Design
 In
order to get to my weight class I needed some very powerful motors,
that were lightweight. So I went to NPC Robotics and picked up two
NPC-02423 24 volt 3000 RPM motors, with this setup I would need to
gear up (something we as a team have not done before).
For wheels I wanted to get something that was bigger with lots
of traction. I went to our friends at Northern Tool for some
standard 10 inch knobby tires, with a 5/8 " shaft. These
tires will allow my bot to run upside-down. |
Batteries will be standard SLAs either two 7 AMP at 24 volts
or two 12 AMPs. Hopefully I can run my standard 3 minutes on
the two 7 AMP batteries, this will give me an extra 5 pounds
for my wedge-o-matic!.
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 Speed
controllers are going to be the tried and true IFI Victor 883's
I have had great luck with these in Boomerang, and the guys
at IFI are great to deal with, I had one controller that died
and they replaced it. Good to hear that they stick behind their
products! |
With Thunderbolt
I have picked up two new sponsors Norlen
and Tommydocks. You
can check out their sites at: www.norlen.com
and www.tommydocks.com.
Norlen manufactured the hubs I needed for my wheels. |
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