How could I Improve pt 2

[team_orr]

i dont think even he knows that joey :P

anywho, here is a feather iv been designing:

CrOoKeD MeTaL OnE:

Weight: 13:6kgs
Weight-Class: Featherweight
Paintjob: black with flames and boggle eyes on the front (crooked of course ) a gaping mouth on the front/flipper (with fangs) and a menacing picture of Jeremy Clarkson on the back ïÅ
Shape: a long box wedge with rounded side and rear
Armour: 3.5mm ali all over
Drive: 2x 14.4v dewalt drill motors
Power: a 12v NiCad pack
Weapon: a full pressure, front hinged, pneumatic flipper, capable of giving 25-30 flips ïÅ
Ground clearance: 0mm at the front, 2mm at the sides and rear.
Dimensions: 45x50x12
Locomotion: 2x blue wheels
Shrimec: the flipper
Strengths: good flipper, oota capability, nippy, can€™t be stacked

any comments, ideas, a foam filled crocodile?

[Metal Demons]

i dont think even he knows that joey :P

anywho, here is a feather iv been designing:

CrOoKeD MeTaL OnE:

Weight: 13:6kgs
Weight-Class: Featherweight
Paintjob: black with flames and boggle eyes on the front (crooked of course ) a gaping mouth on the front/flipper (with fangs) and a menacing picture of Jeremy Clarkson on the back ïÅ
Shape: a long box wedge with rounded side and rear
Armour: 3.5mm ali all over
Drive: 2x 14.4v dewalt drill motors
Power: a 12v NiCad pack
Weapon: a full pressure, front hinged, pneumatic flipper, capable of giving 25-30 flips ïÅ
Ground clearance: 0mm at the front, 2mm at the sides and rear.
Dimensions: 45x50x12
Locomotion: 2x blue wheels
Shrimec: the flipper
Strengths: good flipper, oota capability, nippy, can€™t be stacked

any comments, ideas, a foam filled crocodile?

A decent spinner will chew up 3.5mm ali pretty badly. :twisted:

[Harry_Orr]

Well heres an ant i've just finished:

Wild-ant
weight: 150g
weight-class: Ant weight
paint-job: black all over with wild blobs of red.
shape: low wedge.
lo-commotion: 2x Lego wheels
armor: 2mm polycarbonate all over.
weapon: my favorite part! it has a pneumatic flipper that can flip from 25-30 times each battle, also it can flip over 500g.
dimension: 4€ by 2.5€ by 1€
ground clearance: 0mm at the front 1mm at the sides and 2mm at the back
speed: Fast
Power: 11.1v Lipo
Drive: Micro gear motors at 50:1
Strengths: Powerful flipper, speed, pretty good armor.

[leorcc]

Well heres an ant i've just finished:

Wild-ant
weight: 150g
weight-class: Ant weight
paint-job: black all over with wild blobs of red.
shape: low wedge.
lo-commotion: 2x Lego wheels
armor: 2mm polycarbonate all over.
weapon: my favorite part! it has a pneumatic flipper that can flip from 25-30 times each battle, also it can flip over 500g.
dimension: 4€ by 2.5€ by 1€
ground clearance: 0mm at the front 1mm at the sides and 2mm at the back
speed: Fast
Power: 11.1v Lipo
Drive: Micro gear motors at 50:1
Strengths: Powerful flipper, speed, pretty good armor.

4x2.5x1, way too narrow and low, It will never fit. Give it 3.5 wide and 2 high You'd be more in the ballpark. You have to store your gas somewhere, and your lipo, and your receiver, and your ESC, and your ram, and your valve etc...

[corsair_lightning]

Joey, I'm talking about a couple of improvements I made to the double-clutch system. Now the gear won't get knocked out of place, and it won't jump back suddenly as it engages either the drive or clutch.

[joey_picus]

...I'm still not overly convinced you know what you're talking about to be honest...

[corsair_lightning]

As I said, I am referring to the double clutch used on Cyrilium Mach 4.

[daliad100]

...Mark, do you actually know what you are talking about?

I think he means a guide slot for the lever and solenoids.

[corsair_lightning]

That's what I meant. That way, when the gear repeatedly engages the drive/flipper, the lever won't get knocked out of position to where the gear cannot make contact with either the drive or flipper.

[andrewj]

Cyrilium Mach 4 is looking much better now. But you're over-estimating the weight of the spinning rim. You're also under-estimating the energy levels it will produce by a long way. It doesn't really matter what features you're adding to this double-clutch system, because at the moment I think it would destroy itself. The batteries don't look quite right either. But otherwise it's looking good.