Cicatrix Build Diary

[Anttazz]

Well, I have Rover, which weighs a little over 4.5kgs, so it should be able to beat Carcinus at least

If you like you can have a go Jamie . Over the past few days I have taken all of the wiring out and resoldered them to every connector and motor tab there is and despite the simpler system it still doesn't work half as well as when we were using 2 different makes of controller. To be honest, the bits you did work as well as when you did them, its my dodgey electrics that have ruined it, maybe it just doesn't like me

[razerdave]

Did the large capacitor next to the battery terminals blow ? That has happend to me before and I never found a cause...

[RogueTwoRobots]

Did the large capacitor next to the battery terminals blow ?

On my XL, the large capacitor broke off in battle. But strangely, it still runs perfectly fine. No idea what the capacitor did, although not sure if it's something to do with current-limiting, as the controller doesn't seem to cut out when I throw the throttle straight forward.

I'll have a look on Monday Tony, see if I can put my severely limited wisdom to the test. And yeah, Rover should be able to trounce Carcinus!

[Anttazz]

Sorry Dave should have been clearer, its an external BEC. The BEC of the XXL has been completely removed.

As far as I can see the XXL looks like its still intact. All the smoke was coming from the BEC wires anyway, and strangely it was on the output side rather than the input, so was only supposed to be 5V. Hopefully its just the BEC anyway...




The whole setup is really causing me a real headache, and if the XXL still does its stupid current limiting thing i'll be really annoyed, re-considering using one of the 50A Wotty controllers if I can find a way to make it fit.

[Max]

I had the same happen to the wires comming out of my electronize. I just had to resolder them and never found the cause

[jonny]

Strap wotty to top of robot. Problem gustav?

[Anttazz]

Could wire in my Roboteq for tomorrow and tape it on, but i'll probably catch fire for no apparent reason too

Strangely enough Max, it happened to my electronize at last years champs when I was fighting LF3 and Tiny Toon. I think that happened because it touched onto a positive terminal somewhere though, but it all still worked again afterwards too.

[Max]

Do you mean the casing touched the positive terminal because that could have happened in my bot

[Anttazz]

I meant the BEC wires touched the terminal.

[Anttazz]

HW Update

The progress of the HW's has been put in jeopardy again, really should have stayed in bed this whole week...

As many of know you know (mainly the ones who have asked me to help move heavy things ) I tore the ligaments in my ankle around 2 years ago and recently had them repaired around 6 months ago and have been doing rehab stuff since then. I noticed that the rehab was insanely painful at times right down the leg that was affected, with the advice essentially being man up by my folks and physio. Got insanely sore at a show I was doing last week so went to the Doc's who said I have overworked and now have a hernia that needs surgery to repair.

So basically, I can lift less now than I could when my ankle was wrecked, and when I do the pain is much worse. So really all the treatment has been a great success . It makes lifting parts of Chimera almost impossible so i'm not sure how thats going to pan out as far as RL Edinburgh is concerned, really hope I can find some way of getting as many robots as possible to be working for it, I want to have at least Eric Jr, Cicatrix, Rover and a HW going for it, but i'm not so sure now.

Was already pretty annoyed at missing the Champs/Gadget Show this year, so this is , quite literally another kick in the stones.

But on a positive note, enjoy the champs everyone last year it was awesome and be sure to have a look at all the different exhibits, its a geeks paradise and also has a number of super model types promoting stuff, one of which my cousin got her number last year, so it is possible guys :wink: