RobotWars101

Ouch for the build tak slicing, but what is this BQ plate? Sounds interesting...

Edit, found it... Looks good. May have to invest in one as I have had edges rise up...

Have been taking a look at the side armour and think I can reduce it down to 2mm CF, so that should half the weight well reduce it some what.
I have started to make the hinge and top chassis and it's looking nice, current weight is 160g.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7008/27388078436_5e2acdcb0e.jpg Here is the ant so far after a lunch breaks machining of the bar Current weight... Let me find my scales... Weight is 23g. Still quite a bit, this is just the aluminium bar and the M4 CS screws. Need to get it down. Bearing 3G CF side ar...

Holes could work quite nicely for weight reduction, as could taking one of the motors out and spinning it with just one; Jim (Hi Jim!!!! :D) took both those approaches with Raoul (on right) and it worked very well. Part of my inspiration was Raoul, its a good looking machine, Luckily i have the abi...

So... I have machined my 4mm carbon fibre into the side plates, and I'm getting the impression there is a bit of glass fibre inside the mix. The fibres were deffinatly White in the centre, luckily I didn't pay for it and it was off cuts from a massive octorotor I machined for a friend, but still... ...

Hi Peter, May be worth checking the failure rates of the other layers, try snapping the Nylon print above to see if the layers break too, as it could be a sign that the temperature is slightly too low and the layers are not sticking together 100%. As that fail was along a single layer it could be a ...

Just an update to the design, shall try and print this tonight and see how it goes, once i have it printed i can set to removing excess plastic for much needed weight reduction!

I have been working on a new chassis for the ant, and so far this is what i have come up with https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7642/27232421456_5a95c9fb4f.jpg It looks a bit sporty on its own i think, but the spoiler is meant to be a back guard from the drum. I have had the ant driving around and spinn...

Changed to my laptop, pics here: https://flic.kr/p/GynZ1T https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7266/26620687743_34b280447d.jpg Acrylic test sides milled in milling machine. No post cleanup! https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7256/27157340721_fd902b5735.jpg Looking good, I love this machine! Much better than my ...

Today I managed to get to use my milling machine at lunch time, and am very impressed by how well the mill left the edges of the acrylic (pinched from model making) I will be using carbon in the final one, but I do like the clear plastic look, although it would shatter, anyways, my chassis base is p...