With the help of a local bot builder who has competed already, i've picked up some more ideas and removed some poor ideas he shared willingly..
Ignoring calculations, i'm just not clearly not clever enough for that, i'm going mechanic style, "trial and error".
Test drive soon i hope ! No weapon, weighted for a battery load test. See how it goes or doesn't..
Update,
I went to a live event and ended up helping repair and load / unload make safe and arm the Bots. I was offered to drive, but the setup on the controller really didn't make it easy for me so i passed after a quick go.
I would recommend getting yourself down to a live event and seeing what "really" happens are what you think might be going on at an event.
My own bot has benefited from this day with ring side seats and pit work. I've changed a few failure points, and now seen a working set up. So on return i have a lot of enthusiasm and got my own HW up and running and tested for the drive train.
Its works, its starts, stops, and most importantly steers !!
The Bot cuts out with loss of signal and Safety Link does exactly what it should but won't fall out.
I have tested several areas i had concerns over an fixed a couple unexpected weakneses.
Now its time to start the weapon build and get testing.
I shall pop some images up as soon as i figure out a place to host.
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