Team Avenger build diary

[harry hills]

i think this deserves to go here

[mattsdragons]

Holy crap, when did this happen?

[TEAM ENIGMA]

And now it's not even moving. Think it's the batteries, had lots of trouble with batteries in the past. Oh yeah, and didn't get much of a chance to test the pneumatics before it ran out of gas. Everything's fixable though, it WILL be fixed in time for Barnsley

[blazerbotics]

If your batteries are old, chance are their not up to it anymore, i have some old hawkers, the charge fine and are ok for running low power stuff like the Daleks, Mechanoids etc, but cant supply any big current for fighting bots anymore, and pushing them will just flatten them very quickly.

[TEAM ENIGMA]

Just had another look at SA, and I think it's the recievers battery that's the problem (again), not the main ones, however, we tried to test drive Mr Nasty earlier, and although the wheels turn fine when it's on it's cradle, when it's placed on the ground it wont move, I'm guessing this is due to the main batteries (3 10 year old Hawkers) not being up to it?

[blazerbotics]

most probably, best thing is to measure the voltage with nothing running, then try and measure the voltage when under load (can be difficult to do safely). Don't know what charger your using, but might be worth getting a 12v low current (couple of amps) and charging each battery seperatly, make sure they all get a full charge.

[jonny]

chortle chortle.

[mattsdragons]

as ive got the weight spare on my feather, after a little advice

stick with my 8mm hdpe lid and base or swap it out for a 10mm polycarb lid and base?

[mattsdragons]

Running ReAvenger at whitwick then it's going, too many design flaws

So, ReAvenger v2 is on it's way, 4wd 12v Argos drills at 18v, vertical crusher

Will have some resemblance to plunderbird 5, but is being built in such a way that if flipped, can still drive about on it's back wheels with a hinged wedge

Will Hopfully be 3mm Hardox sides and front, steel base and back and polycarb lid (if I have enough weight steel)

Should be a fairly quick build as I have most if the parts, may even have the 4wd section ready for the FW champs but it's being designed in such a way as the claw can be detached and run as a invertable box wedge

[mattsdragons]

My champs qualifyers:

Q1: Johnny 2 x 4 v Reavenger v Mini Mighty Mouse =

Q2: Reavenger v Push n Shove v TS2 =

Q3: Omen v Cobalt v Reavenger =

Not too bothered about a wooden bot and a flipper

TS2, beater but will be a good fight

Omen (horizontal spinner) and colbalt (Hydraulic crusher)... Im going to die