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[Team Nuclear]

cool for Tosser I'm using 4mm Hardox or some thick steel(5mm-10mm)

[razerdave]

Josh: I think 4:1 is a bit low, might struggle to move the robot to get under stuff (Satanix is 6:1 on 18v and it sometimes struggles to get moving again once its a little under stuff)

Ben: Do NOT call your robot Tosser! No-one will be allowed to say it out loud for starters (John wasn't allowed to say Boner when it came third at the feather champs last year)

[josh]

hmm easier to up the voltage than play with gears... how big are the wheels on satanix?

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Yeah, don't call a robot Tosser.

[razerdave]

Satanix's wheels are 130mm

[terminaldamage]

Ben, stick with the Tosser.
Boner's been said out loud loads of times; the fun part is watching people cringe when they say it (either when commentating or announcing a judges' decision) or try to alter the pronunciation to make it sound less distinguishable.
Besides, the added humour is always welcome

[Jonny]

i think ben was referring to the fact josh's bot would toss others around

[teamocean]

Just been having a quick look at this idea and I am very impressed. If you can get this working without the whole thing ripping itself apart then I think the arena roof may be in danger

On a slightly different note- the flipper arm itself will have to be incredibly tough to deal with the forces that ram can generate- on Whirlwind for example I use a 60mm bore ram at Full Pressure and it bends reinforced Hardox flipper arms with ease- it also seems to like wrecking the pivot point too as it managed to snap a solid 8mm steel shaft and still bends a 12mm one- as a result Whirlwind is currently awaiting a bit of a rebuild to see to some of these issues.

If you can overcome these issues then you should be onto a winner- Maelstrom used to use a very similar valve setup for its flipper- we eventually changed it to a series of 5 Burkert valves to improve the reliability as we kept on losing the o-rings inside the valves and had to strip the entire machine apart to replace them.

Anyway I hope you manage to get this one going and I can't wait to see it in action!

[Team Nuclear]

yeah I was using the word tosser as in tossing robots in the air not the other way.....

[Jonny]

josh, just call it 'cunst'