Yesterday was a marathon build. Alan and Julien stuck it out and helped a lot, so they were busy doing stuff while I was working on the wiring and assembly. I was wiring for 9 hours. straight. it was painful. and I almost finished. But i didn't have time, so I brought it home and finished it after midnight in my garage. It runs, but has a few small quirks...
1) As soon as the radio connects, one of the drive wheels jerks forward for a fraction of a second, then stops, and everything is normal. I'm using a Spektrum DX-5e, with a Sabertooth 10 Dual ESC and ML-3506 Planetary Gearmotors.
2) The Sabertooth has a built in Aile/Ele mixer and a "flip" channel which I have connected to the Aux channel on the receiver which corresponds to the trainer switch on the transmitter. Default (trainer off) has inverted L/R (right on transmitter = left turn) but when I hold the trainer it's right. No pun intended.
The Dethinator's TO-DO list:
- shorten leads to switch
- mount switch
- make runners for inside of ring/scuff pads
- switch Aile/Ele and motor polarities until it drives the RIGHT way
- Re-bind receiver chip to fix twitch
- Cut shaft to length
- Redo ring
- Attach ring
- Debug
- Make weight
- DETHINATE.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
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awesome! spin up time is less than i expected so thats really good! also seems to drive fine
YES!
6 motors is enough and we are saved!!!!!
Just a tiny bit more work and we are completely done with this demon project.
Now we just need to make an extremely lightweight weapon assembly.
Hopefully with the ring...
Watching the video again, I noticed it still makes that "Gong" sound when it is spinning.
If it still does that when we put the weapon on it, we should see if we can rename it(for competition) "Hell's Bells"
Because, compare the sound it makes when on the bot with the bell at the beginning of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwxJ46HWXbA
Credit to my stepdad for coming up with that name.
The DX6i User Manual is epic...
http://www.spektrumrc.com/ProdInfo/Files/SPM6600_DX6i_Manual-LoRes.pdf
I guess I have a job for the next few days.
haha alan i was thinking more like "for whom the bell tolls" by metallica.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-KjkdDozQ
:P
That is a closer bell sound but not nearly as catchy a name as Hell's Bells would be.
I'd go with Hells bells, just 4 the devils.
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