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Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
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excellent. beetles needs a decent lifter / flipper _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:22 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Servo arrived today, might have to hack up a quick beetleweight for this weekend to test it out _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:46 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
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i think you need a bigger one _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:17 pm
Valen Experienced Roboteer
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thought you said it was big? _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:35 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Well, first thing you gotta do when you get some thing new is pull it apart!
It's a bit noisy for a servo and the range seems to only be around 100 degrees, but it looks like it will do the job. On a side note, it looks super simple to convert to continuous rotation, I reckon with the servo boards removed, a ESCheap10 soldered up to it and with a beefier RS380 motor on 4S, it would be a pretty bullet proof drive setup for beetleweights. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:34 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
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what would the total cost be of such a setup? _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:13 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Probably about $80 - $100 by the time you source two servos, two ESCheap10's and some higher powered RS-380 motors. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:39 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
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Decided to get a wriggle on with my beetleweight design, had 3 goes at getting it in the weight limit and have now arrived at this....
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