Turnabot Squeezy Fairyweight Combat Robot Kit — Charger Bundle

Features

• Charger included: pairs the Squeezy kit with a 2S LiPo Charger — charge and battle right away
• Turnabot Squeezy design: proven grabber-lifter layout from the event-winning Turnabot designers — 3rd place at RCL Nationals
• Horizontal grabber-lifter weapon: claw arms grab opponents and lift them for control without dangerous spinning weapons or blades
• Strong, reliable drive: dual N10 1650 gearmotors for responsive maneuvering at 150g
• Non-destructive and classroom friendly: no special arena needed — safe for schools, camps, and clubs
• Choice of build level: presoldered or unsoldered electronics to match your skills and tools
• Nine color options: customize your fairyweight combat robot kit and make it your own
• All-in-one electronics: Malenki Nano combines receiver, drive ESC, and servo control on a single board
• Rechargeable 350mAh 2S LiPo included: great balance of power and weight for competition

Maintenance

Keep your Turnabot Squeezy running strong with these replacement parts and spares.

Select the 1650 version of the N10 motors for your bot.

Specifications

FAQ

Is Squeezy safe for kids and beginners?

Yes. Squeezy is a non-destructive grabber-lifter — it grabs and lifts opponents rather than cutting or spinning into them, so there’s no blade or disc to manage. It doesn’t need a specialized arena, making it a great fit for classrooms, camps, family build nights, and first-time builders.

Presoldered or unsoldered — which build should I choose?

Presoldered is ready to wire up and run with minimal soldering — a good fit if you want to get building fast or you’re newer to electronics. Unsoldered gives more advanced builders full control over wiring, including the option to add their own weapon system later. Full disclosure: soldering a Malenki can be a little complex; we consider it a medium level of difficulty.

What battery does Squeezy use, and how do I charge it?

Squeezy comes with a rechargeable 7.4V 350mAh 2S LiPo battery, and a 2S LiPo charger is included with this bundle. Never leave a charging battery unattended, and store your LiPo partially charged in a LiPo safe bag when not in use.

What spare parts should I keep on hand?

Hubs, tires, and N10 1650 motors are the parts most likely to need replacing after hard hits or wear. The zip ties used as ground-scraping forks on the claws are also easy to replace and worth keeping a few spares of. Check the Maintenance tab above for the current parts list and pricing.

What else do I need to run the bot?

This bundle includes a 2S LiPo Charger for the included battery. You’ll still need a transmitter that uses the AFHDS 2A protocol. Turnabot recommends the FlySky FS-i6, available at ItGresa. The FlySky FS-CT6B will not work with a Malenki — it uses the older AFHDS protocol, while the Malenki requires AFHDS 2A. The “2A” matters. If you need both a transmitter and a charger, see our Transmitter & Charger bundle.

You’ll also need a charger for the 2S LiPo battery. You can get a basic 2S charger here — the same type included in our Squeezy bundles. If you think you’ll move into larger bots down the road, consider the C6D charger, which handles voltages beyond 2S.

You can find bundles including the kit, transmitter, and charger on our kits page.

How do I set up my radio?

Squeezy’s assembly instructions (downloadable under Product Documents on this page) include detailed step-by-step radio setup for the FlySky FS-i6 — covering binding, battery alarm settings, weapon end points, drive direction checks, and how to reverse a channel if anything runs backward. Follow those steps in order for the smoothest setup.

Does the signal to the Malenki need to be mixed?

No — the Malenki Nano comes with steering mixing built in and enabled by default, so a standard radio works right out of the box.

Tip: If your transmitter is already mixed, you must use an unmixed signal. A mixed transmitter signal plus an ESC that also does mixing results in an unmixed bot — the two mixes cancel each other out.

Tip: How can you tell? Put the drive stick in the upper right corner — the bot should go forward. Put it in the lower left corner — it should go backward. If so, your bot is unmixed.

My Malenki keeps flickering its blue LED — is it stuck in bind mode?

Maybe not — it’s more likely in Configuration Mode, which looks similar but is a different state. The key rule: always turn on your transmitter before you power up your bot. If the Malenki powers on with no transmitter signal present, it can slip into Configuration Mode after just a few seconds — well before the 90 seconds needed to trigger Bind Mode. Configuration Mode is easy to exit: give the bot a quick burst of drive input and it returns to normal drive mode immediately.

This insight comes from Ask Aaron (Team Run Amok), one of the best combat robotics Q&A resources available — with input from Malenki designer Mark Robson himself. If you have a technical question we haven’t answered here, Ask Aaron has over 7,900 questions and answers worth bookmarking: https://runamok.tech/AskAaron.html

What if I strip a screw hole during assembly?

The Squeezy kit includes a few extra M2.5 × 6mm screws for exactly this situation — they’re slightly thicker than the standard M2 × 6mm screws and will bite into a stripped hole. Keep them separate from your other screws so you don’t mix them up, and only use them if a hole strips during the build.