Pushing Power Servos

[Geoncide]

On the antweight site, what is the best motors for a pushbot?

[razerdave]

Hiya

I would say that for a powerful push, the HPXF servos are the best option, although I would personally used geared motors (50:1)

Just a suggestion: If you have a lot of questions, put them in one thread instead of making a thread for each question

[Simon Windisch]

In my early studies of antweight videos I came to the opinion that the wheels always slip, so the deciding factor in "pushability" is grip, not torque.

Simon

[BeligerAnt]

Simon is right, traction (grip) is the key, although it is possible to strip the teeth off of the plastic gears in some of the smaller servos.

The Supertec Park Flyer HPX F/BB and the Ripmax SD200 servos have good robust gears, the 9g (and lighter) servos start to get a bit fragile.

The Sanyo-type geared motors have metal gears and are very rugged, but are more difficult to use (and expensive) for beginners.

To get as much traction as possible, make sure most of your weight is over your wheels. Reducing your opponent's traction by getting under his (or her!) wheels also helps a lot - a good shape is the key.

[Geoncide]

My bot is a Tornado hack by the way

[Simon Windisch]

You can do a lot worse than emulating Tornado.

Simon

[leo-rcc]

You can do a lot worse than emulating Tornado.

Says the Tornado Emulator.

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

If you're using servos, I'd stay away from "hacking" the toys if I were you. They are extremely small inside and require very small servos to do so, which arent usually up to much.
I remember way back when I tried to help Razerdave get a Tornado chasis working as an ant, and we ended up having to cut the whole front end off.
And the Dantomkia you also plan to do is even smaller. Building from scratch would make a better ant.

[Simon Windisch]

It has been done Dave, I remember Antomkia from 2003ish, but yes, it's harder to scoop out a toy than to build a new antweight.

Simon

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Oh I know its been done, Torrant 2 was a great little Tornado ant. Antomkia, Razzler, Chaos 2 and Anty B originally were all based around the toys. But they were all built by expereinced teams and I reakon its much easier to make a much better ant fron scratch.