Battlebots FTW

Wow, its been a while since I posted last. I attribute that to the 3 tests I had this week. But, as for projects and the like, here you go:

Last week at BattleBots, we decided to to change the weight from 120 lbs to 220 lbs. The motor we are using is 30 lb and gets to 2600 rpm. It will be, in a word, ridiculous. It will be a full body spinner. We are working on getting a final design in CAD and I will post the CAD files when it is complete. We should start building around February 17 (thats when the tools will start to be free, another robotics team is using them now). We also plan to enter a medium weight bot and maybe a couple of ant weights. I've been thinking about designs for an ant weight. I actually like the idea of making a miniature version of our heavyweight. The team entered one last year that worked pretty well, basically a square with a saw blade set at a 45 degree angle. I was also thinking about using the gas engine from a small r/c car. I'm not sure how much they weight, but I know they can get an r/c car up to 50-60 mph. I figure if we hook that guy up to a blade of some kind, or use it to spin the bot, we could have a nice edge over everyone else using electric. One of the guys on our group is a grease monkey, so we could definitely get it working.

I'm tired now, so I'll do another brain dump soon.