It’s actually not as bad as it may sound. The motor has the following specs.
Working Voltage: 6-8.4vdc
Nominal Voltage: 7.2vdc
No load speed: 22,300rpm
No-load current: 2.0amps
Speed at max effeciency: 19,000rpm
Current draw at maximum effeciency: 11amps
Max. effeciency: 68%
Total output power: 50w
Weight: 109g
It’s attack is limited by the radius of the blades. A low edge with a back angled profile and nothing for it to bite will challenge it more than chunks of wood To beat it… probably something that uses its inertia against it… might be tough in ant weight class but that’s what competition is about, right?
hm, you could always get a really really low edge, and have it be a flipper, that can reach the non moving body parts by going under that blade anf flip
Rock paper scissors kinda thing. It’s just for fun anyway. My bot was undefeated, but the next year we changed it to beatle (3lb) rules, and I had major radio problems.
That would definatley do some damage, but i think it might be pretty dangerous counter balanging something like that, cause the smallest mistake could put it out of control and do a lot of damage to both the bot as well as people around
unless of course, they sell these, and in that case my point is moot
Well we finally got the hub for the saw blades. And only two days before the event! We’re a little overweight, 0.18 oz. So the plan is to trim and shave everything down to hopefully make up the difference.
That is a seriously scary looking antweight. I wouldn’t want that to even chase me around.
For weight, you could punch out some lightening holes in the blades then drill them to rebalance them. not only would you shave weight, you would decrease the mass of the blades.
It looks crazy. If I wasn’t positive people would cut each others fingers off, you could easily sell those. it looks like one of those “screamers” from that move Screamers.
And here’s Death Grip II, that I redesigned and let a friend use in the competition… and as no good deed goes unpunished, he of course beats me in our bout
But not before I did a considerable amount of damage to it
Although I didn’t do well in the competition, I was voted most destructive
Death Grip II did better than I did, but still didn’t win, although he won the bot brawl at the end of the event…
Even though we didn’t win, it was still a ton of fun, and I’ll be sure to come back next year
Hopefully we’ll have more than about twenty minutes of practice with our robots next time