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Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:06 pm

what do the brushless and esc weigh? might be easy to save some weight there

peterwaller · Post by **peterwaller** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:18 am

I don't understand this obsession with armour if you have a spinning Ti blade that is armour enough as long as you keep it between you and the opposition and it keeps spinning.

earthwormjim · Post by **earthwormjim** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:06 pm

The Blue Ringed Octopus has absolutely no armour really.The chassis sides are 1.5mm fibreglass board,but are only there to hold the servos and battery in place.The flipper is kinda like a birdcage over the top,held in place using a small strip of 4mm polycarbonate. It really is a bit of a skeleton really!!

leo-rcc · Post by **leo-rcc** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:47 pm

peterwaller wrote:I don't understand this obsession with armour if you have a spinning Ti blade that is armour enough as long as you keep it between you and the opposition and it keeps spinning.

Because the opponent might have a blade that is 2mm longer than yours.

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:59 pm

The problem I find is making sure you do keep the blade spinning and between you and the opponent

and in LYT's case keeping the blade on was a task in itself...

Andrew_Hibberd · Post by **Andrew_Hibberd** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:45 pm

I have found even with really good armour I find spinners seem to get in whatever holes there are and break things. Although I will see how anticipation does the other way up

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:28 pm

I have armour because I cannot afford to readily replace parts if your (pete W) vicious little finger biters decide to have the motors or speedo as a snack.

How light/heavy is 1.5mm Fibreglass compared with the equivilent HDPE ? Just wondering if I can use 1-1.5mm fibreglass board as a chassis plate, which would be plenty stiff enough, but still have it weigh less than the 3mm one I currently have

haz · Post by **haz** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:29 pm

finished, all i need now is a name is 72g atm

http://s947.photobucket.com/albums/ad31 ... to0109.jpg

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:45 pm

I kinda wanna call it Google

I had a look through your other pics; your kilobot, what ratio motors are you using and what voltage ? Also, is that an axe I see going on it ?

haz · Post by **haz** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:28 am

100:1, it goes nicely on a masive 7.2v nicad, im probably going to run it of a 11.1v lipo, yep that is an axe, im trying to find a good sized air tank and ram, if not another motor, am ading some 6mm hdpe for the sides an maybe some titanium