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dyrodium
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Cheap ant weights

Hi, with all this talk on ant weights (minus the "other" stuff Confused ), is it possible to convert a mini rc tank into a simple ant weight. Today I bought one ($15), and it does all I want (spins on the spot and has a third channel for the infrared "gun" which may be convertable to a weapon channel). I think I may be able to mount it on a simple chassis and boast the power a little, then add larger moters, etc. I don't think your aloud to use cheap rc toys in the states for various reasons, but I don't know about here. It it worth building, you know, just for fun and for a few battles? Any tips on converting it into an ant weight will be most welcome. Thanks
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My antweight is just a toy RC car I bought of Ebay for $10. I'm building a proper sozbot soon, just don't have the time or parts right now, but it is coming Smile
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When mine's built, we should battle sometime.
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hey angus, if you really want i can tell you how to build a feather for like about $50 for the raw materials (and you could swing a radio of ebay for like $40)

ive still got arsenic hooning around so if you want a fight..
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I make Ants out of those Track Stars R/C cars.
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OI Glen

if i gave you lets say $150 bucks you could make me a robot incuding radio?

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P.S im not sure if im being seriose or not.

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yeah i could... but half the fun in the sport is building something yourself Wink
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US antweights are commonly based on R/C toys, although if you have an 'active weapon' many competitions will require FM radio gear at a minimum.

There were a series of 'BattleBots' R/C toys marketed in the US that have been very popular as antweight conversions. The drive train is typically stripped out, lightened, and patched into a small receiver and speed controller.
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I found that those r/c "battle tanks" are really good, cheap bases for ant weights. They also have a third channel for the infrared "gun". Anyone know how to convert that into a weapon channel?
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Is there a robowars australia competition for ant;s? =)

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Not at this time, only a little fun comp getting together in sydney for "beetles" (about 1.3kg) Smile
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Stinking victoria...

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whats the voltage on the rc tank cause jaycar have some neat little 6v relays that u could use as a sort of a speed controller for higher voltge and bigger motors. by the way where did u get it?
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lol im afraid i'll have to take back my comments previous, knowing little about the full on powerhouses proper antweights are...
This was my little toy ant, and it barely drove... and i never got the weapon working properly Sad http://photobucket.com/albums/v424/dyrodium/?action=view&current=P1260037.jpg

Beetles are where its at Cool
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/dyrodium/PC280018.jpg
http://angus.botclips.net/ (some videos)
However i did find that those chunky "happy dancing light cars" carry high power electronics and a decent drive system, not a bad starting point for a cheap beetle, my car was $15 with controler. Smile
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well i think ya did good with set of maccano and a tube of super glue but theres some half decent rc cars at the warehouse for $20.00
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