Servo - August 2016

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The 150 gram Fairyweight class (also known as the UK Antweight class) has unfortunately been on a decline in the Northeastern United States. After talking with several UK Antweight builders, I decided to build one in order to increase the amount of bots at Motorama

2016.

The method I was going to use is one utilized by UK Antweight builder, Rory Mangles. His robots are made from a folded piece of Lexan, usually 0.08 inches ( 2 mm) thick. They have proven to be quite durable in battle throughout his fighting robot career.

I picked up some 0.098 inch ( 2. 5 mm) Lexan sheet at my local hardware store. I also had some leftover 0.0625 inch (1.5 mm) Lexan sheet that I used for a previous bot, I began by using cardboard to mock up the robot’s body, and traced the design onto the Lexan. The body was cut out with tin snips, and holes for mounting the motors and wedge were drilled. (The latter holes weren’t added immediately, which led to some “interesting” drilling methods, to say the least.)