RobotWars101

Will build a new ant for this (my other one's overweight). Will be great fun. Let's just hope I don't get too trashed...

Here is the Team Zog website: www.teamzog.co.uk

Desperately needs an update though.

Nah I'm just kidding.

Anyway, have you got any other ideas to decrease weight?

I would like the regulator then please. You know my address. Is it free, or...?

Still, you do semi-owe me one

By the looks of it, it seems to be a lot larger than my pack... So therefore, heavier.

Dave, how did you connect a 9V battery to the receiver? Did you remove the wiring or something?

I don't have gearmotors, so i don't need an s/c.

I don't think that they are micro servos, Dave Weston sent them to me (he and one of the dutch roboteers broke my two).

Name: Ant's Revenge http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu338/georgeabbers/Antweight_0001.jpg Weight: 300g Length: 100mm Width: 750mm Height: 600mm Drive: 2x servos Battery: Unknown, looks like 4 recharble AAs. Weapon: Flipping arm + spikes Armour: 1mm Polycarbonate Was made in an hour... I can buy ...

1mm poly. THe flipping arm is made of lego.

The battery is quite heavy... Problem is, I don't know how to replace it... Any tips?

I've got it working now

It's a bit slow, but it works. And it has a great flipper.

Weight: 301g.

I know it's overweight, but isn't everyone's first ant?

George

If it's any help, the transmitter is the Hitec Laser 4. Underneath the mixing switch, it has: "V-Tail" on the left, "Off" in the middle, and "Elevon" on the right. It actually has reverse on 4 of the 5 channels. I have servos in channels 1, 2 and 4. Channels 1 and 2 are...