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Fish_in_a_Barrel
Joined: 30 Sep 2006
Posts: 673
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I was thinking about the contra-rotation except that I currently only have one weapon motor (and am trying to avoid too many pulleys.) If I did that and left them where they were then I would have a correctly orientated disc either way up. And yes the weapon motor is hidden in that photo, there is a small window at the back where the belt will go through to the motor mounted between the wheels.
Still tossing around ideas, if I use a belt roller I can squash the whole thing down and roller the belt around one of the drive motors. Then I will need less height, which results in a smaller disc and also a shorted frame all up.
Then if I change the discs to a drum of the same size (200mm diameter), and put a wedge at the back, it makes the bot look like a taller version of Reboot. Not such a bad idea to take ideas from a winner
I haven't seen, nor can I find and pics of plan B (not that I've looked too hard.)
I've had this idea of the wheels sticking out the back for a while to avoid the embarrassment of the losing because the bot has been perched against the wall. I guess it doesn't happen too often, maybe I could make a bolt on wedge and take it off for lifter fights.
The armour that guards the disc is designed to protect the weapon shaft from bending dues to side impacts on the disc. I'm not sure if it helps in any way since the side bending in would also cause the shaft to bend. I must look at ways of drilling bigger holes so that I can have a thicker shaft. _________________ They say that he crossed the fine line, from insanity to genius.
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