New guy in town - take 2

**onionjack** · 13th March 2009, 23:05

Hello everyone. This is my second attempt at posting for the first time as the last one didnt seem to take. Anyways... Im hoping to built a lightweight over the coming months/year and Im hoping some of you guys will be able to answer my questions as they pop up during the build. Ill see you around.

**onionjack** · 13th March 2009, 23:07

Just while its in my head cos Ive just noticed it... how do I change my name to... my name, like everyone else has?

**woody** · 13th March 2009, 23:52

1/ Dont build a lightweight...build a feather.
There arent many / any lightweight bots.
2/ Click on mrgeneric&f2s.com next to your post and edit your profile.
The Forum is currently under going some restructuring so it may not be possible to edit your username....If all else fails ask a moderator to do it for you.
3/ Welcome to the Forum.

(Message edited by woody on March 14, 2009)

**xtreme** · 14th March 2009, 00:03

Hi, Welcome to the forum.
Like woody said dont build a lightweight, Build a featherweight for your first robot.

**onionjack** · 14th March 2009, 00:39

Doh... my first mistake, that didnt take long... I did mean to say featherweight and not lightweight.

There must be some restriction on changing names then as I didnt get the option to from within my profile.

**psycho_fling** · 14th March 2009, 08:18

Hi welcome to the forum, best place to make the mistakes is on here instead of in the workshop!

So any plans and what do you all ready about the robot sport?

great choice in posting on this forum :wink:

alex

**onionjack** · 14th March 2009, 16:50

Its one of those things Ive been wanting to do since way back when Robot Wars started... I did actually start to make a robot heavyweight at that time but the expense of a heavyweight and lack of facilities to build the thing in the first place eventually forced me to pack the idea in. My interest was re-sparked when I happened upon a flyer for the recent Barnsley event which I went to and saw the featherweights and how much sheer fun they looked all flying about the arena.

My plan is (currently) to build something that works - not too fussed about how it looks just yet, that will come after I think - but the ultimate aim is to build a featherweight with flipper and axe. Quite how im going to pull that off is a mystery to me as yet so Im going one step at a time and seeing how I go

I shall be ordering my first parts this week too and cant wait to get stuck in.

**psycho_fling** · 14th March 2009, 18:06

so what parts are you ordering any pictures of the creation you wish to make?

i run the psycho flign team btw

**onionjack** · 14th March 2009, 22:04

Pictures... no not yet... just a vagur image in my head. Havent got round to drwing the design up yet. We use AutoCAD at work so im hoping to draw something up in that at some point.

I need to budget on this build so might take a long time to get all the parts together but my first purchases will be motors, batteries and speed controllers so I can get that bit working first. I have radio gear already from my earlier robot venture I mentioned before.

This brings me nicely onto my first actual robot building question... I suspect that most people have the control setup so that each stick controls one side of the robot. I have a problem here as my controller has a throttle stick on one side so doesnt return to centre. I was hoping that there was some way to use the one stick for control if you see where im coming from.