What about this?

Cody Harris wrote:

gene had designed(and built?) a bot of the month that looked similar to this, who knows what happened to it

any pics?

was it melty control?

thanks

i guess i was wrong lol

i thought the original design did. Maybe someone with a delphi membership could find it cause i cant go back far enough

Cody Harris wrote:

i guess i was wrong lol

i thought the original design did. Maybe someone with a delphi membership could find it cause i cant go back far enough

Dizzy Kitty....lol

Looks like it was having problems....

from what i remember, which is a big give or take lol it was supposed to be a melty but he only got it to the esc point and was just spinning it in circles

I also noticed that he has a video of a a 3 wheel melty

Wonder what happened to hat as well

I asked him about DK in a thread on the rfl....

Might email him and see if he will share

rjw wrote:

I also noticed that he has a video of a a 3 wheel melty

hm missed that

After looking at ALl of the youtube video of melty robots (that I could find), I think that this one is the coolest

A 1 pounder from Finland....this thing takes and gives out a beating and it keeps on coming back for more. Also, it is built and held together with plastic and tape, etc.

I haven't seen one perform any better than this..also, some nice slow mo replays at the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C4CHjH4bLw

Here's a possible 2 wheeled candidate. 3 pounder...

Pretty much perfect CG.....finally all of the little electronics stuff has shown up, so will hopefully have something, possibly this dsign... ready to rumble soon...

Comments, suggestions, criticism, etc...ALL welcome

looks pretty cool to me

wow! I can't wait to see if it works!

Mo changes....

oops....the last one wouldn't work when inverted.... plus as usual weight is VERY tight....dang I wish that one day, we could have a flippin robot that was well under weight.

Motors are RC style 550's, 2:1 ratio w/ inverted belts, 2" Colsons, top and bottom are Ti , knocker is S7, battery is a 3S Lipo, 1350ma

CG is dead on, but still have to position the control boards, LED's, etc.

How about some Friggin Help Here

Alex Udanis wrote:

rjw wrote:

How about some Friggin Help Here

First off what you need is a big drum.
Second you need a paint job. We found purple works best.
Third...I have to drive it.

no I believe your going to need a excessively heavy beater

So...abandon the project and build a 15 pound Plum bot?

Wouldn't that be like pushing the EASY button?

wish i knew more about melty

Cody Harris wrote:

wish i knew more about melty

That makes more than a few of us...lol

I'm almost done with the circuit, so I guess a bit later, I'll know if anything runs or if the SMOKE sets in...

Stay tuned....I should video this...hahaha.....NOT

PLEASEEEE!!!!

Please what?

So far everything is connected (except motors and LED's) and no smoke yet....the chip is programmed/flashed, but I need to run out to the 'Shack' for some resistors......I have a box full of them, but nothing close to what I need..accodring to 'Rich'

video!

Well, I finally got the circuit wired up and.....

Tested with stuff sitting on the bench (bot is still vapor class)

NO smoke, no video...lol

Everything seems fine, except that the motor (only using 1 a the moment) only spins at 1 speed (probably needs to be calibrated and that means in a bot and spinning) land the system doesn't failsafe??

I need to get this stuff into a bot and spinning, in order to move forward...

Stay tuned.............

can't wait!

Dan Curhan wrote:

can't wait!

Dang friggin robot bs....I'm so close on weight, that I need to turn the Ti , wheels and anything possible into swiss cheese....

I hate having toi worry about things like ...can I pad something or even use a REAL on/off switch..

and I don't want to scale it down, cause I want lots of energy....(as much as is possible) and I really dislike foam wheels...hope I can get away without them....

im a big fan of colsons but id honestly go with lite flights

its not gonna be a pushy bot in anyway
you dont want this one to bounce around at ALL because of translation the foam keep it on the floor better i think

Cody Harris wrote:

im a big fan of colsons but id honestly go with lite flights

its not gonna be a pushy bot in anyway
you dont want this one to bounce around at ALL because of translation the foam keep it on the floor better i think

I'm probably wrong, but I really wanted to try this out (initially) with some holy Colsons

Things just got worse...I was almost at weight (in SW) when I found out that I mis-weighed the 2 motors, so I just gained 100 grams.........more pockets and holes and now still 50 grams over....pos

just shrink it a little. you'll be fine.

Back down to under 3 lbs., still with Colsons, but they're only 1/2" wide at the moment...shouldn't be a problem.

I just hope that the motor brushes can handle EXTREME G forces...not to mention the battery pack, which is way out there in left field