Where would you add moterised wings i carnt figure it out ive tried nearly everything. And no they carnt be pneumatic controlled wings. Many thanks all help is much appreciated
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I can’t open your pictures; you have to wait until they are completely uploaded and then post it (thanks though for trying!)
Also, us forumers have been making a few posts on motorized wings already. Try continuing the discussion under one of them to avoid forum clutter.
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Your pictures for some reason aren’t loading but there are a bunch of forums in the recent weeks about motor controlled wings you can look into.
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Hi thanks for the replys yes ive seen those and i know how to make them, i just have no idea where to put them on here.
Uhhhhh, no offense, but that bot’s kinda cursed.
First of all, I would ignore the wings and focus on bracing your drivetrain and make it worlds-worthy. A reliable drivetrain is more important than having wings and launchers combined. After that, build a reliable intake, then focus on wings. Don’t try to build a shooter, much less an elevated one, before you have a worlds-worthy drivetrain, intake, and wings in that order.
- Use bearing flats
- Don’t be afraid to cut shafts to length, having them stick out will invite rammers to “accidentally” ram off a wheel
- Use at least 55w of motors on your drivetrain.
- What is this motor for?
- Move these two mechs towards the center of your robot
- Extend the drivetrain c-channels past your front and back wheels by 3 holes at least if possible.
But to answer your question, I would put them on the front corners of your robot. If they’re horizontal wings, put them on the outermost c-channel on each corner. If they’re vertical, I’d mount them here: somewhere
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Right so number 1 i dont have bearing flats also find i dont need them
2. Yes im going to cut the shafts but want to insure everything is ready first.
3. I only ever use 2 motor driverrain many reasons was on another theead a while back.
4. Ignore that that was for somthing i had on before ive removed it now.
5. If i move it forward the mech doesent work properly.
6. If i do that i carnt get over the middle black bar.
7. I carnt add them at the front because the tribal launches through that area see below photo.
Also im not building an intake as thats not what i want my bot to do.
The drivetrain works fine what makes you think it doesn’t.
Many thanks
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Just surfing through your last message you might want to consider an intake. If you can figure out wings then you don’t need one but if you don’t its a must if you want to be competitive
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Another thing I just realized is that you have a 2 motor drivetrain. I would REALLY suggest at least a 4 motor. Some teams are using 8 motor drivetrains this year (What I’m saying is that drivetrain power is super important)
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I know about the power but 2 is plenty it drives fine.
If you’re using this for VRC, imagine your 2 motor drive like a human running while the other 6 motor drives as stampeding buffalo. You ain’t gonna win
If you’re doing skills, 2 motor drives are fine as long as they don’t overheat (seeing as those motors are direct drive)
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I would not say plenty. Its ultimately your choice but to be even semi competitive 4 is the minimum. What are you using the other 6 motors for?
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I might look into adding 2 more motors i guess
You need bearing flats to prevent friction and they hep your robot to run smoother also I have a two motor drivetrain and i find it’s pretty competitive
Thank you for agreeing with me on 2 motor drivetrain.
Please don’t use a 2 motor drivetrain if you want to be even a little competitive. At the very least, you should be using a 44W drive. You wouldn’t even need wings because your 22W drivetrain would overheat before you could even push the triballs into the goal.
Also, this:
Is objectively incorrect. I’m surprised your robot even drives tbh, that much friction with just 2 motors is either really slow or doesn’t drive at all.
Also this isn’t discord, use spell check
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Ok belevie it or not that was spell checked by googles ai bard. The robots actully very fast and it weighs alot more then 4 motor drivetrains and it does fine. There isint that much friction.
Then you should probably get a new spellchecker.
For instance, in this post that consists of two lines, I can simply use Grammarly, it takes less than 10 seconds, and your post instantly looks like this:
Ok, believe it or not, that was spell-checked by Google’s Ai Bard. The robot’s actually very fast and it weighs a lot more than 4 motor drivetrains and it does fine. There isn’t that much friction.
It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it’s better than the original by a mile for minimal effort.
Have you attempted to drive your robot for over a minute? Also, what carts are those drivetrain motors on?
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Your welcome
also first fourm post of the year
Ours is a 6 motor (soon to be 7 motor with PTO) on 450 RPM we are the fastest and most powerful bot in our region