15th June 2008 - Roaming Robots - Guildford Spectrum

**widow_twanky** · 8th June 2008, 19:17

Shame we wont be out on Saturday but Ive just finished another major mod on Hydra (new Roboteq controller) which has taken an age and involved taking eveything out and putting it back in.

Need Saturday just to do some final adjustments and get eveything ready to go. Just having a problem getting the trims absolutely perfect, but may be ok anyway when they get some weight on them because its only very slight twitches happening.

Need to fire the weapons too just to make sure they are all connected up right.

Andy

**swanaldo** · 8th June 2008, 21:03

good controller you have there andy. should serve you well. if you set the trims it should cure the twitches

**widow_twanky** · 8th June 2008, 21:12

Ive tried setting the trims and got them as good as. Maybe its just me wanting it to sit there with no movement whatsoever on a stand. The amount of movement I am talking about is enough for it to take 2hours for it to get across the arena and with enough power that you can stop it with your hand. As I say, maybe that with 100kg sat on top of it it just isnt an issue. That said a quick hand to sort it out on Sunday wouldnt go amiss.

Andy

**blazerbotics** · 8th June 2008, 21:39

I seem to remember you can increase the deadband on the Roboteq to stop it twitching.

**widow_twanky** · 8th June 2008, 21:47

WOW! For the second time today I might have to resort to ...(god forbid)...reading the instructions!

**robotwars** · 8th June 2008, 22:22

andy,

If youve got a roboteq, should have no problem having the wheels not moving in neutral...if they are moving.... something is wrong!!

get reading !!

John