RobotWars101

Do not assume the UK place names have any sensible meaning. Also don't assume that they are unique; there are at least *three* Kingstons in England, and 10 Sandfords (And that's just in England, there are probably more elsewhere). You will find some info on etymology of place names, on e.g. Wikipedi...

Hi, Has anyone tried the Turnigy i4X transmitter? According to the spec it's like a cut-down version of the very popular i6. But according to the docs, it does have "elevon mixing" It was previously on sale at Hobbyking at a rediculously low price, I would get one, just to try, but Hobbyki...

I need to know what kind of revicers people would use so I can get the software to handle them. I'm using the Turnigy FS-A8S receivers for AFHDS2A protocol, they are super tiny, weight about 1g and have outputs which can be configured for i-bus, sbus or cppm. Usually I prefer i-bus because it's mor...

Yes- I've seen Peter's board stack-up and it's very space efficient and looks like it's very reliable. Those rz7899 chips I've used in my previous speed controllers and they seem unbreakable and are rated at more current than an antweight robot should reasonably need (for drive, anyway). PCB tracks ...

Agreed, I don't think a sale price of > £15 would be useful. I won't be trying to make them unless I can get it <= £15 The BOM cost is, needless to say, significantly lower than that, it's just the costs of assembly and all other things that I am worried about. (Duty/ tax, shipping, packing, loss du...

Oh yes - I will make all power connections (battery + motors) be pin-through-hole or wire-through-hole, with nice big holes (1mm) and big annular rings to allow lots of nice solder to flow on them. I hate soldering wires to tiny delicate pads, that's what always breaks the Dasmikros. (In current des...

I've been trying to develop a ESC with built-in receiver. (Or is it a receiver with built-in ESC?) If I could build something like this, would anyone be interested? In particular, would you pay money to buy one or two? * Radio protocol - AFHDS2A - compatible with the popular FS-i6 transmitter and so...

A really simple mod that I do on my FS-i6's .. Unscrew the alloy ends on the sticks, then screw them back on reversed so that the sharp "spikey" ends are not digging into your thumbs or fingers. BTW, the FS-i6 is the defacto standard in our local scene. Mike. WHY oh WHY didn't I know you ...

Does it have motor braking? Yes, see https://github.com/MarkR42/malenki-esc/ ... ing.c#L180

Here is a picture which I took just before the fights, in case it got broken (it didn't, despite fighting "Why Wait?")

I made it myself, some info is here https://github.com/MarkR42/malenki-esc It's a little unconventional for Antweight robots because it uses a different interface to the RX, ibus or sbus, which is more commonly used on drones. Basically it is a three-channel brushed ESC with mixing and a few optiona...