Spam Flipper - team spammy

[spammy]

well seen as im new here, and you guys have been so helpful with information and other stuff i thought i would get my build diary going, well what im going to build is a rear hinged flipper bot (spam flipper).
im currently in the process of putting my ideas that i have drawn into solidworks to give u guys a preview of what im wanting my bot to look like im going for a HDPE armor and if there is enough weight spare i might give a thin metal out lining aswel to take some damage, i will be running the driving system with 2 x 12v cordless drill motors, and the flipper system will be a 230psi ram, im undecided yet on what rx/tx system to use, well thats the basics i will upload some pictures shortly of my very very rough hand drawings (looks like a 2 years has drawn them lol)
and comments and suggestiong would be great but i will hopfully keep u guys updated regualy.

[spammy]

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this is a very rough hand drawing i have done told it was very very rough lol

[Liftoff]

Are you building a FW or a HW? You've got a problem with proportion I think mate
You'll find out that components won't sit as nicely as you placed them! Shape wise it looks good, dont bother with two rams, use one of a larger size, buffer tanks same, use a single larger one...
Have a look at some of the build diaries to get a better idea of sizes and dimensions and what goes where and how...

[spammy]

That sketch took me literally 5 mins to do, just for the shape idea, I'm in the middle if drawing a propper sketch now, I know what ram and tanks I'm getting

[spammy]

ok so this is a better design and proberly final design, just need to sort measurements out
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[daveimi]

That looks really good

[spammy]

That looks really good

I can hand draw better than i can use that flipping solidworks lol

[spammy]

so i took my hand drawings and scanned them into my computer and just threw abit of paint on it so u can see roughly what im aiming for

final design 1.jpg
final design 2.jpg

not the best pictures in the world but u get the idea what im aiming for

[maddox10]

Firestorm, but rear hinged.

[spammy]

Firestorm, but rear hinged.

lol i do agree it does look slightly like it, but i just been looking at pictures of firestorm and that seem to have a bigger rear end on it, mines gunna be more round like, and its kinda hard these days to think of something new that someone else hasnt thought of the idea