RobotWars101

BTW James - forgot to ask - how did you get on with fitting a propeller on Epic Flail?

I gave up on the idea of a vertical flail ant but I am hoping to get a 1.5kg version ("Percy Hobart's Funny Beetle") ready for the Beetleweight event in March, if time allows.

Since we couldn't make it up to Antfreeze, I spent the weekend messing around in the workshop. As well as getting my first fleaweight spinner just about done (details to follow in due course), been having lots of fun with the flail... Those who saw it at the Basingstoke Open or at AWS60 may recall t...

Good point! Luckily I've not had to worry about that. I think modern receivers are more tolerant of wide voltage ranges generally, so long as you don't need 3S. Of the two receivers I use, the OrangeRx R614xn is rated for anything from 3.7 to 9.6v and the Redcon cm421 claims to be OK for 3.6 to 10v....

Sorry to come in late on this one but going back to the original question about sourcing ESCs, don't ignore the traditional option of making your own, using servo boards. This might have been a bit of a faff in the old analogue days (balancing potentiometers and temperature drift, etc) but now that ...

Ooh - Antlog!

So, I went for the A28 and that seems to be just right. Casting direct onto the hubs but with a couple of design features to ensure the tyres can't slip or roll off. We'll have to see how they hold up in a real fight - hopefully in Chatham in March - but they look pretty tough..

Also... watch out for flat/square sides. In a fight it's surprisingly easy to get stuck on one side or the other with all four wheels spinning to no avail as the room counts you out. For my 'bog-standard 4wd wedge' bots I like to stick a couple of machine screws in on either side, protruding just en...

Age-ANT Orange?

But yes - the one thing I've learnt in my limited time roboteering is that driver skill is far more important than weapon design. I should probably spend less time tinkering and more time driving, though i doubt it would do me any good!

Proud to have been 50% of the flail spinners at AWS60, though I only won one fight IIRC - and that was mainly through pushing.