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Simon Windisch
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Post by Simon Windisch »

Cool, HPDE it is then. What thickness are you guys using? I notice that it's a third lighter than polycarbonate.

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Post by maddox »

5 and 10mm currently.

The 5 mm can be penetrated by the better attacks, but even then it takes out the sting and does a good job protecting the insides.

10mm, only in tests we could achive penetration. Currently, we did not see more damage to the 10mm HDPE belt of Hannibalito I than deep scratches.
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Post by Marco Roberts »

I built a rubbish featherweight called hoova for liz and i took it to Guildford and gave it hell. I was expecting and expected to leave in a body bag but for some strange reasson i was apsoultly fine. Here is a video I compiled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tCKTPsVQo

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Post by Cavecrusher »

today i got my new brushless :P

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Post by bitternboy »

What sort of budget do feathers normally have? :-?
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Post by joey_picus »

Mine's looking at about ?1000 overall, that does include about ?250 of pneumatics and lots of different materials though (I'm doing it for a college project so you can probably manage it cheaper if you cut a few corners :P)
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Post by terminaldamage »

I've just added up my parts list for the new Drumroll and it comes to just under ?500. That's including A123s, associated charging equipment, Scorpion XL and the materials for the chassis and pulleys etc for the drum. I also allowed ?175 for the cost of the drum construction.

It doesn't include the cost of the brushless weapon motor or speedo as they got donated by ALK Engineering, but for a full combat featherweight capable of some decent destruction, ?500 is pretty good in my opinion. You can make them for cheaper depending on parts used, material choices and so on. For example, a good brushless setup in a spinner (motor and esc) would cost about ?150 minimum roughly. If you opt for a brushed setup though, you could do that in about ?40 with a Speed 900 and relays/switches, or ?10 - ?15 if you use a car fan motor from a breaker's yard instead of the Speed 900.
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Post by leo-rcc »

The base setup for our feathers, is about 325 euros. That is a set of gearboxes with 100mm wheels and speed 900 motors, a Scorpion XXL speed controller, 2x 7.2V NiMh battery packs, and a BR6000 receiver.

According to Google that is about 300 pounds for the drive and electronics. Add 30 pounds for the Spektrum TX.

With the Planet 5 setup it would be about 290 GBP.
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Yikes :o
If you want a competative robot you kinda need to spend alot
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Post by bitternboy »

Probably not something I can afford at present. If got saturday job maybe. :D
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