Yeah I did think about that but from the front it shouldn't be too bad as it that plow is planned to be 6mm Hardox. i did make some designs which did protect the wheels but they added complexty and looked plumb ugly =P
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They don't list the weight, but if you can make them in cad you can roughly estimate them I guess.
When do you think you will be ready for your first battle, looks good so far.
at my current build speed.......... 2077 =P
I am aiming for 95% completion ( everything bar hardox cut part ) end of this year.
planning to do some more work on the bot this afternoon but spent a bit of this morning working on REC model for sketchup. pretty confendent it accurate.
you can find it on the 3d warehouse or a dropbox I am planning to set up.
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EDIT: added Image
EDIT2: adding Dropbox link
Done some work on the bot, mounted the moters to the sides and base plate and did some test driving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zQ...ature=youtu.be
(crowbar is for ballast)
just need to do a load of fab work on the mounting blocks and we are not too far from a functional bot.
well I missed my target, damn flu and wet weather, gotten some bits done just need to bolt stuff together really. So, in the meantime I got my head around Fusion 360 and copied Blacksmith across from Sketchup.
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So, as I have copied into 360 I thought I make some improvements from problems I have noted thus far. I standardised the thickness of HDPE and I also made it a tad longer, so I could move the drive motors back, move the battery to behind the front brace as well as most of electronics, this will hopefully keep the nose down and improve handling.
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Also, have had a little idea of using magnetic limit switches with an Arduino or something in the axe mechanism to act as end stops which allows me to us a switch on my transmitter making driving the bot easier.
But I first need to finish this one…
share link http://a360.co/2CKcPuC