Servo - January 2016

SERVO 01.2016 21

I also strongly recommend that you don’t attempt to build a bot with an active weapon until you’ve built several wedges or box bots, and competed in multiple competitions.

It’s hard enough to build an effective drive train, and every builder will tell you about epic weapon failures in their early attempts.

All that said, let’s see what today’s builders recommend for a state-of-the-art weapons system.

Thanks to all our veterans who contributed to this compendium of combat robot technology. SV

Builder: Kyle Singer

Weapons: Various Motors: Turnigy LD3730A-1000 outrunner or B3630-4200 inrunner ESC: Turnigy 40A Plush Battery: LiPo 4S 1000 mAh 50C FingerTech belts and pulleys Spinning Mass: 12-18 oz

Builder: Nasir Illasarie

Weapon: Drum Motor: Turnigy D2826-10 1400 KV brushless motor ESC: HobbyKing 30A ESC 3A UBEC Battery: Turnigy 800 mAh 3S 20C LiPo Spinning Mass: 9 oz

Builder: Ian McMahon

Weapon: Vertical Disk Motor: NTM 35-30 1400 KV ESC: Turnigy Plush 40A Battery (combined with drive): 4S 1000 mAh Rhino 35C Custom hub, pulley Spinning Mass: 9 oz

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