RogueTwo Robots

**xtreme** · 21st December 2011, 00:17

Why are we having a convo on Jamies build thread when were curently having a convo on MSN?

is it still called MSN?

**calumco** · 21st December 2011, 00:20

its cause we're both so unbelievably awesome, a single msn convo isn't enough to contain us.

or we're both just sad

**xtreme** · 21st December 2011, 00:26

probably the latter

**RogueTwoRobots** · 21st December 2011, 00:28

For what it's worth, I don't mind. Makes my thread more interesting.

**Anttazz** · 21st December 2011, 00:37

Just need to hope Calums sister doesn't see it...

**calumco** · 21st December 2011, 00:45

tom scared her off

**death robotics** · 22nd December 2011, 00:23

All this needs is Chuck Norris to join in and were all set

**Kenny** · 22nd December 2011, 22:49

Originally Posted by k_c_r

Update

Been tinkering away in my workshop the past couple of days. Not really got one 'big' project/build to focus on, so just working my way through a list of little things that have built up. First up, put my new bench grinder and pillar drill to good use in making a bigger shaft for the Scorpion motor (clamped the shaft in the drill and took a hacksaw to it to cut the circlip groove

):

Not as polished as the original but good enough.

So hopefully I won't have to worry about the output shaft bending from shock damage. As Dave mentioned above, the extra length out the back will allow me to support the rear of the motor too, so the whole setup should be quite solid. Will be designing the mount for it tonight.

Also progressed with the beetleweight lifter from a couple of pages back. This was the original pile of parts:

And this is how it's looking just now:

It's definitely not fast enough to be classed as a flipper, but it's a nippy lifter

The lifting arms are supported on either side, one via the servo horn and the other by an M6 bolt that has been fitted to a piece of HDPE screwed onto the servo casing. Takes a bit of the strain off the output gear of the servo when lifting (and an idea pinched from a fleaweight builder). The battery pack is currently a 6V, 1800mAh Nicad pack but the total weight as it stands is 950g, and I've still to add a receiver, ESCs and armour. So that may need to get swapped out for a lipo and BEC at a later date. I'd like to just get it all running first.

Depending on what angle I look at it from, it has a bit of the old Turbulence look about it. I don't plan on making it a replica, but if it can be as successful as Turb then I won't be complaining

Beetleweight looks good mate, i'll after bring 180 along to uk champs next year aswell as new flow and have a battle