New Robots

Team Orr · Post by **Team Orr** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:51 pm

hi antweights-forever welcome to the rw101 forum
sounds like you have a project on your hands
if you need any help im shore all the guys would be happy to help you out
jack

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:01 pm

Dan (antweightsforever) was at Reading Robots last weekend driving Variant (thanks to PeterW) - so I'm sure the bug has well and truly bitten by now!

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:11 am

Welcome Dan,

We're here and happy to help.

Simon

teamocean · Post by **teamocean** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:54 pm

Right, well I am finally going to start my first proper antweight.

I have just bought a Spektrum DX6i to use with my featherweights and the AR6200 reciever seems ideal for ants.

I have a couple of parkflyer servos which have been modded for the drive and I have got a naro servo for the flipper

It seems as though it should be ready for colchester this weekend.

Name- Shock!
Weight- Hopefully 150g
Drive- 2x parkflyer servos
Weapon- flipper powered by a naro servo
Battery 4.8v 2/3 AAA Ni-Mh
Radio- Spektrum DX6i
Armour- mix of 1&2mm HDPE with a 10mm HDPE flipper arm

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:08 pm

I honestly think that ant is going to be overweight, and I also wouldn't recommend a Naro as a weapon servo, its not powerful enough. I would, however, recommend it as a drive servo, very nippy, and a HPXF as a weapon servo, very well deployed on flippers like Void, Stewie, POP and Chrono Trigger

Craig_Anto3 · Post by **Craig_Anto3** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:18 am

Naro not powerfull enough? since when? did i miss a change in the naro where it suddenly lost all its power?
a NAro is perfectly capable as a weapon servo, it was in Anto back when it had a flipper
you can high speed mod it and use it as a weapon servo

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:24 am

ahh Chronotrigger. those were the good days

teamocean · Post by **teamocean** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:44 pm

Hi,

Please remember even though I do have loads of featherweights, this is my first proper ant and I still have a lot to learn.

So far the Naro seems ok for a lifter and is on track to be within the weight limit even with the 10mm HDPE lifting arm (with loads of holes drilled in it). Whether it is within the weight remains to be seen.

Also I don't expect it to be a really competitive ant,

anyway it should be at colchester this weekend and any advice would be a great help.

Thanks

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:54 pm

The Naro has more than enough power for a lifting weapon, but don't expect any servo to work as a spectacular flipper!
You might need to invest in some spare gears, the Naro has plenty of torque and the gears are very small. I use HS81MG's - heavy but indestructible (so far). Have used Naros and SD150's before - all worked fine.
The 10mm HDPE sounds like overkill, but if it's what you have to hand then give it a try.

Good luck with it.

teamocean · Post by **teamocean** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:05 pm

Thanks,

I will try and get a few pictures online when its finished.

As for the 10mm HDPE it should become clear when you see the design (it's only on the flipper arm)