Franklin Institute 2011

they just opened the 15lb classes, check it out and get registered!!

http://www.buildersdb.com/eventdetail.asp?eventid=339

ill be there with a beetle and maby an ant.

i was planning on a sportsman but idk how much time im going to have to work on it. i may just default to one of my two already done beetles =P

bring ripto i need redemption

maybe, needs a little work but it still runs mean as ever. how the new VD coming along?

great i have the weapon system built tough as nails and now will have to displace 2 bearings before the screws that hold the disc to the hub sheer unlike hexxus that used screws as part of the structure of the hub. using a strobe and a tach to get a decent read i was getting just over 44 thousand rpm at the disc and it whistles loud as all hell. the only thing left is the drivetrain system and armor im still undecided as to how im going to go about making it strong enough to take hits from your bots and genes its going to require some good for-thought but its a major improvement so far of where my last robots have failed.

wow sounds pretty crazy, 44k is nuts!. you should post some pics in your thread, i'm excited to see this thing

Koolaid64 wrote:

wow sounds pretty crazy, 44k is nuts!. you should post some pics in your thread, i'm excited to see this thing

Yea it's way too fast I don't think even this single tooth will get a bite at that speed but it will mill someone up if they don't have metal armor. pics will be up this week ready for some critical comments

well if you get a super fast drive and fight someone else with a super fast drive you might get some bite =P

Koolaid64 wrote:

well if you get a super fast drive and fight someone else with a super fast drive you might get some bite =P

Id like to try genes brushless drive but using really low kv outrunners

The gyro forces on that seem intense! unless of course the weapon is only a fraction the weight of the bot..

Camden W wrote:

The gyro forces on that seem intense! unless of course the weapon is only a fraction the weight of the bot..

It wont be able to steer at full throttle the disc weighs 7.9oz i wont need to go that fast on the disc to do damage.

comparison wise hexxus hit at 1400 foot pounds on a horozontal axis displacing most of its energy in a rotational vector from its point of impact, estimated with 3 pounds of mass and foam wheels i think it imparted about 600-800 foot pounds of energy in reality.

this one being a vert displacing almost all of its energy into its target will be making a real world 3500 foot pounds of energy, if it bites, otherwise it will be a mean mobile milling machine.

I bet it would sound more like a mobile wood planer lol. Can't wait to see it!

Hi from the event

https://s363.photobucket.com/albums/oo76/botman64/FI%202011/

wish i could have gone my rent has taken up most of my expenses these days