UK Kilobots - 1.362kg (3 lbs) Combat Robots

[harry hills]

a good sized brushless out runner would be fine for a weapon
my wheels are held on with araldite, probably not a good idea to mount the disc directly to the motor

[mattsdragons]

I thing I may go with a drum spinner when I get round to it since it's not as hard to build as a disk

[PJ-27]

My Beetle is probably going to cost about the same as Bitza, but that's mostly due to weight issues. Most scrap parts are heavy!

My component weigh in leaves me with 600g. That's to include leads, connectors, mounts, pulleys and some sort of chassis to hold it all together....

Also my fisrt time using Li-Po and brushless.

Don't worry though, still upholds the Bitza motto! Bits of lawnmower are obviously included.

[Bodge Job]

I use:
2x MFA motor (15:1) with 50mm wheels for drive
a 12ah sabretooth speed cotroler
lego pnumatics, with a deodrant can, or copper pipes for the cilinder
and 6mm hdpe for the body
and 1.5mm stainless steel for the armour
and I dont have a battery yet

but is there going to be an event? because if its going to the guildford event its getting quiet close

[Laser]

alex you dont really want to use lego pneumatics, there best in ants.
Try the ripmax air retracts we looked at...

[Bodge Job]

Well the lego is only tempory untill I can afford better, and anyway from my calculations I can have 20lbs of force at the end of the flipping arm!

[PJ-27]

Just found this;

http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/0-B62.html

Apparently very popular in Beetles in America and come in several gearbox ratio's. Good amount of torque, especially compared to the MFA's on Technobots and lighter.

Unfortunately gotta order form America, haven't looked to availability in England yet.

[Mouldy]

They are good, Ive got some for my beetle if I make it...tried them out on a test chassis and they were pretty good with a 20mm wheel. Kenny also has them now in the latest version of 180

[PJ-27]

Where did you get them? From RobotMarketPlace?

I can find the gearboxes in this country, but not sure what the motors are?

[Mouldy]

me and kenny just got them direct from Robotmarketplace...there P+P cost's arent as bad as everyone thinks... and there delivery time is quite good too.