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Rotwang
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 1589
Location: Vic
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Just checked out Badger, after a big hit with Orbit in the rumble he just stopped.
Obvious external damage is a twisted tooth where Orbit connected; opening him up and there is a piece missing from the stinted sprocket on the weapon motor so I suspect the chain that was getting a bit stretched tried to come off, jammed and snapped the sprocket.
The drives stopped too at the time so I just turned the TX off but they work fine now so maybe the voltage dropped when the chain jammed up?
The other problem that stopped the weapon in a couple of the earlier rounds turned out to be one of the pins in the MOLEX connector hadn’t locked in place properly and had moved out producing an intermittent open circuit.
Another problem was the drive wheels breaking, the 90 cent wheels will get upgraded to the $4 ones.
There was a slight stability issue but I am reasonably confident that I can improve that.
The self-righting mechanism worked well anyhow.
All in all I was very happy considering he was brand new and I was still thrashing to get him together on the Friday before we drove up.
Specks are.
Weapon motor is a 300-watt scooter motor, Jaycar SSR, Scorpion XL , team delta RCE200X switch , 6 cell M1 pack, Drives are magna window motors, 1.6mm stainless gas bottle shell. _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
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