Team Trouble - Build diary

[calumco]

thought i'd make a new thread cos my other ones rite old and full of rubbish.

atm just sorting out my drum bots chassis for friday, pics below

i made this 2 years ago when i hardly new what i was doing and its been under my bed ever since and all its really been used for is to test the various crushers i've made on it lol so its a bit battered and a bit rough but its only gonna get used for this event then im making the new version anyway.

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toms doing my drum for me in the next few days i hope, so all thats left to do is probabily rewire it because its all a bit rough and add some wheel protection and borrow some 12v packs off him n all cos hes nice like that then it should be decent enough to use

[RogueTwoRobots]

All looking awesome
What type of drum teeth are you having?

Will be good to see this get out and have a chance to compete. I also forgot how bloomin' large your wheels were; aren't they around the 19cm mark or something? :P

[calumco]

just having some bars on it, going for a smaller drum on the next one with 100mm blue wheels.

the wheels are like 160mm lmao, drives fast as hell cos of the size of them lol

and yeah hopefully it'll be all good for the event, only going on friday thou cos im busy the rest of the weekend with stuff but its not gonna get thru anyway lol

tom said something about a 4 way drum fight on the saturday, if thats going off ill leave the robot there for one of you to use so it gets to be in it and dave can take it to his for me or something till i can get it back

[typhoon_driver]

I'd be up for a 4 way drum fight

[cliveb]

I'd be up for a 4 way drum fight

Never not known you be up for any fight Gary

[calumco]

ok, so nothings ready :P the chassis is 10kg and toms finished my drum and that weights 3.7 kg and i needed to add some wheel protection badly! so looks like thats going out the window so im now swapping the 2 12v packs for 2 8.4 volt packs that i havnt cycled in months to try and bring the weight down becuase i've done almost all the worth while weight saving that i can do to the robot

i've got no spare wheels,
the insides a mess,
need to cut a 17mm shaft down to size still and hope that wont be too heavy either,

aswell as do a load of re wiring inside, im going to have a busy day

[RogueTwoRobots]

If you're pushing the weight, don't worry about wheel protection. I know I've gone for some, but quite often it can be more hassle than it's worth, especially if it doesn't sustain any hits or gets bent/dented in and fouls on your wheels. Just look at how many battles Hornet 2 went through and it never lost a wheel

[calumco]

lol jamie but my wheels are 100 times bigger than hornets were :P

doin some bits and bobs cut a shaft for the drum just wants some bits of wiring doing now, the reciever sorting out and another led putting in.
since i've had to change the batteries im using to save weight, the new ones dont fit in properly so im just gonna have to tie-wrap them in somewhere or something- nothing but quality from me :P

i've got a horrible feeling the new drums teeth are going to catch the belt tensioners bolt- thats going to be fun sorting that out tomorrow lol

pics

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[Laser]

It would be nice to see the drum.
Looking relly good calum, I'd love to have a drum spinner like that

[calumco]

see how i feel but providing it still works afterwards i might sell it you after the event sometime if you'd want

i made it 2 years ago and tbh i want rid of it now so im only using it tomorrow and im never using it again after that cos im making a new one so it'll only end up gathering dust at my house like all my other old robots lol