Peter Wallers Robot Ramblings

[peterwaller]

As usual couldn't wait for the real wheels so I stuck some rubber on the ones I had for a test.
The smooth side of the hardboard didn't provide very good grip as can be seen by the torque induced rotation at the start but it seem to handle quite well.
I think the comparison with a ferrari was a bit optomistic as it isn't that fast but with my driving that is probably for the best.
http://youtu.be/hw1Mh5MI5hI

[haz]

you are an evil man Peter Waller, an evil man
looks pretty fantastic!

[bitternboy]

No joke, I am more worried about being drawn against that than anything I've seen to date. The spin up is so efficient and it looks so stable, the chances of anyone either getting to it before it spins up or unbalancing it are getting worryingly slim .

[petec]

Ha! I was thinking it all looked a bit wussy until I got to the bottom of the page - now *that's* what i call a robot....nice job Lord Waller. (The Apprentice Robot Builder anyone )

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

It looks massive! Amazing what you can get in a four inch cube. I'd love to fight it, looks nasty. A fight to get the adrenaline going

[peterwaller]

Thought I would have a go at making Alsoran a bit lighter to give more leeway on Combatant in the cluster.
Here are two SG50 servos with the electronics removed and the motors driven from the Rx43 400ma outputs.
So far all up weight as below with single cell lipo is 13.5 gms.

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

I didn't realise that this new CombatAnt was still going to be part of the cluster. Whoever is driving Alsoran better be good at keeping out of the way!

[peterwaller]

I always had it in mind but wasn't sure I could get Combatant light enough without compromising the strength.
As it has turned out it is 113gms with the tyres added which will go up a bit when I get the wider wheels so I need to get alsoran down from 40 to 30 gms.

[joey_picus]

I was looking at how light I could build a robot, that is...considerably lighter than I worked out with the parts I had Excellent work as always Peter, you could concievably do a five way clusterbot with that design! (now that would be a bit insane...)

[peterwaller]

I have now made some wheels for Alsoran and finished it of sandwiched between two sheets of 0.45mm fibreglass.
Here it is without the lid:

And here the final robot :

It has come out at 30.1 gms but with servo drive off one cell it is predictable slow. (I might have to rename it Alsocrawled)