RobotWars101

Big thanks to John and family for running another great event, I certainly had a great time.

Results
1st. Baby Hell
2nd. Doktor Power 8
3rd. Drumbldore
4th. Valkyrie

Congratulations to Dave and everybody else who won something! (apart from the nanos )

You need to swap the wires on the motor that runs backwards when you push the stick up (if I've pictured this correctly it's the left one).
For future reference it's worth hooking up the motors before soldering to check they are the right way around.

It's only 0.8mm, it bends with a stern look! Is it wrong to hope one of my spinners gets drawn against this? But on a more helpful note, the properties of aluminium varies dramatically depending on the alloy. The most common aluminium sheet (and I guess what you've got here) is the 1050h14 grade, w...

Cheers, but I wouldn't be so worried about my spinners when Shakey's bringing the likes of "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared", I was pretty unlucky drawing that beast in my first ever robot fight at last years ant freeze. While I'm not really sure how powerful Valkyrie will be, and I've only seen T...

It's finally done! Introducing Valkyrie ... https://i.imgur.com/ObBcLDt.jpg Specs 83x96x25mm, 150g NanoTwo with 30:1 500rpm motors for drive, 2x RacerStar BR1106 motors driven by 2x Emax Bullet 6A esc's for the weapon. Construction the same as Vampire, 1.5mm carbon fibre, 1.6mm aluminium angle, and ...

You can get a decently sharp bend on polycarbonate, although the thickness makes a big difference, 1mm is easy, 1.5mm will be a bit more rounded. The best pic of bent PC I've got is my axebot, http://i.imgur.com/uWlpWmi.jpg Its primarily made of 3 bits, the 1.5mm base plate, and the two 1mm side arm...

The standard beetleweight motors are 25mm, 1000rpm ones like this.
As for wheels, Fingertech snap hubs/wheels seem popular, as do the Banebots wheels.

That's looking good so far. Polycarbonate can be a bit of a pain to glue, but there are a few options. 1) Hot glue, it can work for internal components but lacks strength for anything that might take a beating. 2) Epoxy (Araldite), done properly (rough surfaces, keep it still while drying) this can ...

Well, those NanoTwos turned up at the right time, and esc panic was short lived (cheers Shakey and Rory). Got it all wired up and bodged a cereal box lid so I could get some spinner fine tuning in... https://i.imgur.com/i8vnSUel.jpg ...and initial results are very promising, the weapon is only very ...

1. No, there is a small fee at some events, but it would be detailed in the signup post.
2. Nope.
3. Assuming it's a normal commercialy available transmitter no, anything sold in the UK will be certified.