Hey nick! How is slash going? Just off interest, how much power do your gearbox's put out? My lego ones are very weak and on low battery can't overcome the friction from spinning on the spot.
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I prepped Slash for its first battle today and things are looking promising . I ground down the remains of the faulty disk and ended up with this 3 blade rotor:
The damage it did to a small steel box was impressive - I am really going to fave fun withthis bot! I also reprogrammed the 3rd channel into linear mode; when I hold the switch on the radio slowly ramps up the weapon speed and avoids all the backlash it had before.
I still need to swap over to the faster B16 motors and tougher wheels, but the current Lynxmotion setup are performing OK if a little slowly. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:44 pm
Glen Experienced Roboteer
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He, He, its just the light or a reflection from the wood desk Slash was resting on. I only finished grinding and sanding the disk less than an hour before the photo.
I just weighed Jolt in at 1.309 Kg - safely under weight and there is another 30 grams to go with the motor swap over. I am thinking about adding a steel tooth to end of each blade to get the weight up to 1.36 again. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:20 pm
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
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XD lol im screwed... mines a pushy bot using pathetic lego gearmotors XD
On that note, nick do you have any more small beetle sized gearmotors i could buy/borrow off you? _________________ ( •_•)
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Could do... we can talk about it tomorow. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:48 pm
Bort Experienced Roboteer
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(Begin pre-fight boxing style spiel)
Slash has got nothing! Hear me, nothing! You're going down Nick. My beetle is gonna whup ya!
Titanium my ass. That's just rusty steel.
Jolt couldn't kill my robot, and slash won't either. I'll see you in the ring in two weeks, and you better bring Deb coz you're going to need a shoulder to cry on.................
(return to normal behaviour)
We should have a beetle championship, round robin style with 3 or 4 bots. What do you think? I just happened to have some parts and Lindsay gave me the inspiration. So I through a bot together, with $0 spent. But I'll unveil the design later, maybe when I have a photo of it.
They're so small and cute to play with.
Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:46 am
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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<Don King reply> Ya second-rate pretender, my bitch is gonna slap you outa the arena! Bring it on I say; the champ will send ya home in a box, if ya lucky! </Spikey hair off>
Yeah, a round Robin event sounds good! I should have some improvements to Slash finished by then, so your in for a good fight. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:39 pm
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
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EDIT: sorry those posts i found the answer so dont worry!
apparently the scorpion is only good up to 16v.. the robot power boys said so! _________________ ( •_•)
Come on nick, you have to get slash up and running soon! I'm working hard at mine, just need some new cells then it'll be ready for a rematch _________________ ( •_•)
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. I ground down the remains of the faulty disk and ended up with this 3 blade rotor:
