Is this design viable as a anyweight?

[PanelSmart]

Hello could you guys tell me if this design is viable as a antweight?

I want a metal skin and it has a spinning disk.

I take it I would need 3 motors, 2 for the wheels and one for the disk?

Could I use drill motors or will they be too heavy?

My design is very rough at the moment haha I have about £300 to spend

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[calumco]

hey and welcome its late so ill give a rough fast reply lol

drills are way to heavy for an ant weight not to mention too big for an ant weight -drills are what most people use in feather weights (13.6kg robots)-also antweights have to fit in a 4 by 4 inch square to be allowed to fight- or at least they used to have to - im not an antweight guy so im not all that sure.

and yes the design looks alright for an antweight, bu not to push you into anything but if your wanting a metal shell n all might be hard to get all that in the weight of an ant weight, you could be better off making a kilobot instead- theres a thread about kilobots just below/above this one you should take a look.

[PanelSmart]

Thank you very much i did not realise how small antweight were, I'll build a bigger class robot

[joey_picus]

Metal shells aren't necessarily hard in ants, Jigsaw has titanium armour and TDF used to have all around 1mm thick hardened aluminium armour - I had to change it though as radio interference was an issue :P

Usually Sanyo-style 12mm gearmotors are used in ants, drills are far too heavy as Calum said :P what he said is spot on though apart from the 4 inch square (it's actually a 4 inch cube, and there's no rule restricting your dimensions to 4 inches each way as long as it fits in there somehow)

[PanelSmart]

would a feather weight be fine? i think its the best option for my design

[rallikas]

I think that the wheels get ripped off, if you use this kind of design in FW class.

[PanelSmart]

Iv been thinking about that today, maybe try and put them inside the body somehow

[calumco]

hey, just bear in mind if you do make your design into a spinner, you'd only be able to use it at events once or twice a year.
any feather without a disk or anything that spins, --- a flipper or axe etc you can take to normal events, i think theres about 10 a year? ish

[PanelSmart]

Hey guys, I know having a spinning blade on the front of my robot wont be very reliable or do much damage but I think they look cool haha

To be honest I prob wont enter this one in a event, i just want to get to grips with how everything works, fits together, what to buy and just the general experiance.

Im starting a new topic in feather weights now I have drawn up a better design.

Thanks for reading. Rob