Thank you everyone for replying so quickly!

@bitternboy

Hopefully the driving aspect won't be too difficult, no problem!

@RobotExtreme

Thank you very much for the advice, I do plan on doing future builds after this assignment but I the only thing is that for this assignment we get marked on our build quality so it is expected that we make our own MSC. With that in mind I'll ensure I take extra care when securing the MSC to the frame of the bot.

@lowndsy

I've just looked that up it could have been it says that it used wheelchair motors but I can't find anything about the speed control, but it probably was!

@Runsler

Yeah we'll only be using the robot against other bots made by students. I do know of one student that is using an ESC but he has been on robot wars and battle bots before so I think it's ok if he uses it. I would much prefer to use an ESC but I think that we do get marked on the build quality of our MSC, which is a shame.

We did consider making a vertical spinner because we thought it would be easier, that is done by just adding a separate motor and spinning the object, right? The only problem is that we aren't allowed sharp bladed spinners it would have to be a blunt spinner such as 'Carbide' in the most recent series but we didn't know what material to make the spinner out of as this has to be lighter than what is used on the heavyweight robots.

Thanks for the advice on the pneumatic side of things I'll get my group to do some calculations around that.

@maddox10

Ohhh ok, I get that explanation, thanks for the help

@harryhills

Will do, thank you for the offer

@blazerbotics

That could prove to be very useful and cheaper, I've just briefly looked it up and that sounds good. Thanks for the help

@everyone

Thank you all so much all of this advice is great