RogueTwo Robots

[RogueTwoRobots]

And for those who were curious as to what Carcinus's extra weapon was going to be - had it not been overweight - here you go:



Inspired by Alex's (Bodge Job) axe attachment for Bruiser, I threw this together in a few hours over Tuesday afternoon/Wednesday morning. Powered by an 18V 550 motor through a standard 36:1 drill gearbox, then on to a 5:1 chain and sprocket reduction. Had a Bosch 400 sitting for years to put in an axe but never did due to the design complexity, then got a 300W scooter motor to try in the hope that it might be more straightforward. But when I saw how effective the one in Bruiser is with a GR02, I figured I may as well keep it simple. So the 300W motor might be twinned with another and fitted into Scar.



A picture of the mechanism. Quite pleased with the quality of the construction, considering a) I'd never worked with chains and sprockets before and b) I built it.
Have only tested it on a semi-charged 12 battery so not yet sure of how hard it hits. Won't be adding it on to Carcinus now the champs are over, but will build a robot around it to use at Scot-Bots/Robot Wars/Robots Live shows when I can't run Drumroll's weapon.

[joey_picus]

My gods, it appears as though Splinter has melted and been exposed to some rather bizarre mutagens!

That looks absolutely excellent, the construction quality is top notch and I can see that putting a few dents and even holes in things - I'd love to see it in action. Shame about the championships, but you did do well in the great scheme of things and I'm looking forward to Drumroll 3!

(incidentally, the bits at the back of Carcinus remind me of the two counterotating discs that I'm sure at least one robot had in series 5/6/7 - can't remember what though!)