New Robots- Continued

haz · Post by **haz** » Wed May 11, 2011 7:18 am

at least when you get the parts you are able to build them propperly

unlike me

Rhys · Post by **Rhys** » Wed May 11, 2011 11:53 am

earthwormjim wrote:Nice,love new robots!!!
I have been waiting for a shed load of bits from hobbyking since 7th april!
I have 5 part built robots lying around doing nothing at the moment.Its getting very frustrating!

Has it been dispatched yet? I made an order about the same time, finally got dispatched last Saturday and arrived yesterday. Fingers crossed I should have a few to post here by the end of the month.

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Wed May 11, 2011 11:55 pm

I have looked into it today,and it was dispatched on apr 7th.The order was placed in march!
My other order that was placed at the same time has not been dispatched yet,and the items are on backorder now,but Im sure they were in stock when I ordered them.

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:01 am

My guess is that it's been held by HMRC pending extra tax!

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:48 am

HMRC SOB's!

Its only a couple of servos!

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:57 pm

I have just weighed all the bits for Raoul.
237g!!

And that is without 18g for the battery!
The weapon alone weighs 86g!

No more jaffa cakes for Raoul.

bitternboy · Post by **bitternboy** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:53 pm

What on earth weighs 83g! Something to be worried about I'm assuming.

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Thu May 12, 2011 8:01 pm

I fear it's some sort of spinny device, and if Boreworm is anything to go by it's to be feared

Will Raoul be paying a visit to Mr. Drill at all Jim?

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Thu May 12, 2011 11:05 pm

Yes,I am afraid that Raoul will be visiting Mr Drill,Joey

This afternoon,the 5mm ally side rails have been replaced with 4mm HDPE.
That has already saved 40g!!

I will lighten everything I can before lightening the weapon,as I think it should be quite powerful with that weight behind it.I am using 2 brushless outrunners to get it up to speed.Although the esc's for the motors have been stuck in the nether region of backorders at hobyking for over a month now.

I have never used HDPE before,but so far it is quite good. It is dificult to get a nice finish to it,though.600 grit wet sanding is I have found so far for a matt,but smooth effect.
Got Raoul moving today,using the cheap chinese gear motors from ebay.On 7,4v they are ok,but on the slow side using 20mm dia wheels.Raoul will be on 11v eventually,so will hopefully speed up a bit.
It is nice to be tinkering again.

On a side note,I have been trying to think up a team name.I thought of one,but it uses the same initials as the German "mad metal machines".
I was going to use the name "Mini Mechanical Monsters". And use an M3 or M cubed design in the team logo. Do you think this would be ok? or is it a bit cheeky?
Cheers Jim.

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:30 pm

I don't think they'd mind

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