REALLY!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanx MAN
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Originally posted by Nick:
The Jaycar motor sounds interesting - how long would you say the shaft is?

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Dimensions:

Diameter (mm) 42

Total Length (mm) 85

Shaft Length (mm) 19

Shaft Diameter (mm) 5.0

Mounting Thread M4

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Hey dumhead! That sounds awesome! Which Jaycar did u get that from? or do all jaycar's sell them. Cos i want 1 4 my weapon!!!!!!!!

Oh and here's the latest CAD of Ranos. Enjoy.

http://photobucket.com/albums/f274/T_bag14/My%20Robot/? [/url]
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A 19 by 5mm shaft is just perfect I have just the right hardware to attach stuff tothe shaft.
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hey Tbag and Shaunington III what area of melbourne are you in, If your out east we could catch up (I'll briung my teams bot's) some time over this long weekend or next weekend. and answer some of your question. PM or MSN
me if your interested

hey NMO i cant rember if you did or not but have you moved the wheels closer to the front on your bots (if i rember rightly that was where they were struggling A: with the turning thingy and B: with using the wedge)
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yeah I did that on my bot and mat has a new bot as of last robowars where the wheels are in the centre of the bot from the beginning

T Bag, that sound's AweSOMe!


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2. It's unfair that if your parent's don't have kid's then chance's are you dont either.

yeah we're south easternish suburbs. I'm in somerbille and i hope u don't mind me saying this but shaun is in bittern But if u can that sounds awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 bad the long weekend's over and i'm goin away 2 mildura 4 next weekend
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Tom, i'm in Balnarring! =).


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There are 2 thing's that have alway's bothered me:
1. If leprachaun's are lucky then why are they short?

2. It's unfair that if your parent's don't have kid's then chance's are you dont either.

oh ok whoops soz.
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Originally posted by T Bag:
Hey dumhead! That sounds awesome! Which Jaycar did u get that from? or do all jaycar's sell them. Cos i want 1 4 my weapon!!!!!!!!

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probbly some current limiting or some such too perhaps?
they seem a pretty highly strung sort of motor
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mm ok. So where would i get a fan motor? or the like. but drill motors r ok 4 da drive rite? and wyhere should i get my steel cos i don't really no if i should order it from edcon or if i should get it somewhere else. Any1 in melbourne could u help me out???????????? or how do i limit my current? is that 2 do with da batt. or wot? and good luck in brissy 2 all those goin up!!!!!!!!!! 2 bad i'm not. But i'm waiting anxiously 4 when it comes 2 vic.
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didn't we already have the discussion about where to get fan motors?

Car wreckers are the place. Take your tools and poke around cars till you find some good motors (in the fan / aircon area, or electric radiator fans) and remove them.
They'll usually charge $10-20 for them.
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