Im Back...

Jas · Post by **Jas** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:48 am

Hey guys,

Very long time no see!

After going through the attic I found the remains of my antweights, and thought I'd get back into it

Craig has filled me in with a couple of the changes and good too see new and interesting creations coming to light.

If I can get my arse in gear I should be up for a Model World coming out of retirement event

Hope everyones well.

Speak soon.

Jas
Team Warrior

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:54 pm

Hi Jas

Nice you found your way back!

Modelworld is much more of an exhibition than an antweight event. The next traditional get-together should be Reading Robot Club early in the new year.

BTW do you still have RefAnt?

Jas · Post by **Jas** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:37 am

Hi mate,

I found the remains last night on my hunt for my servos :S

The board you made etc is still in one piece.

I hear that geared motors and controlers are the new way of doing things. What do you recomend?

Jas

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:31 pm

I recommend searching around the forum a bit, as always

The Pololu (or similar) motors are very popular. The Sabertooth speed controller seems to be current favourite. You definitely need some LiPo batteries these days. Also the motors cause more interference than the old servos (more power) so many people are going to 2.4GHz especially with the Planet T5 set available for ?40.

Adam Hargreaves · Post by **Adam Hargreaves** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:18 pm

Hi everyone!

some of you may recognise me (others less so) - i competed in AWS 17 and 19 (with the annoying Perpendicular Drive System, and the longest unabbreviated ant name in history (at the time)

Anyhows, I've moved onto uni, now possess a car, and some finances, have some genuine engineering experience, and i'm looking around at getting back into the sport! I see quite a bit has changed in the past 4 years...

Some CAD designs of some new ideas coming up soon - if anyone wants to add me on MSN, feel free!

Adam

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:27 pm

Hey Adam

I remember you from my first event (AWS 19), nice to see you back

Yeah a lot has changed in 4 years, gear motors are commonplace, spektrum is coming in very cheap now, and we're able to get a receiver and speedo inside 10g or so

Adam Hargreaves · Post by **Adam Hargreaves** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:45 pm

Ahh, AWS19... or to me, the one where Ratio didn't work, and Antiflip fell of a table thus destroying the drive system!

yeah, was reading around about the new tech... liking the look of those planet 5 ktx/rx kits... looks like i need some new gear! I was doodling in my exam earlier... the PDS will return!

Team Orr · Post by **Team Orr** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:05 pm

hey adam!

wooo! the old boys are coming back!

Adam Hargreaves · Post by **Adam Hargreaves** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:13 pm

lol, i was going to say "i'm not old", but have just remembered i've been buildling robots and designing ants since around AWS2 (since the issue of robotwars magazine which publicised them... Issue 3 i think it was... green cover iirc, so probably had sgt bash on it) Why do i remember these things...

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:23 pm

I wouldn't have said that's particularly sad, I had that issue but just didn't get into them at the time

Welcome back though, you wouldn't know me as I'm after your time...way after your time really, only been building them since AWS29, heh, but hope to see you at an event soon ^^