The Pics of PFH

The Pics & Video Of PFH!

Pics of Project Fish Hucker (all thumbnailed):

Our Small Relay. We use this in conjunction with a solenoid to switch our main weapon on and off. This is available from team delta.

Our 6 Channel Radio. Available from Tower Hobbies. Channels 3 and 4 are used for drive control, 1 for the main weapon, and 5 for the secondary weapon.

Our Vantec and 2 Colman motors on a Lego vehicle we made so we could practice driving. The thing is excedingly slow. The colmans only get 40 RPM and then they run through a down gear on the way to the drive, but it still works and has more power than any lego vehicle has the right to have.

Our wheels. These are Colson caster wheels. Very grippy. Shown here with the hubs we made for them.

Our Drive Motors with mount. That's 1/2 Aluminum 6061 T-6 Grade Aircraft aluminum. Ain't nobody gonna break it. These are supposedly 110 in/lbs, but we believe they are much higher. We were playing around with some drill motors rated at 300 in/lbs and were able to slow them down with our hands. We can't even get these things to make noise when we try to to stop them with a pair of pliers. They just rip right out of our hands.

The outer drive shaft mounts. Also high grade 1/2 inch aluminum, as are all of our interior parts.

Our batteries and the holders. There will also be a holder piece that spans both of them across the top, thus turning our batteries into frame pieces.

Our weapon assembly. Once again 1/2 inch aluminum. The motor is an "A" pack motor. Which spins at 1550 RPM with 2300 oz/in torque after we run it through a 4 to 1 gear ratio with a length of roller chain. The Blade is a 7 1/4' Carbide tipped rip blade. There are few teeth and they each have a little widening lip on them, so it should be good for grabbing and throwing bots.

The same piece from the back. The sprockets and chain are not attached here.

Our Lexan sheet. This goes on the top and bottom of our bot where the antenna is, so we don't have to have any exposed parts.

Cool Horror Movie. Funny for how stupidly the effects are done.

Creamed Corn. Its really in there. It is used in one of the effects as melting rotting flesh. Best use of 89 cents I've ever seen. This is such a low budget film but it is the best. OK, so it has nothing to do with the bot, but I put it here anyway.

This is what can happen in about 1/10 of a second when you are around a saw blade, or it could be far worse. I had an invoulentary shudder when I had my hand underneath one, that fortunatly was running sideways, for a smaller bot, so it didn't pull my hand into it like our big one would have. This is a warning be careful, this hurt quite a bit.

These are pics of our drives. We got the motors and shafts and wheels and such back and here are the drives. We will mount them with the 1/2 frame pieces to some plywood, do some testing, and put the results up soon. Hopefully I can find some way to get a movie working, since i got this cool digital camera for christmas.

Driving Test This is a video of us test driving our bot. I made a plywood base to attach everything down to and we did some tests. It is in .zip format since that is the only type of download I can seem to get to work.

This is our Vantec with it's top and bottom protective covers I made. They consist of: the pieces from the front of a type III ski vest, a piece of 16 gauge steel, and a piece from the back of a type III ski vest (thin white pieces). They are strong. As tests for strength and shock absorbansy I taped an egg to one of the thicker pieces, and droped it onto a slab of cement from about 8 feet high (hoping it would not land egg side down), nothing. Not a scratch, not a mark, not a crack, nodda! Then, once I had them assembled, I took a hammer to one as hard as I could. Nothing. Not a mark, no dents, nothing! Nobody is going to damage our Vantec.

These pics show the majority of our awsome machined frame. The right hand pick includes 1 portion of the saw and motor holder, but there will be a second, and they both get more machining. Looks pretty good, no?


	The Pics & Video Of PFH! Pics of Project Fish Hucker (all thumbnailed): Our Small Relay. We use this in conjunction with a solenoid to switch our main weapon on and off. This is available from team delta. Our 6 Channel Radio. Available from Tower Hobbies. Channels 3 and 4 are used for drive control, 1 for the main weapon, and 5 for the secondary weapon. Our Vantec and 2 Colman motors on a Lego vehicle we made so we could practice driving. The thing is excedingly slow. The colmans only get 40 RPM and then they run through a down gear on the way to the drive, but it still works and has more power than any lego vehicle has the right to have. Our wheels. These are Colson caster wheels. Very grippy. Shown here with the hubs we made for them. Our Drive Motors with mount. That's 1/2 Aluminum 6061 T-6 Grade Aircraft aluminum. Ain't nobody gonna break it. These are supposedly 110 in/lbs, but we believe they are much higher. We were playing around with some drill motors rated at 300 in/lbs and were able to slow them down with our hands. We can't even get these things to make noise when we try to to stop them with a pair of pliers. They just rip right out of our hands. The outer drive shaft mounts. Also high grade 1/2 inch aluminum, as are all of our interior parts. Our batteries and the holders. There will also be a holder piece that spans both of them across the top, thus turning our batteries into frame pieces. Our weapon assembly. Once again 1/2 inch aluminum. The motor is an "A" pack motor. Which spins at 1550 RPM with 2300 oz/in torque after we run it through a 4 to 1 gear ratio with a length of roller chain. The Blade is a 7 1/4' Carbide tipped rip blade. There are few teeth and they each have a little widening lip on them, so it should be good for grabbing and throwing bots. The same piece from the back. The sprockets and chain are not attached here. Our Lexan sheet. This goes on the top and bottom of our bot where the antenna is, so we don't have to have any exposed parts. Creamed Corn. Its really in there. It is used in one of the effects as melting rotting flesh. Best use of 89 cents I've ever seen. This is such a low budget film but it is the best. OK, so it has nothing to do with the bot, but I put it here anyway. This is what can happen in about 1/10 of a second when you are around a saw blade, or it could be far worse. I had an invoulentary shudder when I had my hand underneath one, that fortunatly was running sideways, for a smaller bot, so it didn't pull my hand into it like our big one would have. This is a warning be careful, this hurt quite a bit. These are pics of our drives. We got the motors and shafts and wheels and such back and here are the drives. We will mount them with the 1/2 frame pieces to some plywood, do some testing, and put the results up soon. Hopefully I can find some way to get a movie working, since i got this cool digital camera for christmas. Driving Test This is a video of us test driving our bot. I made a plywood base to attach everything down to and we did some tests. It is in .zip format since that is the only type of download I can seem to get to work. This is our Vantec with it's top and bottom protective covers I made. They consist of: the pieces from the front of a type III ski vest, a piece of 16 gauge steel, and a piece from the back of a type III ski vest (thin white pieces). They are strong. As tests for strength and shock absorbansy I taped an egg to one of the thicker pieces, and droped it onto a slab of cement from about 8 feet high (hoping it would not land egg side down), nothing. Not a scratch, not a mark, not a crack, nodda! Then, once I had them assembled, I took a hammer to one as hard as I could. Nothing. Not a mark, no dents, nothing! Nobody is going to damage our Vantec. These pics show the majority of our awsome machined frame. The right hand pick includes 1 portion of the saw and motor holder, but there will be a second, and they both get more machining. Looks pretty good, no? Home \| The Bots \| The Team \| The Ideas \| The Links \| The News \| The How To \| The Legal I Events \| Our Sponsors \| Progress Reports \|