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cool for Tosser I'm using 4mm Hardox or some thick steel(5mm-10mm)
Ben
The creator of... Laser, Evil Pig Sty and Striker
The creator of... Laser, Evil Pig Sty and Striker
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Josh: I think 4:1 is a bit low, might struggle to move the robot to get under stuff (Satanix is 6:1 on 18v and it sometimes struggles to get moving again once its a little under stuff)
Ben: Do NOT call your robot Tosser! No-one will be allowed to say it out loud for starters (John wasn't allowed to say Boner when it came third at the feather champs last year)
Ben: Do NOT call your robot Tosser! No-one will be allowed to say it out loud for starters (John wasn't allowed to say Boner when it came third at the feather champs last year)
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hmm easier to up the voltage than play with gears... how big are the wheels on satanix?
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Satanix's wheels are 130mm
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Ben, stick with the Tosser.
Boner's been said out loud loads of times; the fun part is watching people cringe when they say it (either when commentating or announcing a judges' decision) or try to alter the pronunciation to make it sound less distinguishable.
Besides, the added humour is always welcome
Boner's been said out loud loads of times; the fun part is watching people cringe when they say it (either when commentating or announcing a judges' decision) or try to alter the pronunciation to make it sound less distinguishable.
Besides, the added humour is always welcome
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i think ben was referring to the fact josh's bot would toss others around
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Just been having a quick look at this idea and I am very impressed. If you can get this working without the whole thing ripping itself apart then I think the arena roof may be in danger
On a slightly different note- the flipper arm itself will have to be incredibly tough to deal with the forces that ram can generate- on Whirlwind for example I use a 60mm bore ram at Full Pressure and it bends reinforced Hardox flipper arms with ease- it also seems to like wrecking the pivot point too as it managed to snap a solid 8mm steel shaft and still bends a 12mm one- as a result Whirlwind is currently awaiting a bit of a rebuild to see to some of these issues.
If you can overcome these issues then you should be onto a winner- Maelstrom used to use a very similar valve setup for its flipper- we eventually changed it to a series of 5 Burkert valves to improve the reliability as we kept on losing the o-rings inside the valves and had to strip the entire machine apart to replace them.
Anyway I hope you manage to get this one going and I can't wait to see it in action!
On a slightly different note- the flipper arm itself will have to be incredibly tough to deal with the forces that ram can generate- on Whirlwind for example I use a 60mm bore ram at Full Pressure and it bends reinforced Hardox flipper arms with ease- it also seems to like wrecking the pivot point too as it managed to snap a solid 8mm steel shaft and still bends a 12mm one- as a result Whirlwind is currently awaiting a bit of a rebuild to see to some of these issues.
If you can overcome these issues then you should be onto a winner- Maelstrom used to use a very similar valve setup for its flipper- we eventually changed it to a series of 5 Burkert valves to improve the reliability as we kept on losing the o-rings inside the valves and had to strip the entire machine apart to replace them.
Anyway I hope you manage to get this one going and I can't wait to see it in action!
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yeah I was using the word tosser as in tossing robots in the air not the other way.....
Ben
The creator of... Laser, Evil Pig Sty and Striker
The creator of... Laser, Evil Pig Sty and Striker
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josh, just call it 'cunst'