Finally got round to taking some photos of the hubs.
Had to do some minor repairs and need to get a robot up and running.
feel the need for speed.
Notice the subliminal one button mouse in the corner.
Anyways, top pics are of the front wheels and bottom are for rear.
Didnt intend for them to be different, just worked out that way.
The rubber on the rim is also glued on so robot keeps working with punctures without ripping valve out.
Both axles are held on with the 4 grubs screws on the bearings and have not had a problem with this setup yet. probably because its designed to let the air in the wheels take the brunt of impacts.
Nothing wrong with having your tyres as armour, saves the body.
While I had the camera out thought I would take a pic of how I have the victors wired up.
To make the wiring easier I placed them vertical next to each other to bring the terminals in line.
@Nick I doubt you have the height in Jolt to do the same, if u do this settup might help.
Soldering the deans plugs directly to the screw terminal eyelets (whatever they are called) has made it very easy to remove. The setup as is, is really so I can swap between these units and the IBC as I have standadised using Deans plugs on all my robots motor plugs so can use any of my Speed controllers with any of my robots.
The units are held together with gaffa, really need to do something about that but don’t want to add extra height or length to anything so will do for now.
In Kingpin they sit vertical against a bulkhead behing the weapon but in Pinscher they sit flat on the floor but they can sit vertical as well if need be, same as in Pod.
Wanted them to be just as easy to connect as the IBC which am looking forward to getting back from servicing , hint, hint lol.
You can see my heatshrink bandage method. In hindsight I probably used too much.
Double walled heatshrink gets a bit chubby when heated but it does the job.
Noticed the discussions on Lightweights in that other state so thought to put a link up to some olde video of my lightweight that was just put up recently.
This robot is my most fun to drive but has been gathering dust for what seems like years so miss driving it, still haven’t really finished it only because I havent found some 10 amp controllers that can handle 30 volts, even the new controllers out there suggest 30 volts but recommend 18 cells so not sure if I should risk it.
If anyone knows of any small ,low amp, high voltage ESCs out there let me know.
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Very nice George, cool. We should just ban spinners I reckon(joke). _________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:47 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 3842
Location: Queensland near Brisbane
quote:Originally posted by Nexus:
If anyone knows of any small ,low amp, high voltage ESCs out there let me know.
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:56 pm
Nexus Experienced Roboteer
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Thanks Philip, was almost considering it but then realised thats for a single motor and 2 of them would take up more space than an IBC so that rules that unit out. space is somewhat tight so smaller the better and even 10 amps would be enough but not much around with those specs _________________ Bots that do not destroy you, only make you stronger.
Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:33 pm
Nexus Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 17 Jun 2004
Posts: 903
Got an email from the states this morning so thought I should add it to this thread.
When I put up the video recently on youtube sent an email to Mutant robots so very happy to get a reply.
Hi George,
Nice Job. The Jaws look like they function the same as
Diesector's with the overbite and all.What are the little
wheels for that seem to be in between the drive wheels?
Sorry for lagging on the reply, Thanks for being a a fan.
Donald _________________ Bots that do not destroy you, only make you stronger.
Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:07 pm
Rob Team Rotwang
Joined: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 294
Location: Victoria
hey, if you still needed the dimensions for that 250gear motor i got a drawing, its fairly accurate might be 1 or 2 mm out here and there but just get back to me if your still interested in using them in ur design or whatever, i hear ur building a big tank?
thanks for that, will do the maths and see if it would fit.
Yes have been putting together a new tracked robot for serious abuse and other stuff.
Been a busy year for me but occasionally have found time to develop this vehicle.
Here are some pics, plenty to do yet, mainly transmission.
It weighs about 28 kilos atm but with motors and batteries and top guessing it wiil be 40 - 50 kilos, its about 2.5 feet long _________________ Bots that do not destroy you, only make you stronger.
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Posts: 167
Location: Hampton Park
We should create a side comp. like a Tractor pull for robots.
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