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A sturdy and compact robot, this Lego replica is built with the same design aspects as the real-life battlebot. Lego Duck! does only one thing: to fight and defeat spinners.
Based off the real-life robot, Nightmare. This is the first Lego combat robot I built, and has gone through several alterations to make it more competitive and dangerous. The weapon teeth are interchangeable. The disk can either be tipped with plastic 5 width axles or stainless steel Lego train axles. The robot is powered by a Buwizz and the disk has a maximum speed of 1350 rpm.
My LEGO Robot Wars pneumatic flipper. Originally built for the Great Western Brick Show in 2018.
The flipper arm fully extended.
My LEGO Robot Wars pneumatic flipper. Originally built for the Great Western Brick Show in 2018.
The left side of the robot with armour panels removed. Showing the air tanks, compressor motor, and pistons.
Shadowbolt's weapon drum contains 2 boat-weight bricks and is overall heavier than Wonderbolt's bar. However, because the diameter is much smaller, and the motor more powerful, a top speed of over 3000 rpm can be achieved.
The weapon motor is geared up, firstly through 24:16 gears, and then 40:20 through the chain drive. This is the same as having a straight 40:16 gear ratio, but I needed to include the 24-tooth clutch gear to protect the motor.
My entry into the inaugural Great Western Brick Show LEGO Robot Wars display.
The robot is powered by a pair of P.F XL motors driving the wheels, and a P.F train motor driving the horizontal spinning weapon. The design is inspired by 'Tombstone' from Battlebots.
The name and colour scheme are a reference to the flying display team from 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'. I chose this name as I have friends in the Brony fandom who compete in the real Robot Wars live events.
This is one of Tombstone's 2 wheels from the season 6 fight against Captain Shrederator. It is signed by builder and captain Ray Billings.
My LEGO Robot Wars pneumatic flipper. Originally built for the Great Western Brick Show in 2018.
Inside the front of the robot. Showing the chassis, valve assembly, air tanks, pistons and compressor power switch.
Learn more about the new version in the video here:
The new version of my LEGO combat robot (Robot Wars) 'Pegasus'.
Updates from the previous version:
- Two LiPo battery packs to prevent overloading and cut-outs
- IR receivers raised on top for better reception
- Redesigned flipper arm with angle forks for better grip and lower weight
- Direct wheel drive rather than via bevel gears
- more armour panels for deflecting hits
Weight: 995g
Size: 32 x 29 x 21 studs
My LEGO Robot Wars pneumatic flipper. Originally built for the Great Western Brick Show in 2018.
Right side of the robot with armour panels removed. Showing the battery, air drain valve, air tank, pistons and valve gearing.
Learn more about the new version in the video here:
The new version of my LEGO combat robot (Robot Wars) 'Pegasus'.
Updates from the previous version:
- Two LiPo battery packs to prevent overloading and cut-outs
- IR receivers raised on top for better reception
- Redesigned flipper arm with angle forks for better grip and lower weight
- Direct wheel drive rather than via bevel gears
- more armour panels for deflecting hits
Weight: 995g
Size: 32 x 29 x 21 studs
My entry into the inaugural Great Western Brick Show LEGO Robot Wars display.
The robot is powered by a pair of P.F XL motors driving the wheels, and a P.F train motor driving the horizontal spinning weapon. The design is inspired by 'Tombstone' from Battlebots.
The name and colour scheme are a reference to the flying display team from 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'. I chose this name as I have friends in the Brony fandom who compete in the real Robot Wars live events.
My entry into the inaugural Great Western Brick Show LEGO Robot Wars display.
The robot is powered by a pair of P.F XL motors driving the wheels, and a P.F train motor driving the horizontal spinning weapon. The design is inspired by 'Tombstone' from Battlebots.
The name and colour scheme are a reference to the flying display team from 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'. I chose this name as I have friends in the Brony fandom who compete in the real Robot Wars live events.
My working LEGO replica of Robot Wars house robot 'Growler' has received an overhaul and updates for 2022, in preparation for Reading Brick Show.
Originally built in early 2020, the bot proved very fast, but fragile and not very maneuverable. To fix this, I've lowered the gear ratio of the drive, and generally reinforced the body.
Growler uses 2x PF train motors for drive. In the old version, the wheels were driven through gears at 40:24. This made turning on the spot quite difficult due to the grip of the tires. So I changed this to 40:16 with chains.
I had to add tensioners to the chain, as they were otherwise too loose. And removing a link made them too short.
My LEGO Robot Wars pneumatic flipper. Originally built for the Great Western Brick Show in 2018.
Underside of the robot. Showing the drive motors, valve motor and gearing, and front skid plates.
Rear view.
The 9V 5259 'buggy' motor can be seen sticking out the back, with a 9V to PF adapter cable attached. Unfortunately there wasn't any space left to route all the cables within the robot.
The IR receivers can also be seen. These were positioned to allow reasonable signal, and to allow easy changing of the IR channels.
Fully remote control shuffler robot armed with a ferocious drum spinner.
Drive: 2x Mould King buggy motors, each powering 4 shuffler feet frames
Weapon: +130g drum powered by 1x Power Functions XL motor
Hub: 1x Mould King powered module 6.0
Tiger Feet is another new addition to the Block Party Robot League clan. If you'd like to have our robots and arena at your public event or private function, please get in touch!
Building the new version of my LEGO pneumatic flipper robot, 'Pegasus'.
The valve control setup is the same as the previous version. The frame is also very similar.
Routing pneumatic tubes is definitely the trickiest part of the build.
Building the new version of my LEGO pneumatic flipper robot, 'Pegasus'.
Routing pneumatic tubes is definitely the trickiest part of the build.
Underside view.
The chassis went through a few iterations to make it rigid and strong enough. You can also see how compact everything is, with the drive motors, battery, weapon drive and self-righter drive all next to each other.
Learn more about the new version in the video here:
The new version of my LEGO combat robot (Robot Wars) 'Pegasus'.
Updates from the previous version:
- Two LiPo battery packs to prevent overloading and cut-outs
- IR receivers raised on top for better reception
- Redesigned flipper arm with angle forks for better grip and lower weight
- Direct wheel drive rather than via bevel gears
- more armour panels for deflecting hits
Weight: 995g
Size: 32 x 29 x 21 studs
Self-righter drive mechanism.
One side of the robot has been removed expose the inner workings. The self-righter went through a few different versions, as I had to keep reducing the gear ratio further for the medium motor to provide enough force. The new short worm gear came in handy.
Building the new version of my LEGO pneumatic flipper robot, 'Pegasus'.
The valve control setup is the same as the previous version. The frame is also very similar.
Weapon drum removed, to expose the inner workings. On the left is the weapon drive, and in the middle is the self-righter drive.
Initial LDD concept.
I first fleshed out the design by deciding on the position of each major component, trying to fit it all in the space. There's no 5259 buggy motor part available in LDD, so I had to create a brick-built representation of one (the olive parts). Same goes for the LiPo rechargeable battery.
The complete drum assembly, coming in at 175g. Two 'boat-weight' bricks are incorporated into the design. The final version has a clutch gear on the weapon axle.
Since the drum only has teeth on one side, I had to balance the weight about the axle manually by trial-and-error, adding or removing bricks on each side.
This is one of Tombstone's 2 wheels from the season 6 fight against Captain Shrederator. It is signed by builder and captain Ray Billings.
Comparing an early version of 'Shadowbolt' with my old bar spinner 'Wondebolt'. Both had to adhere to a maximum size of 32x32 studs.