Featherweight Database

[woody]

Perhaps Plank might be close?
plank - an idiot, fool. e.g. You complete plank !. Derogatory

NOT to be confused with ...plank - derogatory term for Afrikaner (derived from an older insult, An Afrikaner sounds as thick as a plank (ie, very stupid) when he speaks English)

[babeth]

Plank is his other feather.

[ewan]

Starting to get Vertigo ready for the champs - Ive fitted a new actuator in for the lifter. It will be lifter only for the champs as the weight isnt there for must-have additional armour otherwise. The actuator is just about as pacy as the last one but packs in ~120kg of force (the other being a comparetively miserable 40kg) and as a bonus is a couple of hundred grams lighter.

http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3384.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3384.jpg
http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3380.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3380.jpg

Ive got four small 600mah 13.2v packs I got off Ebay a while back (£4.00 for the lot, cant argue with that!) that Ill make up into 26.4v packs to feed the lifter with some more juice.

http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3378.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3378.jpg

Ive also finally finished the needed gearbox mod for the drive motors. Theyre all steel gears now and Ive got the outer shell of the planetary gearboxes nicely aligned this time. Ill get round eventually to sticking some fans on the motors to help reliability while the sidewinder current limit is off.

http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3386.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3386.jpg

Ill clad this monster feather with a variety of armour compounds to stand up to the undoubtedly tough competition at this years champs. Random pics:

http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3377.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3377.jpg
http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3383.jpghttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/vertigo2/IMG_3383.jpg

[leorcc]

Looks great Ewan. Should be fun.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Does running it soley with the lifter impair the self-righting capabilities at all?

[armadrillo]

Im impressed Ewan.

Build quality looks excellent. I always have liked lifters.

Good luck for the UK champs!

[ewan]

Cheers

Re Jamie: not after Ive finished with it

[craig_anto]

told u at RIAT Ewan its cool, wish u the bets mate in the uk champs, your robot jus proves theres so much u can do in 12kg, thats not a criticism on the other feathers im increasingly impressed by feathers, jus ewans new vertigo is very impresive

[grant_ploughbot]

There is alot more that can be done in 12kg than there is at the moment, but it can get costly! I like to see robots like ewans that can be made without spending a fortune!
(hopefully soon enough there will be another 3 or 4 feathers of different styles comming into combat-watch this space!)

[dragonmaster_1]

Just finished rebuilding DragonStrike for the UK champs.
Weapon Hardox 650 disc run at 1 to 1 from a EV Warrior at 24v.
Drive 2 x 18v drill motors run at 14.4v.
Armour 12mm Polypro.
Pic on Profile.