Speed controller and component locations

[woody]

Theres a hotmail / messenger link on my profile if you wish to chat sometime...but its time for me to log off now.

[jannas_gutiere]

I dont blame you, talking with the resident idiot (I mean me) can be frustrating.

[woody]

If I weld 2 gears on each end of the axle, would this be enough of a reference which would let the wheels turn instead of spinning uselessly?

IF you have a tail/weapon of some sort attached to the axle....Yes.

Stinger is mainly produced from stainless steel. It has 2 identical wheels with all the workings mounted inside. The wheels drive round a fixed axle which has the tail weapon attached through a friction clutch. Structure and protection are provided by 3mm thick spun steel domes and and the Kinetic Energy of this rotating mass is transferred into the tail to make a substantial weapon

Stingers weapon is its tail. This weighs 6Kg and is made from steel which has been sharpened and tipped with Stellite. The tail has no actuator, but is driven by inertia from the wheels. When the motors are stopped, the wheels continue to roll so the transmission turns the axle which transfers their momentum into the tail. When the motors are reversed from full speed, the tail slams overhead with the force of a 14lb bowling ball being dropped from 60 feet!

(Message edited by woody on May 02, 2007)

[jannas_gutiere]

Perfect! Thank you for copying that information from, i assume, the stinger website. The silly college conputers will not let me access it for some reason.

JG.

[woody]

The Stinger site no longer exisits .. In your other thread I gave a link to the Way back machine......this engine archives websites.....it has a copy of the old Stinger sites sadly without pictures.
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.robot-stinger.co.ukhttp://web.archive.org/web/*/http://...-stinger.co.uk

http://web.archive.org/web/*/robot-stinger.co.uk/*http://web.archive.org/web/*/robot-stinger.co.uk/*

(Message edited by woody on May 03, 2007)

(Message edited by woody on May 03, 2007)

[jannas_gutiere]

Ha! Get this, I tried to use the way back machine but the site is blocked thanks to some fool using it to bypass web filter and use it to look at porn in college.

I will look at the website on a friends computer though, Thank you Woody, your far too helpful

JG.

[woody]

Jannas ....do you intend to fught this bot at some of the events?

If so ......a quick browse of the FRA Rules might be in order as the voltage limit is 36v.

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/documents/buildrules2007.pdfhttp://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/docu...drules2007.pdf

[jannas_gutiere]

Not at any FRA events, more a personal project at the moment. Thank you for your concern though.

[craig_colliass]

I have just sent an email to Ian Watts about a wotty speed controller but I dont know if the email I have is correct.

ian@teambigbro.co.uk

is the one I have is this OK?

[geeza]

yep thats the one I use.