[daveimi]

I know there may still be better ways of doing a removable link than a Deans Connector, but everything I've built for my robot so far revolves around this. If you are still making them with a Deans I'll have a few off you as it's another pre-built bit that I don't have to worry about.

It's people like you, Ewan, the Robochallenge guys, Dimension Engineering etc and the members of this forum in general that have made it possible for someone like me to have a bash at building a Robot.

[PJ-27]

Lot's of robots lost fights because their links fell out, which is a really crap way the lose, but it happens far too often!

I'm not sure deans are to blame, but I will say the tabs do wear flat over time and the link becomes loose so be weary of that.

[shakesc]

see hobbyking

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...tor_Pair_.html

[webby]

Good to see the interest, I am buying the plastic and laser cutting next week and I will post in the for sale section

[Mouldy]

All connectors in robots are likely to come loose... ive lost fights in the past because ec5's have come loose, and deans, and andersons etc etc.... i put a cable tie around them all now, not had a problem since... and bullet connectors on brushless motors i put some tape around.

The answer to the link poping out is having a link door that pushes on the "loop" of wire on the link... so it physically cant pop out without the door coming off...

[PJ-27]

The answer to the link poping out is having a link door that pushes on the "loop" of wire on the link... so it physically cant pop out without the door coming off...

Ran BitzaWood the same way (with a deans) and never lost a link. Plus it's one less hole for an axe to get into.

[typhoon_driver]

I went the other way with boner this year. I cable tied the wire running to the link and had it sitting loose (to a certain extent) inside the bot. Therefore the whole connection could move during hits. Didn't have any link issues this year.

[Mouldy]

youd have more of a market for ec5 mounts anyhow.... robochallege already sell deans mounts, or you can buy flash ali ones online

http://www.spotonrc.com/goods.php?id=193

i havent seen an ec5 mount for sale