New build too heavy??

28th October 2007, 16:10

hi, im building my first robot and so far i have almost completed the chassie and it weights about 23kgs, is this too heavy? im gonna enter in as heavyweight upto 100kgs, im gonna use 4 go kart tyres and 2 24v scooter motors and for a weapon im gonna use some kinda flipper, but i want it very powerfull, so just wanna know if ive gone over the top with the chassie by makin it 2 strong and heavy?
thanks

**maddox** · 28th October 2007, 16:26

Just my 2 cents.

24V scooters and 4 kart tyres are fairly large and heavy.
Large means a lot of armor to protect everything. Armor does weight a lot.

And a very powerfull flipper.... Any idea how powerfull very powerfull is?
A very powerfull flipper uses a lot op power. Most flippers use CO2.
But if youre very creative, a lot of batteriepower.
In all cases, heavy options.

**Kenny** · 28th October 2007, 17:02

got pics of the chassis??

28th October 2007, 19:54

was thinking of using very thick perspex for armour? would this be ok or do you have any other suggestions, i will post some pics of the chassie tomorrow.

28th October 2007, 19:58

oh and the flipper i was thinking of somethin like a pneumatic ram, somethin off ebay, what do u suggest for that and what is the max psi i can have it, ive got an idea how to build most of the robot but the flipper i dont really have a clue, so any help would be useful, links, pics, what i need exactly. thanks

**Mouldy** · 28th October 2007, 20:26

http://howto.killerhurtz.co.uk/pneumatics.htmhttp://howto.killerhurtz.co.uk/pneumatics.htm

http://www.teamonslaught.fsnet.co.uk/tech.htmhttp://www.teamonslaught.fsnet.co.uk/tech.htm

http://www.gt-electronics.freeserve.co.uk/c2/technical/technical.htmhttp://www.gt-electronics.freeserve..../technical.htm

http://www.teamdavinci.com/understanding_pneumatics.htmwww.teamdavinci.com/understanding_pneumatics.htm

Enjoy.

28th October 2007, 21:15

they look good, i will have a look thru, if anyone else has more helpful info, just on the general building of the robot, it would be useful, thanks again