Designation: Bailey Robotics Teapot no.5
Name: Sixty-Four
Purpose: Robotic Racer – Teapot Variation
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About SixtyFour
Sixty-Four sounds like a simple teapot racer on the surface, in that she has a teapot simply mounted onto an already built RC chassis. Were she that simple, she would be a considerable departure from our other more in-depth builds, however, she is much more complex than she seems.
Like the first teapot Emma made, this one also has a light bar at the back, and two separate front floodlights, which are powered by two separate power banks inside, operated by separate switches.
The teapot was difficult to mount to the chassis, so outside the box thinking had to be employed, meaning we cut the bottom from the teapot, and mounted it in such a way, it’s actually floating above the chassis, somewhat.
The chassis itself was a simple 4×4 chassis from a toy shop in North Wales. We’d bought a few, and I noticed that the rear suspension and arms holding the motor and wheels on, was the same as the front motor and suspension, only the front had steering, too.
So, I quickly found another one to use as a donor, and mounted a front steering section, on the back of my chassis. Meaning that now my chassis still had 4×4 in the traditional sense, but now all four wheels were capable of steering, too. Hence, her name, Sixty-Four (4x4x4).
All it took to make it work, was to wire up the rear motors and steering opposite to the front, and hey presto, she worked first time. She is slower as she is using two steering servos now, and this drains the power a little more. She leans a lot around corners with the weight of the stainless teapot on top (which I could remedy), but she can ‘turn on a dime’, as the saying goes.
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Version: 1.0
Designation: Bailey Robotics Teapot no.5 (BRT05)
Name: Sixty-Four
Utility: Exploration/Fun and Education
Purpose: Robotic Racer – Teapot Variation
Build method: Traditional (files/drills/soldering)
Weight (total):
Length: 26cm
Width: 17.5cm
Height: 21cm
Drive: 4x4x4
Relative Speed (to our other robots): Moderate
Microcontrollers: None – Uses RC System Instead
Switches: 2 x internal rocker switches for lights, and one power switch.
LEDs: 2 x RC spot lights, and a yellow ‘beacon’ bar.
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