RobotWars101

ah right ok, well does anyone know of a lightweight 6v nihm then? having trouble finding one, even with help of razerdave, forgot his username on this lol

are Hitec HS81 micro good for drive motors? or just weapon? i looked for forum posts on the difference between geared motors and servo drive, so i wont ask that here

hey, any of you live anywere in east midlands, like nearish to stamford , peterborough nottingham etc, cause i know AWS and reading robot club take place, but there possibly a bit far unless theres trains going close by to each of them, annoying being stuck in the middle of no were

Thanks for the help guys, well just got together list of the parts im gonna use, can you see if its all right and stuff so: Solarbotics 100:1 Mini Metal Gear Motor x2 for drive (Is there anywhere cheaper for these than active-robots.com Sabertooth 5A Dual Motor Driver For R/C (Same question as motor...

come to think of it, whats the best gear ratio for a antweight, basically, not giving too much away about mine, but itll be a rectangle main part with two triangle parts coming out to the front, with a scoop shaped around the middle bit which lifts, and possibly with a axe although i know they dont ...

ah, thanks very much, saves me opening the motors i bought lol, ill go see if they have geared motors, proberly when i go get the different parts for my ant then

oh right i thought the minimum for featherweights was 1kg, but with the high end maximum there a non existant weight end i guess lol, and thanks very much, well ill just re adjust the parts i bought and take some back to get it to 150 g, thanks

For antweights can you use brushed motors as they come, just putting the wheel on the spindle and with a speed controller at the other end going to the reciever? cause ive seen the geared motors, whats the different between having the geared part on the motor to putting the wheels on the motor spind...

looks like my ant will need to be an antweight then, noo super ant for moi haha

well maybe a silly question but is there a weight class between antweights and featherweights? i know super antweights is there, but thats not official, is there a official one? as im building one but the parts ive got add up to 300, which i maybe could tone down to a super ant with a lighter batter...