Post battle analysis and repair

[Theo]

Looking forward to it! Should be good to see you and everyone again at the next one, I was a little bit ill last time right before my train (not the rona), so fingers crossed this time it'll be alright! The Team Death bots - the Piece De Resistance FW especially struck me as lovely to control as it glides across the arena happily. What roster are you bringing next time?

[team death]

Hi Theo

Great to hear from you again.

I always have high hopes before an event-the Robots seem to work so well before receiving a

bashing but that's the game I guess.

I shall be bringing Project Fear/driller Queen and driller Queen Extreme.

Rather than add another post here's the pictures of Driller Queen Extreme before

it gets a bashing.

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[team death]

After my latest Robodojo excursive I have decided to address my Achilles heal on all my Robots-

namely the slipping clutches, yes I never did the grub screw hack to lock them in place!.

So after a poor showing with Robots not showing their full potential I have decided to do the

hack which will not be easy as I have welded axles into the drill chucks which are still attached.

This will also reduce the weight of the Robots as each chuck weighs around 300 grams.

[Roboteernat]

If you can still unscrew the gearbox frim the motor half, you can remove the gears and thread the holes from the inside of the gearbox to then put the m5 grub screws in.
Just leave them shy of surface by 2mm that should be enough to lock the gearbox.
That's how you can get around your welded shafts.

[team death]

Thanks Nat I will see which method is best tomorrow and hope to get every Bot done.

[team death]

Well it only took 25 years but at long last team Death achieved a podium finish at a event (Robodojo) I got 3rd place in the Sportsman featherweight with Danger UXB and you might say I got lucky but I put it down to focus and I'm feeling pretty pleased.

[Ocracoke]

Congratulations! Persistence pays off, eh? :P

[team death]

With the renewed interest in Hobby weight robots and Robodojo running a championship event, I have built three hobby weights to take part.
I find this weight class 12lb far easier to build for than the beetles which I find very fiddly.
My latest 12lb bot is built around a balloon inflator cylinder, surprisingly lightweight for it's size, I have cut two large wheels out of polypropylene using a jigsaw.
I'm using two gearboxes from toy tricycles which are very low geared-strong enough to drive big wheels and the front end is a spiked whacking device.
pictures to follow.
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[team death]

By series three of Robot Wars, if you did not have a Srimech or were invertible you were trusting to luck that you wouldn't be up ended, I had a primitive scrimech in the form of elongated castors stuck out of the sides on death warmed up to which Jonathan Pierce asked the question "what on Earth are they for !"-well Jonathan the point of the castors was if the robot got flipped at the side the robot would in theory scoot along the arena floor rather than be up ended.

Now back to the subject matter-My featherweight robot Project Fear has been around a few years now but did not have an effective Srimech so I have done some major alterations to said robot create one.
I have dispensed with the winch at the front and replaced it with a heavy duty grinder gearbox which I found in a skip and also mounted a more powerful drill directly driving the gearbox to negate the use of chains, which tended to keep flying off.
When I first tried the new concept on a bench test the robot tended to lift so far, lean to one side and just pull out the weapon from under itself.
I found the cause of this to be because the weapon is not central on the robot so added a stiff rod to the side of the weapon to give a more even lift and it now works in practice-the heat of battle might be a different battle.
Here's some pictures to show the difference.
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[RogueTwoRobots]

I only check the forum sporadically these days, but will read new posts that appear, so have a virtual thumbs up since there doesn't appear to be a 'smiley' for that

Also aesthetics are great as always!