Team Gas Diary's

[Porker]

What motors is this running on?

[Gaseraki]

300 watt scooter motors
Specifically the unite MY016

They used to be on technobots but are still availble from many retailers

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-S...-/171054508554

[Porker]

Okay, thanks.

What will be powering the lifter weapon?

[Gaseraki]

Drill motor, not sure of the voltage
9.6 or 12 volt drill motor (with drill gearbox) into a 20/1 worm gear

[Porker]

What about the Argos ones? They're only £15 at the moment.

[Gaseraki]

All ready have it mate. It probably is from argos but I bought it about 4 years ago so cant remember.

[Gaseraki]

Managed to have thursday evening to my self to wire it up

Not terribly exciting news but surprisingly time consuming. And now I finally get to test drive it....yeeey
This is how it runs in a tight empty part of my front room with half a charged pack. I hope to at some point go to my local gym and really open up the throttle in a sports hall. Apologies as I got my half asleep fiance to film it before bed and the framing is a bit off.



Wiring isnt as tidy placement wise as I had hoped but no open terminals, no weak spots and thick gauged wire to supply the current to the beefy motors. Have three untouched cables (12volt out for weapon, 24volt LED and ground).

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Weekend to do list:

• Fit weapon motor and shaft
• Fit prong shaft
• Fit worm gears
• Wire up motor controller
• Create mount for RX and motor controller
• Weight reduce everything as much as possible
• Check weight and calculate how much I have left for the armour

I also found my flickr account and my WIP of Trojan 1 and Trojan 1v2
Shame as It looked ok but I was so careless with the weight that as dave said I had to cut so many holes that the robot was essentially useless.
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[PJ-27]

Looks like it drives very nicely!

[Gaseraki]

Thanks man
Been too long since I got to drive a robot around.

[Gaseraki]

Bullet point edition

• Front weapon mechanism fitted and awaiting metal prongs and limiters
• Smaller armour pieces are being fine cut and fitted
• Very close to finishing, estimated 2 working days left

Right featherweight progress has been good and end is in sight.

I finished attaching the weapon mechanism with a worm gear setup. Was initially worried as the shaft was flailing wildly but after a bit of bracing its nice and centered and works well. Its a tad quicker than I would've hoped so limiters are well in order to stop me over traveling it in the heat of battle. I expect it to be able to lift 6kg at least
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Now its a very fiddly job of cutting the smaller armour pieces (some you would expect to see on an antweight)
Starting to regret my design but in future it will be handy to maintain. If a piece gets too damaged during an event I can simply cut a new part and fit it rather than giant bulkheads.


I have settled on 3mm steel front panal
3mm ali top panal
and another layer of 10mm hdpe for side armour

It may not sound like much but its very well braced under it with lots of nylon and hdpe
Realistically the armour in parts is outer armour, inner nylon chassis, inner HDPE bracing.

Before a spinner competition I will plan to upgrade the front panel to a hardox equivalent. And possibly replace the entire side panels with ali

I only really have 2 weeks before I have to do a massive flat cleanup for family flying over for Brazil


This weekend jobs

• Finish cutting and fitting smaller panals
• Weight reduce wheels
• Wire in limiters

Following weekend jobs

• Cut and fit top and bottom panals
• Cut weapon prongs from box section and weld on
• Cut and attach front armour panel
• If time permits weld on side and bottom lips for additional attachment.

That should put me well in time for Newport

Still haven't had the opportunity for a test drive. Would like something nice and flat to test its speed.
Decided to have another drive in my front room with fully charged batteries. My cat has been constantly curious about the robot so thought I would see how she reacts. Not remotely scared. Dont worry, I didn't come close to hitting her but do stay and watch till the end.