RobotWars101

Well, I finally got another "pink" servo, as well as a couple of others to test. One is rated at 7.4V--should I NOT run it directly off of a 2S lipo, since it's 8.4V fully charged? I'm not sure how sensitive these things are to being overvolted. (The "pink" is rated to 8.4V, and ...

Cool, so if my receiver is powered through my brushed drive ESCs, I don't need to do anything different? Thanks!

I just picked up a set of BLHeli 20a ESCs to run the classic DYS BE1806 motor for my weapon. But while my old bot used an ESC with a BEC, these are "OPTO". If I remember correctly, this means I need to wire it a bit differently--but for the life of me, I can't figure out what I should do. ...

I'm building another clamp/flipper, and the "pink" Turnigy servo is out of stock at HobbyKing. What other 150g-appropriate servos would folks recommend? Also, if I'm just clamping, I presume I don't need as burly a servo as the "pink" I use for a flipper. Is there a popular weake...

Okay, so I now have three 150g ants, and our backyard arena is finished enough to use. Hopefully we can get a local league going soon! Here's a video my son made of our recent "event", which was mostly an excuse to force us to finish building. My friend's bot broke very quickly, so it was ...

Sorry for reopening this old thread, but since I've been switching back from building tiny quadcopters back to robots, I realize that I'm not sure how you'd use a PPM receiver with a brushless motor weapon. For my robots, I've always just used a nice fat PWM receiver with pins for each channel. How ...

Is that a mini-version of the Fingertech weapon blade?

Does anyone know what screw to use on "the pink servo" (linked above at Hobbyking) for attaching the horn? I seem to have lost mine, and can't find the specs online.

We actually began buying stuff for our neighborhood battle box--based mostly on scrounged supplies. (We found a 1/4" sheet of polycarb that's 48x39 inches, and 80/20 channel that's in 16" lengths.) Given our scraps, we could build a 3'x4' or even 4'x4' arena, but the roof would only be 12&...

I'm about to start my first kinetic bot (after building a 1-pound wedge and a 150g flipper), and I'm trying to wrap my head about the weapon blade. Are people still using 2mm stainless steel (like I saw in an old post by Rory)? I have access to a waterjet that terrifies me, but I'd love to have an e...