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The first event for Bullfrog went good. Not perfect, but shows a lot of promise.


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As the topic title says, we- DRG- have an event in Belgium, in Vilvoorde. Antweights, Raptors and Feathers. Full combat if you please.

Location.
Mapeco Vilvoorde nv
Mechelsesteenweg 315
1800 Vilvoorde

It's about 2 miles from the House of Chaos. And 8 miles from the airport of Zaventem.

The kick-off for this event started friday 28 september around 4 pm. Ellis (Relentless from the FRA forum) arrived with his parents, Peter and Tara, after a long travel in their motorhome, starting in Southern Spain. The purpose. Solving a nasty weapon-axle/sprocket problem. It took more time and cr...

The weight with full bottles. 95 kg. Royaly mesured. The first life tests yesterday evening. The drivetrain was proven before, but did prove it again. The Iskra AMG 1.2Kw 24V motors are rugged. The 20-1 gearratio to 250mm airtyres gives a very fast acceleration and the 33V from the 8400mAh 10S LiFeP...

Attention roboteers. If you come across a Robotpower Sidewinder esc on Ebay with a green anodized aluminium case please let me know. Green ones are very rare and chances are it is one of the two that were stolen from Leo's van last night while in Belgium. Also one of the DX6 transmitters in an alumi...

For those interested, the registration site opened:

It is in English and German.

The 2 top plates are 10mm HDPE1000.
The larger front plate is 6mm.

haz wrote:sleek indeed.
stupidly powerful flipper I presume?

As written in the first part, it's a 140mm bore ram. @10 bar 1500 kg. And it is FP....

8.4 tons... Need a lift?

Sleek....

Yesterday, it was time for the first pressure tests with CO2. I should have recorded it. Opening the CO2 bottle, it takes a while to hear the filling noise stop. Good and bad in 1 go. The good news, pressure build up is smooth. Disadvantage, refill time is longer than expected. But that was with onl...