Team Kaizen - The Honey Badger

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I didn't know which robot got torn up initially, only when the remenants were put in the loading pen I realised. Felt really sorry for you, was convinced it was a write-off. Yet you made it into the next battle!

Quite a few did to be honest, myself included for a moment.

An interesting looking design, wasn't neophyte quite short? Are you aiming for invertable? Being honest it doesn't look that much wider than 2.0, seems it's going to be a compact little thing and 15mm!? Damn son.

As noted, Neophyte is bigger than your typical feather - The Honey Badger 2 in its widest incarnation was 510mm wide. The bodywork on The Honey Badger 3 is 480mm wide plus whatever the wheels are going to be but it is the plough that is the widest point, likely to clock in at 600mm wide, depending on what I end up using for that. I am indeed aiming for invertible, trying to get hold of some specialist RC wheels again that should fit the bill nicely.

Yeah, the main bodywork is 450x100mm so very compact, hence the double deck thing. It'll make more sense when I've got that bit built.

Going to be following quite closely, I can't wait to see the brushless drive take shape, it's going to be pretty nippy with those motors anyway..

Even with the Gimson motors, it is going to be fast. With the KEDA motors, it is probably not going to be substantially faster owing to a low Kv rating but it is unlikely to be stopped in a hurry. The brushed motors (775 type) give out about 215W per side, the KEDA motors are rated for around 1500W. The motors have been ordered anyway.

When is the FW championship? What sort of timescale do you have?

Late August I believe but the signups have not been posted yet. As far as timescale goes, if I get it rolling next week, I am on course to have something rolling by EXR Portsmouth as a test day out (I'll only be going for a day). It probably won't have a weapon by then (the spear I might have ready) but the major construction work will have been completed by then.

Neophyte was a huge bot for a feather. I would guess 750mm wide 400-500mm long and 250mm high with the lifter down.

Wider than that surely? The Honey Badger 2.2 was 490mm wide and the video I have from the first melee (when Neophyte was upside down) completely covers the Badger at one stage. However, the Badger is taller than Neophyte I think with the lifter down - The main body of the Badger is 230mm high.