Help out a novice in need!

bitternboy · Post by **bitternboy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:18 am

with the battery it looks like I must either use a 7.4v and use a regulator or just use a 4.8v, unless anyone can suggest a small, inexpensive 6v battery pack, cos I can't find one!

bitternboy · Post by **bitternboy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:35 pm

There doesn't seem to be such a thing obviously. So does anyone know what specific battery is sold in the robotwars101 begginers antbot kit, cos it has be very reliable with anti-depressant and I think I will use it again.

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:12 pm

searching on 6V 300mAh I found
http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/product ... h-battery/
http://www.roundabouttoys.com/store/pro ... r-Battery/

bitternboy · Post by **bitternboy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:53 pm

thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. That really helps. I'd almost given up on 6 volters.

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:35 pm

My pleasure, good luck with it.

I do remember that one roboteer used a voltager regulator to increase the voltage of his batteries. I don't know how hard that is but obviously a 6v battery pack will be 25% heavier than a similar 4.8V one.

Simon

Team Terror · Post by **Team Terror** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:27 pm

In the early days of antweight combat, I believe some builders managed to fit 7.2v(6 cell) NiMH batteries into their ants

bitternboy · Post by **bitternboy** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:36 pm

That's interresting.

muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:58 pm

dont know if this helps but when i started out with ants i was also going for the 100 pound mark. I use a 3 channel 40 mhz cheapo radio , 7.4 V 800 mah lipo , my own speed controllers and sanyo gear motors. All this does come to over 100 pounds but the i use i2c between my rx and speedos so i just swap most of it between my ants when i fight them , hope this helps