RobotWars101

Managed to install a flipper of sorts; it's mostly designed for self-righting, which is does swimmingly.

Currently at 150g exactly, but there's quite a lot of servo wire to come out, which should give me some wiggle-room for optional extras like screws to hold the Armour on!

:lol: Accidental Torque and Aerodynamics test Aluminium Armour looking good; and I've saved myself enough to mount a lightweight flipper/lifter on the 'back'; I found it spins much too readily in reverse, but I managed to get my transmitter to reduce the steering input when it's going backwards, now...

They're not the cheapest by a long shot, but Hobbytronics have 4 ratios of the Pololu motors with two different shaft lengths; and lots of compatible accessories.

Is using it without a brake going to Be harder to drive? What happens if you want to not drive into the pit? Thanks for the link. Both options have reverse, whacking it into reverse seems to be a pretty effective stopping mechanism and even with 'no brake' it doesn't coast at zero throttle, it's ju...

Thanks! I used a pair of these 10A ESC Brushed Speed Controller (WITHOUT brake is the right one!) with 50:1 geared micro DC motors. I've actually just found another type that's 1/10th the weight that I'm going to try out. BUT it doesn't have a BEC; and I'm not 100% sure they support 'reverse'. so I ...

As a newbie, could someone explain :

• Nuts
  Civil War
  Annihilator
  and More!

Would be good to know what to expect!

Thanks.

Looks like it's driving well. Hope to see it at Ant Freeze. :D Yes it's coming along nicely; I'll definitely be there now. I made a couple of a purchasing errors; I bought a couple of lightweight ESCs but picked the 'With Brake' option; so it needs two taps on the throttle to reverse; which also ma...

I've got the basic armour design sorted. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KnU6z0dKd0o&feature=youtu.be Laid everything out in Blender, unwrapped the armour mesh, printed out and an cut around it. Currently pure Chinesium alloy from an old space heater, when I get the final set of components I'll se...

Sounds like a fun project! First concern was that rPi's used to be software PWM only, but it seems the Zero has two Hardware PWM channels. I think that means your third would need to be software PWM, which isn't that bad for smashing things around with, it just lacks precision. So you're probably OK...

Hi There, My 2p! "1.I was thinking of cutting the wire and then soldering on." I know you said you've found an adapter, but Pro Tip , if you do ever need to change a battery connector, Cut one battery wire at a time, and cover the ends with tape before you cut the next one; if you lop them...