RobotWars101

I have stripped a 298:1 HP motor on 2 cells. That was stalled but not for very long.

Scott did the glue fail on the Ali or on the HPDE?

Parts have become light enough to in theory make a CO2 regulated antweight, All the parts that have higher pressure would have to be rated for this.

The weapon could be limited to 100psi to meet the rules or 150psi to meet the maximum rating of the valve. What are peoples thoughts on this?

Welcome to the forum Dan

Not too far for me I will be there with the normal bots.

There is lots of information out there so google will tell you everything you need. I think more people have done X2s than any other machine. What you need: Drive motors, these can be either stepper or servo. Steppers are cheaper but also not as accurate. Motor drivers for the type you buy, need to ...

I have been working on this mill until I have some new ideas for robots. It is now up and running although there is a bit to much backlash on the X and Z axis, Y currently has 0.035mm 8) It took about two weeks to make the parts to mount the ballscrews and bearing blocks (Ebay). I also had to modify...

You should be able to swap both motor wires and the 2 outside wires on the pot in one servo to reverse it. This should then move the other direction to the standard one.

The baby-Os aren't the best speed controller, I have had no issues running 2S 2HP motors but I have seen 4 failures from 3S 2HP motors - although Anticide has been running this for a few years. I wouldn't want to try running 4HP motors as that would release the magic blue smoke.

All the pololu suppliers in the UK and EU are linked on the pololu web site:
http://www.pololu.com/distributors