Is this partlist for a antweight good?

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kratos85
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Is this partlist for a antweight good?

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I have a few different part list for just a standard wedge/push bot for now. But not sure if the parts go together or which is better with what.

Was thinking of maybe getting the Botbitz antweight kit.
https://botbitz.com.au/collections/antw ... tarter-kit

Or

Motors -
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12429
ESC -
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13204
Battery -
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-nan ... -5pcs.html
Transmitter and Recevior -
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobby-king- ... ode-2.html
Weapon motor for future -
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/d2822-17-br ... 100kv.html
Power switch-
https://botbitz.com.au/collections/antw ... switch-2-0

Thing that has me lost/confused is what esc to get. Also would anyone be willing to recommend a charger for the lipos?

My main goal is to spend under $150 if possible on parts. As for body i will be 3d printing for the time be, I just mainly want to get a ant together as i have always wanted to build/make my own.
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Re: Is this partlist for a antweight good?

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The motors are good but you can get similar ones cheaper on ebay.
The controllers I haven't tried but others have recommended them and the spec looks good, obviously you need two.
They are the batteries I usually use.
The TX Rx I prefer DSM2 / DSMX especially if at a later date you want to use a Rory ESC but at that price you can't really go wrong.
The weapon motor I don't know that one but would recommend the BE1806 from hobby king as it has 4 hole mounting for weapon blade.
Just a standard slide switch should do here like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-Mini-Min ... Sw6DtYSv5G
The charger I use is a large 4 way one which are a bit pricey so maybe someone else can recommend a more reasonable one.
Hope this helps.
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Re: Is this partlist for a antweight good?

Post by MarkR »

Yes, what Peter said.

But for me, the rx module which comes with that transmitter looks a bit big / heavy, at least for a UK antweight 150g.

It's not clear whether you're in the USA, but if you enter the USA antweight tournaments, they have a much bigger weight limit, so maybe it's ok.
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Re: Is this partlist for a antweight good?

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Yes im in the US and thanks for the info.
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