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by retropunk
Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Ellis's (Team BANANAPHONE/A12) build log!
Replies: 36
Views: 49938

Re: Ellis's (Team BANANAPHONE/A12) build log!

DYS BE1806 and an Afro 12A esc from hobbyking!
by retropunk
Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:52 am
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Ellis's (Team BANANAPHONE/A12) build log!
Replies: 36
Views: 49938

Re: Ellis's (Team BANANAPHONE/A12) build log!

Thanks! Yes, v2’s chassis is a lot bigger ( had a problem with the chassis having to bulge because the parts didn’t fit ) but not much heavier, pros of using a pretty light filament. It’s not technically my first bot but it’s my first solo bot, as in one that wasn’t done with my uncle who has lots o...
by retropunk
Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:39 am
Forum: Antweights
Topic: T_Y's Build Log
Replies: 199
Views: 303283

Re: T_Y's Build Log

This is looking totally sick, although i’m slightly terrified of a mechanum (spelling?) wheel ant! good luck :P
by retropunk
Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:28 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Ellis's (Team BANANAPHONE/A12) build log!
Replies: 36
Views: 49938

Ellis's (Team BANANAPHONE/A12) build log!

hey! Thought I'd finally get around to making a build diary after AWS59 - great event, did awful but very happy with myself for making a robot that did something vaguely like working, although mostly thanks a lot to Dave Weston for re-doing my bad soldering and lending me a nano-two, so here I am. A...
by retropunk
Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:11 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS 60 - Headington, Oxford - 30th Nov 2019
Replies: 112
Views: 227120

Re: AWS 60 - Headington, Oxford - 30th Nov 2019

oooh, finally, one that's a little closer to home!

gonna try my hardest to make this one with a drivable version of solderburn, pretty excited.
entries look like they're going very fast, although i might have to pull out if sausage hits the fan.
by retropunk
Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:47 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Antweight World Series 58 - 29th June 2019
Replies: 84
Views: 279361

Re: Antweight World Series 58 - 29th June 2019

thanks so much to chris and team for running such a great event!

it was our first ever event and a brilliant one, loved the fights, loved the people there, loved the bots!
by retropunk
Sun Jun 30, 2019 7:00 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Coping with the demand (An EO's perspective)
Replies: 24
Views: 61099

Re: Coping with the demand (An EO's perspective)

i don't really know a solution to this, but can i just say thank you so much from all our team (A12) for making robot combat super accessible and fun, and being so nice so us as a new team. the event was brilliant, and i hope you find a way to keep it running, because we'll definetly always try and ...
by retropunk
Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:40 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team Shakey Build Diary
Replies: 357
Views: 454407

Re: Team Shakey Build Diary

will team Shakey be competing at AWS 58 in june?
by retropunk
Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:57 am
Forum: Antweights
Topic: new builder - good motors to use for an undercutter ?
Replies: 1
Views: 9360

new builder - good motors to use for an undercutter ?

i'm currently planning for my next build, which is also my second build ever, and i might have access to a CNC 3D printer so i'm currently trying to design an undercutter. however, i don't know which motor to use to drive the weapon (brushless probably, but i know nothing else) and whether to use a ...