RobotWars101

A bit of an odd behavior that. Mostly seems to work ok for me at the moment - is it still the same for you Peter? I haven't altered anything on the forum since the last upgrade I did which was months back. Which browser are you using? Try clearing the cache and reloading the pages. Thanks for lettin...

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 )

Weebly or Wordpress would be the two i would recommend these days. There is really no such thing as a free website - it's either paid for by advertising or fees. As others have said domains have to be paid for - they are centrally regulated and these bodies have to be paid for. A .co.uk address is c...

Count me in Gary - I am clear that weekend. They (organisers ) were certainly keen for us to come when we spoke to them at Modelworld.

Yup, the cost includes the cabling and would be to the same level as the kit I do now - ie ready to use. Using the servo boards makes that easier actually. I'll have a look but I don't think the chargers handle 6v. SMC used to do one with a 6v feed but that's getting very reliant on a single source ...

Thanks all - this is useful. The logic to the batteries is that lipos are just too fragile for beginners and you can't get a decent plugtop charger for them. I must admit that I hadn't thought about the speed under 5v. I've got some faster motors here so I'll give them a go at 4.8 and see what they'...

razerdave wrote:Do the servo boards have resistors on them rather than pots ?

Don't know yet Dave - might use presets but I'll see what works best.

Folks I've been doing some research with a view to putting together a gear-motor based beginners kit for the shop. The spec I have to date is: 2 6v 200RPM gear motors 2 control boards from standard Hitec servos (HS311s currently) 1 MG90S servo for a weapon 2 little wheels from RobotBits 2/3 AAA batt...

Dave26 wrote:Squashy? Emergency Pants? Eggman 2??

Actually I do have the 'capability' to build a MegaEggMan now - ie I have an enormous egg - but no, I don't think so. And I hope I don't need to break out my Emergency Pants again....

Deskconstructor wrote:
I can help out on Saturday 25th and possibly Friday 24th.

Thanks

The friday would be really helpful if you can do it - we are always a bit short on the Friday....