a new ant

[haz]

hey, after being beaten shamefuly by almost everyone at reading robot club, i have decided to biuld something with the little motors and was probably going to get some off technobots, i was thinking 30:1 ones, would they be good and fast? also still ditheing about what speed controler to use so sugstions would be helpful, thanks

[joey_picus]

Technobots are a good place to get them and 30:1 is on the fast side, but it works and I get the impression speed really is what you want

Technobots can also sell you brackets to mount the motors with ( http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/Sh ... 1451_2d100) and wheels ( http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/Sh ... _1187.html, http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/Sh ... s_421.html) that fit the motor shafts so you don't need to make your own hubs.

Speed controllers...both the Sabertooth 2x5A for RC (available from Technobots) and Peter Waller's various boards (available from Peter Waller) work very well, I never had any issues with either although the Sabertooth is a bit more user friendly if it's your first experience. It also weighs more though.

[haz]

ta, thanks also looking for some lipos too where can i get good (cheap) ones and a charger that definatly would work with the batery. (ive had experinces with chargers )

[daliad100]

http://www.robotbits.co.uk/motors-gearb ... od_10.html

The high powered 50:1 motors with a UK seller, they also do the sabertooth and some wheels if you want to order from one place.

They definitely have much more torque and are a bit faster than the standard 30:1 motors.

I've just bought a couple myself because, quite frankly, the standard 100:1 motors that I put in stack error 2 sucked.

Only 2 left though

[peterwaller]

Jordon I see you found the link I was going to send you I am going to check with them to see if they are expecting more stock of the 50:1 HP's. I will send them a link to this page so if anyone else is interested in buying some of these I suggest you post here and we may persuade them to hold a larger stock.

[daliad100]

Trawling through Pololu's uk distributors list worked then

By the way my name is spelt Jordan.

[peterwaller]

I have just heard back from Robot Bits which was a quick response and apparently there was a mistake on their website and they infact have 8 in stock and more due in about 10 days. I was looking for 6 but I am not desperate so I won't order them until tomorrow in case any one else wants some. Although they may appear slightly dearer than direct from the USA by the time you have paid the import VAT and the post office charge of ?8 to collect it they are in fact cheaper.
Sorry about the spelling Jordan the brain starts to go at my age.

[haz]

hey jordan, you know the battery you were using; the 6v one, can you send me a link to them and another link to those conecters i think you said they were from maplin put i (quickly) checked but couldent find them thanks, will hopefuly order some of those motors later this evening. thanks

[daliad100]

The exact batteries I bought have disapeared from ebay, there are some larger capacity ones but they weigh more (29g)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ultra-miniature-6 ... 1c12834022

Also, I just walked into maplin with my battery and asked for some pin strip and the guy came back with some which managed to fit first time.

I think I bought this stuff though http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... 0&T=Module, I'll measure the distance betwwen the pins to check when I find some of it.

[haz]

hey, just wondereing, how many people have an axe on there ant cos im doing an axe wepon, an wondered if there was any thing to look out for