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by minionhunter
Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:21 am
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team Shakey Build Diary
Replies: 357
Views: 454117

Re: Team Shakey Build Diary

Post AWS 55 update! I know, late as normal but I'm feeling nostalgia for these post event posts. !Snip! Charge Block An issue I regularly have when my team has 6 individual bots running in every tournament is charging. My poor single channel charger does an admirable job but often it just isn't eno...
by minionhunter
Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:20 am
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team Shakey Build Diary
Replies: 357
Views: 454117

Re: Team Shakey Build Diary

I never did my normal post or even pre event update so here we go! Filthy Casuals http://i.imgur.com/b5DbABj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/cyzdO6n.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3q1g16M.jpg I only finished filthy casuals the night before and it showed in the weapon as it just lacked the throw to be fully effectiv...
by minionhunter
Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:38 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team Ions build diary
Replies: 18
Views: 27900

Re: Team Ions build diary

Kyro wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:04 am i use gyazo for image hosting... free and no sign up required... just download the app on phone, mac or pc and away you go.
Cool! Thank you!
by minionhunter
Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: ESC with built-in receiver - interesting?
Replies: 69
Views: 162942

Re: ESC with built-in receiver - interesting?

I've been trying to develop a ESC with built-in receiver. (Or is it a receiver with built-in ESC?) If I could build something like this, would anyone be interested? In particular, would you pay money to buy one or two? * Radio protocol - AFHDS2A - compatible with the popular FS-i6 transmitter and s...
by minionhunter
Sat Feb 15, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team Ions build diary
Replies: 18
Views: 27900

Re: Team Ions build diary

For testing servos, use a servo tester. I got a "LiteBee HJ Digital Servo Tester" from Amazon for about ten bucks (as i believe one would say your side of the pond). Lots of other models available at similar prices. Basically you plug a lipo into one set of pins and the servo in another (...
by minionhunter
Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:04 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: Team Ions build diary
Replies: 18
Views: 27900

Re: Team Ions build diary

First up on names - I just want to point out that you can't spell minionhunter without ion... I'm stuck with the Chinese parts orders waiting months for my robot building parts to arrive. I've designed my bot and my kids have designed theirs, but it's all on paper. The only parts I have are 4 servos...
by minionhunter
Wed Feb 12, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: ESC with built-in receiver - interesting?
Replies: 69
Views: 162942

Re: ESC with built-in receiver - interesting?

May seem an obvious point but something that's often overlooked when discussing ESCs is a nice clean proportional response. I've found a number of the cheap Chinese ESCs (as well as some servo boards) are a bit 'all or nothing'; soon as you move the stick out of the dead band, the RMS voltage jumps...
by minionhunter
Wed Feb 12, 2020 8:36 pm
Forum: Antweights
Topic: ESC with built-in receiver - interesting?
Replies: 69
Views: 162942

Re: ESC with built-in receiver - interesting?

I present the RobotMad NanoESC V1 https://photos.app.goo.gl/tJGy3pjU7ofEwHRE6 Picture in a google album above Two 2 AMP motor drive, would drive 4 wired in paralell. 3 extra outputs such as servos or external ESCs. 3.4v to 20v input. but only put what your motors can take. Voltage monitor so no com...
by minionhunter
Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Silly American question
Replies: 10
Views: 23798

Re: Silly American question

Kyro wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:13 pm
LimaHotel wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:12 am I wasn't aware of the meaning of Don - cool!
Also Luke - the fancy coloured text makes your robot names impossible to read :p
that's fine with me...

gives everyone a little extra fun after reading my brilliant and informative posts...
I can read them easily on my tablet
by minionhunter
Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Silly American question
Replies: 10
Views: 23798

Re: Silly American question

This is definitely the most unexpected question to find here, but I do actually know the answer! Stoke is a very common place name in Britain, it's derived from the old English word 'stoc', which means settlement. Sub means under or beneath. (ie. submarine, sub-standard, etc.) Don is from the old E...