Joined: 23 Jan 2013
Posts: 49
Location: australia sydney
maybe short studs?
Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:57 pm
Team-Venom
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
Posts: 49
Location: australia sydney
should i change the deisgn? im gonna blow 500 or even more on viper, i want him to be a good beetle
Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:44 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 19 May 2010
Posts: 3973
Location: ipswich QLD
Up to you
You could make a feather, beetle and ant for $500
I guess it gets more expensive depending on weapons yo have...if its just ramming/wedge bots then you will be fine. Wedges are reliable and help when learning to drive....make it invertible to.
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
Posts: 49
Location: australia sydney
if i made all 3 with 500, will they even be good to compete with others and possibly win? or just for novelty?
Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:06 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 19 May 2010
Posts: 3973
Location: ipswich QLD
Sometimes $1000 robots get beaten by $100 robots....Its more about how good you are at driving ,and that your robot keeps driving.
Here is an example list to build a feather....
2x botbitz esc 25a=$ 50
2x hacked drills =$70 (read the drill hacking guide on the wikki)
a 6cell liop from hobby king $40
hobby king charger $25
at hobbyking 6channel receiver +transmitter$50 delivered
Some 6mm plate metal for your wedge-$20
some 40mm box section $10
some bunnings red wheels $10
hose clamps for ya motors $10
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
Posts: 49
Location: australia sydney
i think a featherweight build might just be too much for a 15 year old
Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:32 pm
Team-Venom
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
Posts: 49
Location: australia sydney
would you reccomend the kitbot weta/saifu/trilobot?
Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:41 pm
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 6476
Location: Sydney
Have some faith in your own creations Kits are good and those are the best small combat robot kits out there, but you don't really learn 'how' to build combat robots by jumping to a fully designed machine.
Robots get trashed, but you can almost always rebuild using the main parts and you learn so much every time, and it's great fun!
Featherweights arn't above a 15yo, I started out about that age...
First moving platform I ever made:
Then first ever featherweight robot - back then esc's were way more expensive so it had servos pressing switches instead to drive, no speed control!
Learnt a few things, for example don't use cheap brass hinges to fasten 5mm thick steel plate to your robot, but also learnt that a plywood baseplate is actually pretty tough.
I'll help you put a beetle together first, then after your first event have a look at more ambitious projects. _________________ ( •_•)
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Kits are good and those are the best small combat robot kits out there, but you don't really learn 'how' to build combat robots by jumping to a fully designed machine.
I'll help you put a beetle together first, then after your first event have a look at more ambitious projects. 
