With Schmackhed breaking drives like clock work and the up coming Ipswich public event less then a week away, I dragged all the robot parts in my collection and started cobbling together anything and everything that looked like it would work (For a total of 10 minutes, MBX was going to make a return!)
I've decided to call this bot Rage Quit after having an epic rant the other night about my failings with feathers and how much more awesome antweights are (cause mine work! and cost me <$100).
How it's cobbled together so far.
Will be a wedge / thwack bot combo, possible chance of having a brushless powered saw on it too if I get time. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Sun May 20, 2012 5:37 pm
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
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T2M drives? Love it rofl.
Sun May 20, 2012 6:17 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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quote:Originally posted by dyrodium:
T2M drives? Love it rofl.
Yep, I dug out the reliable drives from T2M, cleaned them up, replaced the brass bushings in the motor (MBX destroyed them epically) with some ball bearings, then put them back together. T2M use to hoon with these motors on 18v on 140mm wheels, so 6S Lipol on 260mm wheels should be pretty rofl-worthy. Have a 4S Lipol coming just in case it's too insane to drive. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Sun May 20, 2012 6:24 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
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Location: NSW
Nice Good stuff! _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Tue May 22, 2012 4:47 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Some photos of what happens to the brass bearing in the winch motors after running on 40+v and 200G's
So I did this.
Tonight I moved onto building more of the chassis
Next up is to mount the internals in the tubing, then look at bracing it back towards the motors. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Wed May 23, 2012 6:39 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
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Location: ipswich QLD
Cool... i'm liking all these cool old bots that your finding... Them motors look chunky as..... are they starter motors! The razor blade hubcaps are a nice touch to! _________________ Miles Blow - Julie Pitts
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Wed May 23, 2012 11:19 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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The motors are 12v 300watt winch motors with a 9:1 gear reduction.
I ragequit on trying to come up with a hub setup for the big wheels that wouldn't take hours to machine, so I just welded up the bearings and welded them to the shafts Due to the design of the hubs, I can still disassemble the and replace the wheels.
Now the saw blades are mounted properly. Should have it wired up and driving tomorrow evening, then I can begin working on the weapons. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Wed May 23, 2012 11:29 pm
Glen Experienced Roboteer
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What winches did they come out of anyway? Wonder if you can get them off ebay now. Would be handy for a lightweight *hrms* _________________ www.demon50s.com - Minimoto parts
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Wed May 23, 2012 11:35 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Location: NSW
They were a winch product from Haigh Australia. I managed to get 4 of them off Marshal (Froggy_au) back in the day, he worked at Haigh and the pallet they were on was damaged, so they couldn't sell them due to the packaging being goneski.
They are the best motor I have seen yet in a combat robot, except for the stupid brass bush in the end cap which gets eaten away when over volted 4x nominal voltage _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Thu May 24, 2012 12:12 am
Knightrous Site Admin
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Just had the 4S 4500mah 30C Hardcase Lipol arrive for RageQuit so it means tonight i can wire it up and drive it! Also picked up a 1kg axe head for the weapon _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Axewedge! _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
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