Die Gracefully Robots and Team Horse Power News

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

I used a Rory...

[Rapidrory]

(it was the prototype kit, so 2 servo boards, a mixer, an RX and a drive unit... 15g of pure not-really-all-that-good robotic hardware )

[Occashokka]

Umm sir,
Please can you rush together a sellable version soon plz!

"I want doesn't get"(unless he is me and he looks at his mum beggingly and puts half the money in her hand!)

[Rapidrory]

Developing a Nano kit is hard, as it's difficult to get a setup that everyone can use, with enough weight left to be of use. All my Nanos have the electronics wired all around the robot to fit in where there's space, and all the wires cut to the correct length to save weight... with a Nano kit, it all has to be bundled up into a single unit, which doesn't really allow enough space for anything more than a pusher. I also do most of my mixing on my transmitter or use one of my ESCs.. However lots of people don't have a transmitter with mixing and if I fitted one of my ESCs the price would have to increase a load (I'm trying to keep these sub- ~£25), and V-tail mixers are bulky and relatively expensive. Each nano really needs a different setup so coming up with a universal one is hard. The one that I made for Dan worked ok, but relies on Hobbyking for the drive servos, and buying in bulk from Hobbyking is unlikely to go very well.

As such though, Alex is looking into selling pre-hacked servo boards, drive units, and wheels to fit them, so that it's relatively easy to put together your own Nano and have a setup that works much better than a pre-made kit would. I'm not giving up just yet, but I'm running out of ideas on how to make these things well..

(Sorry to hi-jack your thread, Dave.. You can have it back now :L)

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

MY THREAD IS FOR ALL!!

[Shakey]

As Rory said I'm looking into drive kits. Not full simply because I can't do a full kit as I'd have to supply battery aswell which are normally hardsoldered in so you then need a charge port and maybe an adapter. They might not have a 1S charger, often the type of battery used needs soldering after fitting to the kit and then a switch is needed etc. I also wouldn't want mixing onboard as it adds greatly to the cost and size.

[Occashokka]

*pretends he understood half of that*

Ok I probably will leave nanos alone for a while as I have no patience for hassle until I can afford to throw money at endless errors

[Rapidrory]

Will's hopefully doing a complete Nano kit soon, with the chassis and everything, which may be more your thing.

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

On a side note, I remain ever grateful to whoever it was who recommended my charger to me when I started out all those years ago. I have only ever had one and it has charged everything from my nanoweight to my heavyweights.

[Rapidrory]

I have a Lipo charger that would manage that were my Heavy not running on SLAs... It charges the rest of my robots from my Feather to my Nanos though. On a side note to your side note, I am currently developing heavyweight grade googly eyes..