New Robots- Continued

[Jonny]

dave,i like (()), reminds me of that halloween brighton aws. i remember i covered the crazy ridonculous version of mgm in those halloween decorations, shame it didnt spin due to esc failure, the disc was made of 3 layers of 1mm ali hot glued together and wasn't balanced in any way
joey, thats awesome.
faceplant, yours looks cool, very neat and carbonic!

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Bring back MGM!

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Video of new spinner Ever Decreasing Circles now up on my Facebook

[Glen]

Here's my latest one i cooked up for our local public event here in Aus to sort out the wheel-ectomies the old version kept recieving. Keep in mind we dont have a size limit!

Its CNCd from nylon 6, uses two speed hacked metal gear servos with 3d printed wheels + rubber washer tyres and retains the belt drive off the original one if anyone remembers The weapon is also a one tooth styled piece made from an old hardened sawblade instead of the old titanium one. Works much better!

The weapon motor was too underpowered though so I'll be replacing the belt drive setup with a custom brushless motor that mounts straight off the 5mm weapon axle and blade






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McqfZCQQu30&feature=plcp

[earthwormjim]

Very nicely done,sir.
Looks pretty effective too!
How big is it?
Is the other half of the blade thicker? How have you counterbalanced it? (looking for ideas!)

[Glen]

Cheers It makes a mockery of the 4" rule thats for sure haha. Tis roughly 160mm wide 50 long and 15 tall, and yep the blade is 15mm shorter on one end. with the waist ground into the longer side to counterweight it, its the same thickness all along its length. I'll snap a pic of it if needed? 8)

[earthwormjim]

Cheers It makes a mockery of the 4" rule thats for sure haha. Tis roughly 160mm wide 50 long and 15 tall, and yep the blade is 15mm shorter on one end. with the waist ground into the longer side to counterweight it, its the same thickness all along its length. I'll snap a pic of it if needed? 8)

No thats fine thanks Glen, I get it. Nice idea.

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Stop giving Jim ideas Glen! Haha. Wonder how our UK ants would fare in Oz? If travel/cost wasn't an issue I'd love to come play! Curse this massive Earth!

[EpicentrE]

While the machine is very impressive, surely an arena with absolutely no drop-off or pits gives an enourmous advantage to spinners?

[Cavecrusher]

same counts for the drop-off and flippers/pushers....