Team Troubles Robot Projects

[calumco]

hey all,
just just thought i'd do an update on all the robots i own because i was a bit bored, but also because i brought a new robot.

i now have 5 working feathers- sort of. TJ2 (left of pic), pinsor (right of pic), a random box on wheels with no name (top right) trouble starter without the drum (top left) and in the top middle my newest robot which i brought from dave mac lev 2 which im going to call NL2 which stands for Not Lev 2.

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i've got plans for one more full combat feather but then for feathers that will be my lot, unless a feather gets broken beyond repair then mark 2 or 3 etc will be made to replace it.

TJ2 works nicley at the minute although i see it comming to the end of its life really so next year ill make TJ3 to replace it with a front hinged flipper rather than an electric one.

Pinsors working awesome, and im really hoping to go to reading to really get some proper fights with it. and mabye try and win :twisted:

the box on wheels is working fine.

NL2 is working very nicley indeed, it might look the same but its insides are pretty different now from how they were when i first got it. i made a new battery frame and mounted all the electronics at the back of the robot rather than the front area where they were before. only problem is currently the flipper fires its self-don't really know why . some pics below.

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i did film a video of lev 2 flipping stuff about in my back garden but the video is terrible and really doesn't do the robot justice because the robot kept getting stuck on my patio floor etc, i flipped some of my other robots in the above pic with lev 2- but didn't film that but it throws them nicley into the air so hopefully roll on oota!

and lastly trouble starter, all finished now just waiting for the drum really- something which i originally tried making myself with some end caps made by grant but after so many problems with it, kenny is in the process of sorting it all out for me.
its driving really nicley and its really nippy which will hopefully prove to be good when i get to use the robot.

towards the end of the year im going to make a heavy weight, is going to look like a big version of TJ2 so when its finished envy bring it on!- sadly this will probabily take forever to make as my new job takes up all my free time, but i can't really compalin because it does pay for the robot stuff.

will make a next post when the drums back in my hands and its all working