haha the magnetic plasma limpet is an awesome picture in my head _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:30 pm
Valen Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 07 Jul 2004
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Location: Sydney
ultra cap energy density is low.
a fair bit of power yes but the same weight of batteries will run the arc for ~10-100x longer than caps.
Also when caps are 50% discharged they are 50% voltage
so you start off at 100v and end up at 50.
Also they are stupidly expensive, 200A out of lipo's is a little spendy but achievable.
same voltage in caps is going to cost ~$1500 as far as i can rember. _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
the copper coloured stuff waste is from the "cutting rod" (aka high temp silicon cable) _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:12 am
Daniel Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
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Location: Gold Coast
quote:
12. Forbidden Weapons and Materials. The following weapons and materials are absolutely forbidden from use:
12.1. Weapons designed to cause invisible damage to the other robot. This includes but is not limited to:
12.1.1. Electrical weapons
12.4. Heat and fire are forbidden as weapons. This includes, but is not limited to the following:
12.4.1. Heat or fire weapons not specifically allowed in the Special Weapons section (13.2)
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
the plasma globe ignitor works. Runs off an ant LiPol and I should have a servo swith from HobbyKing arriving during the week to turn it on and off.
And I burnt the hair off my knee and at bit off my head. I'll go get a hair cut tomorrow.
Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:45 pm
Lemming
Joined: 21 May 2011
Posts: 73
So... I ended up spending about three hours this afternoon making a flame thrower nozzle.
I didn't take any pics tonight, but I will try and take some of it in operation on Tuesday.
Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:09 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
Posts: 2674
Location: NSW
quote:Originally posted by Daniel:
And I burnt the hair off my knee and at bit off my head. I'll go get a hair cut tomorrow.
Lol. Video?
Lemming: awesome, post a pic when you can _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
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