Beetleweight Horizontal Spinner: Phantom II Design Teardown
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- We break down the design of our most battle-hardened beetleweight robot, Phantom II, and talk about the changes we've made as well as possible changes to come. Phantom II is a beetleweight combat robot, with an overhead horizontal spinner as its main weapon, and has been competing in numerous events since the summer of 2017.
Phantom II, despite all of the many changes we have made to it over the course of the ten events it has competed in, has stayed true to the same fundamental design it started out with. With this version, we are finally happy enough with the bot and its construction to publish it for you all to enjoy. Stay tuned for exciting Phantom news in 2020!
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Im building a bot soon. learning alot from your videos.
This design is so compact it’s awesome
Very helpful video. I took some inspiration from your aluminum hub + AR500 blade concept for a cheap yet high precision blade setup. Really slick way of making the best use of materials/manufacturing methods.
I have been wondering how well the Silver Sparks would work in a Beetleweight Robot, but I had no idea I fought against them multiple times.
Thanks for sharing!
Well, damnit. My completely original mini Hazard idea is taken? Who woulda guessed?
On a serious note, mean little robot and a super informative video, came across it trying to overcome some hurdles I'm having with Omar. Hopefully, with Covid shutting everything down and your help, I can get Omar the Destroyer ready for next year. Before my lady finds the receipts.
Who knows, maybe we'll meet one time and you can give me a harsh lesson in beetleweight combat robots
Cheers
Great video as usual. Look forward to more.
Please do a video about the blade
I'll have to do that!
Where do you get the metal from?
If you don’t mind me asking where did you get the belt for the weapon
Nice video. Mind if I ask how the steering works for robots like this? Are you driving both sides forwards/backwards independently like a tank or is there some weird channel blending happening?
Thanks! Personally, I do tank steering with two sticks, but many people use mixing on their bots to drive arcade-style with one stick. One of our previous videos shows how I modified my transmitter for tank steering. When people use arcade with mixing instead, nicer transmitters can be programmed to do mixing internally, or on-board mixing devices like fingertech's TinyMixer can do the same thing inside the robot.
I want to see an antweight version of this.
I've been thinking about that, maybe someday!
Why not make a kit for it? (Endbots did it with their Vector combat robot)
I unfortunately don't have the same manufacturing resources as Endbots for larger-scale manufacturing. Also, as this video and the open source release of Spooky have shown, I still have a few things to learn about designing for serviceability and distribution. Maybe someday in the future!
It never hurts to dream, right? (Also for the fairyweight, maybe you can make a separate pulley for the new Fingertech Bloodsport blade)
Okay well that’s technically 150 g, but the scale is ruined anyway so it can be a 1lb with some fenagaling
What is the diameter and length of the weapon dead axle? It looks strong. Suggestions for bolt diameter? Thicker add overall weight, but sacrifices strength.
We go with a 1/2" shoulder bolt for added strength, because we have a big long bar and the shaft is only supported underneath. The shoulder 2" long, half in the robot and half sticking up on top. The threads are 3/8" diameter and stick up another 5/8".
@@BlackLightningRobotics Thanks..I added the 1/2" bolt diameter to my Undercutter in October
Does Thumb War compete alongside Phantom II in competition?
Nope! We don't tend to run multiple similar bots together in the same weight class. Thumb War came from the old Phantom II frame that competed in 2017 and the 1st half of 2018, and was modified to have higher ground clearance and aesthetic value in the Battlebox. Phantom II did end up using the painted weapon blade from Thumb War several times, though.
I see. (Those floor seams are atrocious)
What is the diameter of your shoulder bolt?
We go with a 1/2" shoulder bolt for added strength, because we have a big long bar and the shaft is only supported underneath.
@@BlackLightningRobotics Yeah that's pretty meaty. Have you experienced any sort of bending of the shaft when using a smaller diameter?