Oh so close….. but yet so far. Due to a staff illness this week at the machine shop we’ve started using, Catch Me If You Can isn’t quite finished yet (but other things have happened!). We always knew this project was going to be rather down to the wire – and with the tool steel […]
Read More →Not a huge amount has happened this week either. Last weekend was spent in the workshop working on a top secret project Big Dave 3 and I (Chris) have had loads on at work this week. That said…. there is evidence of parts of a featherweight starting to emerge from the machine shop. Of course…. […]
Read More →So, this 10 week build is getting rather close to the end and there’s not been a lot of progress this week. That said – we do have something to show (apologies for the rotation – I will fix this shortly!):
Read More →Warning: Non-technical people may want to look away now! It seems that brushless motor controllers are a dark art to many… unless you happen to be SimonK, or Ellis Ware – the man behind Pulsar. After having a bit of a run-in with the 120A HobbyKing X-Car Beast speed controllers we had (in that they […]
Read More →So, as we get to the end of the sixth week of building, suddenly it’s lots of steps forwards. Actually, more like revolutions forward (and backward). We’ve got a rolling chassis on the featherweight. I’ll let the video do the talking: We mounted that board on the top just to get things rolling. Sadly, we […]
Read More →Blimey – where’s the time gone. It doesn’t feel like it’s week 5, and I (Chris) certainly don’t have a lot to show for it other than a lot of (now useless) plastic that’s been 3D printed….. That’s right – we’re 3D printing a Featherweight….. Actually, the finished thing won’t be 3D printed, but we’re […]
Read More →Quite a lot happens in the first few weeks of a build – then you normally get a few quiet weeks, then a mad scramble as you try and get ready for a competition. This build is following much the same pattern so far. Frantic activity in weeks 1 and 2. So, we now have […]
Read More →Over on the Roaming Robots Facebook Page, I’ve been making myself known to some of the awesome roboteers involved in both the live shows and in Robot Wars. As you can (hopefully) see from that post there, work have decided to send me (Chris) on a trip to Manchester to the UK Network Operator’s Forum (UKNOF) 37. […]
Read More →First up, a quick disclaimer: Building and battling fighting robots is dangerous and should not be attempted without great care! But hopefully you knew that anyway. Lithium Polymer batteries are where it’s at now, and while they’re relatively tough…. they’re not combat robot tough…. far from it. Lithium Polymer Batteries have a very, very peculiar discharge […]
Read More →I think, this time, we’ll let the video speak for itself.
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