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James2



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Ant weight - ARC. Adelaide Robot Combat - SA

Thought it was about time to start documenting and showing my builds.
Currently I have 3 bots, one still being built and one I have reluctantly stopped upgrading to start and keep building my next. The last is the bot bitz one.

The first one is called Dynamo a track wedge bot and have gotten to the 8th design.
I have put the desgin up on http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1215069


The second desgin has unoffically been called Bee. Its a drum spinner bot, on my first working design.

Post Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:58 pm 
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evil_steve



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Awesome, a drum bot! Are you using one of the brushed micro gearmotors for the weapon?

Post Mon Dec 21, 2015 5:17 pm 
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James2



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Yep. I found a 5:1 gearing which is 6000rpm. Isnt fast by brushless standards but im already getting gyro effects.
Comes in at 127g.

Post Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:25 pm 
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evil_steve



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When you said you were having issues with weight I didn't realise it was too light Very Happy

I looked at the 5:1 ones for a hammer bot, ended up ordering a 10:1, hoping that'll get here this week. Are you running yours off one of the 10A ESCs?

Post Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:13 pm 
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James2



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yep a 10A esc, couldn't find a better suited esc. runs fine, the main issue i had was programming the controller on the weapon. and the sound the weapon drive makes isn't pleasant.

Post Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:29 pm 
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evil_steve



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Can't sound any worse than picobyte did originally!

Post Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:42 pm 
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James2



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challenge accepted

Post Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:00 pm 
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James2



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I have put my designing of the spinner to the side and started on my own flipper bot



still to flimsy.

Got the 3rd version printing now with more supports and component mounts.


Last edited by James2 on Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:05 am; edited 1 time in total

Post Tue Mar 15, 2016 8:38 pm 
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evil_steve



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Can't wait to see it in action. Servo activated flipper, or are you going nuts and building a pneumatic one?

Post Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:10 pm 
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James2



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just a 9g servo for the flipper.

Post Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:27 pm 
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James2



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Added some nice battle armor to the front ready to take on spinners.

Post Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:42 pm 
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James2



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I keep saying i wont do any more mods to the dynamo bot but i cant help my self.

2 major changes:
1.I have used an acetone vapor chamber on them to make them shiny, smooth and hopefully stop the layers separating.

2. I changed the escs in them to the bot bitz ones and upgraded to a 3s lipo pack.


Travels heaps straighter now and is easier to drive on these escs compared to the cheap ebay ones.

Post Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:42 pm 
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evil_steve



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Thought you'd get a kick out of this James: someone in the USA won an event using a print of your Dynamo design.

Post Thu May 19, 2016 10:26 pm 
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Ben(SA)



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That is awesome!

Post Fri May 20, 2016 12:26 am 
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James2



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That is awesome. Not only did someone else build one it kicks ass in the states.

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