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by bitternboy
Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:04 pm
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Hinges
Replies: 9
Views: 7215

Re: Hinges

I've always used the hinges from VHS cases, they're pretty lightweight and sturdy
by bitternboy
Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:52 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Another New Antweight..
Replies: 453
Views: 330571

Re: Another New Antweight..

Rapidrory wrote:I've just never seen the advantage of the HP motors when used in normal antweight drive... at least as John put it, not £11 worth of advantage :L
I have to say I'm a bit of a convert :P
by bitternboy
Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:00 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Brighton Mini Maker Faire - 6th September 2014
Replies: 26
Views: 24243

Re: Brighton Mini Maker Faire - 6th September 2014

Ah, actually I've just blown the controller on the drive all day bot :( Would just an extra pair of hands and some enthusiasm be of use or would you say enough people are helping already? I seem to remember a year or two back a large proportion of the southern antweight crowd turned up to help and i...
by bitternboy
Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:35 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Brighton Mini Maker Faire - 6th September 2014
Replies: 26
Views: 24243

Re: Brighton Mini Maker Faire - 6th September 2014

Apologies for being uncommunicative but I will be there tomorrow with a drive all day bot :)
by bitternboy
Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:58 am
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS44 - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
Replies: 152
Views: 142153

Re: AWS44 - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

Dave26 wrote:No Alasdair and no Jonathan. Excellent, that means best driver is back up for grabs! :P
Ha! You're too kind :P
by bitternboy
Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:53 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Brighton Mini Maker Faire - 6th September 2014
Replies: 26
Views: 24243

Re: Brighton Mini Maker Faire - 6th September 2014

Hey,
Missed this before, but I'm definitely available. :)
by bitternboy
Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:41 am
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS44 - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
Replies: 152
Views: 142153

Re: AWS44 - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

Hey guys,
Apologies but I won't be able to make it tomorrow, I'm having an insanely busy week and various clashy things happen to me :(
Hope it's a good one though, sounds like it'll be a cracker :)
Jon
by bitternboy
Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:38 am
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS44 - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
Replies: 152
Views: 142153

Re: AWS44 - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

I'll be signing up pretty late unfortunately, no guarantee I can make it but will try my hardest; it looks like it will be a good one. :)
by bitternboy
Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:38 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team 1202 Build Diary
Replies: 110
Views: 135953

Re: Team 1202 Build Diary

Its awesome! So neat and well designed.
Agreed, quite an impressive build standard right there :)
I can't tell from the picture but do the wheels touch the ground when it's balanced on it's end?
If it could get stuck there it would be an annoying way to leave a fight :-?
by bitternboy
Fri May 16, 2014 4:02 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Servos
Replies: 7
Views: 5343

Re: Servos

I'll give them a run :) They aren't the ones in kiwi though, he has HPFXs. They were in pre-gearmotor Anti-depressant, a.k.a one of the slowest ants in history.