Fear this; after Danny has given the go ahead to featherweight flame bots in his arena we have decided to add to Skeletor’s modular weapon arsenal with a flamethrower. Picture being trapped in Skelly claws and having the flame focused on the top of your bot.
Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:15 am
Rotwang Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 1589
Location: Vic
Bought a BR6000 RX for Skelly so I can operate him of the same TX that controls Maestro and Bane2.
This way I can use him for fillers and if I enter him instead of Bane everything is ready to go.
If I get another Dewalts M1 pack I could set him up to run on them and then I might have a little weight to play with. _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
Sat May 12, 2007 6:44 pm
Rotwang Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 1589
Location: Vic
Finally giving Skeletor some TLC.
Worked out why his griping claws malfunctioned in his last fight. Broken wire on relay.
He now has a BR6000 and I have moded my TX so the throttle self centers so it will be a lot easier to drive him.
Hopefully he will get a few outings in our Vic comp, not sure if I really wont to take on too many nasty spinners with him, unless I can use his flame thrower but that’s not working yet.
Obviously the M1’s are a factor in Skellies development as weight was always tight.
With the M1’s peak current a really powerful overhead saw is a possibility. _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
Wed May 23, 2007 8:08 pm
cerberus3112
Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 497
Location: Mt Druitt,Sydney,NSW
It looks so cool _________________ A journey of a million miles begins with a single step followed by a hell of a lot of other steps so get walking
Wed May 23, 2007 8:57 pm
Rotwang Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 1589
Location: Vic
Thanks, I got good vibes from people at the Exhibition event with Skelly, the Ballistic Skeletor fight was quite amusing.
It was debatable as to if they were fighting or doing something else.
Skellys handstand well I will try to get a vid up.
Don’t know how the taping went, there were no lights set up in the arena. _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:45 am
Rotwang Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 1589
Location: Vic
Found Skeletor’s thread buried 4 pages deep.
Time to dust it and the bot of.
No time to finish Roller.
Sportsman class is ideal opportunity to have some fun.
Roller was me thinking winning design strategy.
Skeletor is me trying to be entertaining.
Things to do;
Finish building saw weapon, get claws working as reliably as possible, practice driving, prep spare parts. _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
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Thanks really pleased to have an opportunity to get him in an event.
The sportsman class is one factor that makes that possible.
I was trying to push the limits of how big a feather I could build as opposed to how small and make use of the most radio channels.
Like you I am a big fan of the tip shop as a robot parts resource. Can you guess what Skeletors bones (frame) are made out of?
I have almost finished his saw weapon that was always part of the plan so will have the choice of drill or saw. _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:12 am
Rob Team Rotwang
Joined: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 294
Location: Victoria
This is going to be an easy fight history to document. Skeletors fight history is rather short given our main robots were bender, reboot and bane. highlights includes crashing and burning in the wacky race and beating orbit. like dad said earlier here its perfect for sportsman competition so should see some more use. still being left until last for completion before this event as usual. priority has been the new hydra, bender and minimower but a bit has been done and it will be ready for the comp this weekend.
lately skele's had a couple of changes. more simplified claw mechanism, the claws work in tangent with the same motor that brings the weapon down using cables. rather than the servo's that it had previously. Given there's only 10 seconds to hold the opponent. no point putting much effort into the arm articulation to grip. half their job is just stabilizing skeletor while using its weapon.
Got a speed controller for the arm. previously it worked either on or off. so now its got fine control to bring the saw down.
skeletors almost topical at the moment, noticed they're selling halloween stuff at the shops, could've dressed it up a bit more with a skull mask and shroud _________________ My combat robot Robowars on YouTube RotwangRobotics
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