tbh tom i think my heavy can pwnize your feather
well its personal prefrance, i personaly like the vibe of a ant event but a biggy is kinda ncie with all the dimmed lights etc. you could always do wat i do and make loads of both weight class
tbh tom i think my heavy can pwnize your feather
well its personal prefrance, i personaly like the vibe of a ant event but a biggy is kinda ncie with all the dimmed lights etc. you could always do wat i do and make loads of both weight class
£15?
for a pair of wheels!?!
15 quid ain't a bad price for a couple wheels.
If you want cheap wheels, go and buy some adult-size rollerblades. The wheels are strong and are designed to take the weight. With a rubbery, sticky grip and generally not far from 10cm in diameter, it's good deal, especially since you often get 4 wheels on each blade, making for 4 two wheel drive robots or 2 four wheel drive robots.
The only downside is that they are quite skinny, and very little rubber actually touches the ground (otherwise, whilst skating, there would be too much friction for it to be effective), meaning the grip wouldn't be incredible, but for a flipper bot or something, they'd work great
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Ellis
Sorry, not £15 for simply a pair of wheels
Its £15 for two good-size, high-traction, great quality (as used by Razer and Behemoth) wheels that come complete with nut inserts to allow you to screw them straight onto cordless drill motor shafts.
Go to Homebase and pick up some large (178mm) wheels with average traction, moderate quality and with nothing more than a simple hole drilled through the middle and you'll have spent more than £15.
That said, it is perfectly possible to make very cheap wheels out of wood and bike tyre, or to pick up second-hand wheels from somewhere that you can adapt to suit your bot.
I paid $12.10 for some Banebots wheels myself, they're almost as good as (if not better than :P) the blue wheels from what I've seen/felt...also slightly more convenient for me as I'm using strange shafts :P
i paid nothing but nothing for my wheels :P , thanks again craig
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When i started thinking about my bot.... (it 6kg but its not so much smaller than a fw)
Two drill motors: ~£0
Two 'green' wheels: ~£0
35/40MHz RC gear: £5
Microswitch speedo: ~£5
Batteries from drills: no extra cost
everything else: free
HDPE (as an example) for chassis/armour: £1 (free leftovers)
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