Hey all, I was previously looking to build a beetleweight (and probably still will) but have decided to make my first bot a featherweight. Currently learning Sketchup, and have come up with the below internal design so far. Spinner weight is about 4.4kg if I get it cut from Hardox, with 200mm tip to tip and 40mm thick. I will be re-positioning the drive motors and changing the design of the mount for the spinner itself.

Concept is a wedge with a spinner towards the top of the wedge which will be mostly enclosed. get opponent on the wedge and hopefully hit their soft underbelly. I am fully expecting to lose, have reliability issues and catch fire, but does this seem a semi-decent concept and design? Bear in mind this is a few hours learning the software as I go.

Cheers!

Ian

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