RobotWars101

Good luck on the bidding - would be good for ant's

the one thing I noticed at the last AWS was that the really grippy wheels seemed to collect a lot of dust.
I'm assuming that , like a lint roller, there is a danger of the stickyness going off because of this

like the wheels. Always had a soft spot for Lego wheels , well tyres at least - nice and grippy

Gizz wrote:
Im about to solder together my LiPo packs for the ants and I'm thinking about heatshrinking them for a good result.

Curious on what capacity you are trying to achieve if you need to solder the packs together. Can't you use a 2 cell something?

thanks for the comments, hoping to have fun with it

Not sure if it will self right. Hoping to test in the next week or so
Its designed to drive both ways up if it doesnt!

Well, I've got most the robot finished - formic to its friends A few more things to do - need a metal edge on the flipper - need to build the linkage from the servo to the flipper - hoping to be able to persuade Peter to build me a motor controller :lol: Not convinced about the chassis. The HDPE is ...

Have you tried minimising the length of wire from the controller to the motors?

Also try twisting the wires (to give a twisted pair) and maybe suppression capacitors on the motors

Alasdair - (thread slip) like your website
Quite fancy the idea of the Solarrobtics hubs for the wheels

I like the sound of fitting lego tyres to the aluminium hubs

Also found these wheels available in various diameters and shore rating

http://banebots.com/c/WHB

Wonder if those tyres could fit other hubs

Well, my other idea was either formica or myrmic