RobotWars101

yes these esc's are good. i am yet to have a problem with one. the capacitor can be removed to save a little size and weight... the only issue i have found is placement as the wires exit on both sides of it... this can be fixed by desoldering the wires on one side and resoldering in the opposite ori...

yeah the ones kids huff are nitrous oxide (laughing gas or gas and air at the dentist or go fast gas for your car) its usually sold as whipped cream chargers... if purchasing any gas cartridges, id ensure they are co2 and not nitrous as i think no2 may be flammable (if fast and furious is anything t...

i think i heard that someone was using mini lynx deodrant cans as a pre-charged tank... i could be wrong though...

were you using heat to bend it? if you use something like a vice to bend it cold it works fine in my experience... i have never had it warp before...

could you not file or cut some groves into them to create a tread? simple solution possibly? i had similar issues with the first version of dominus which had about 1 inch wide slicks which gripped great for the first minute at the last aws... thing is, they originally had tread but i decided to make...

yeah ben posts most of his designs on thingiverse for all to use...

i was a little worried the joke would be missed and people would think I was being slightly c rude

well those are slightly crude...

yes that is my friend from reddit, the same guy who hosted our event in waltham cross...

small world

hello, one of the mkbfc admins here. where in north London will the competition be based? we have an arena available for use and i am also happy to show yourself and your colleagues what you would need to build your own combat robot's. i also have a decent amount of bots i can bring along for demons...

the arena floor is approximately 95x80 from wall to wall (the small inner walls) or 7,600cm² if you prefer. and i want to fit into empty gaps between all antweight events from aws through to the bbb events. basically, if there is nothing on the calendar for a month or two, i want my event to slot in...