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maddox



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Guys, you're talking about a "national team".

Post Wed May 14, 2014 5:41 pm 
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Philip
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What is the motivation for the bigger robots? I assume a better spectacle for the audience.

50 kg would be easier to transport than 100 kg.

Is a 100 - 200 A ESC on the cards for BotBitz?
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Is a 100 - 200 A ESC on the cards for BotBitz?


This is one other reason I wanted to see MW/HW's stick to simple motors like scooter or wheel chair motors where they have low amperage draw and most people could recycle some of their FW hardware.

BotBitz sorta has a potential 8S 200A controller on the cards, but it requires Steve to do a lot of work and he's currently a bit busy for that Razz
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The FRA doesn't have that many 50 kg robots compared to the 100 kg. Is the US the same?
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If I know 2 middleweights over here, I would be surprised.

I'm not really following the US competition, to many 1 hit wonders to get my fancy.

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Why not allow people to make whatever floats their boat? If you make a heavy, be prepared to fight two middles as a clusterbot. If you make a middle, be prepared to take some big hits. Also, allow middles to fight each other one-on-one, as can heavies.

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@ Philip: That recent USATL event had 17 MW bots registered VS only 7 HW bots. Looking back thru recent events on the BuildersDB site, most of them are only going up to 15 lbs, even 30 lbs events are getting rare in the US.
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Steve, have you thought any more about a high current ESC?
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This was what I had in mind.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__24754__Turnigy_Trackstar_1_5th_Scale_Sensorless_200amp_8s_Opto_Car_ESC.html

Just haven't got around to it or really had a reason.

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If you did convert the above controller, would it run winch motors?
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That was the idea but without testing can't really say.

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Now i know whatll happen when i radio control these wheelchair bases sitting out the front. If current job goes good should be able to get a fair few of these every now and then.
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I was surprised of the speed it got. I always remember from Robot Wars the robots with wheelchair motors were slow. But that had decent speed with featherweight batteries and TZ-85's.

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It might be a little slower once you dump 100kg on it and the motors and batteries are both working harder.
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