scruffy

to put a taped thread into ally i just use a 2nd stage tap not really any different to normal, on the armour i used ally angle to brace the side

shapes the body a bit and made the lid

will need to loose 50g to get it under weight might have to change the lid for hdpe/polycarbonate

http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/...ps33457271.jpg

http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4f52409d.jpg

Drilling some holes would probably get you underweight. But that is such a cool little thing. Love it! Feel free to share any tips or things you learned on the beetleweight forum :)

finally got the lifter fully working would just lift the side of 2.5kg box but had no problem with 1.5kg also planning to make a aluminium/titanium scoop which should be lighter than the steel one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQuazMhq8IU

Wo how torquey does that look! Which servo is that?

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Originally Posted by daveimi

Wo how torquey does that look! Which servo is that?

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The servo is a cheap 12-15kgf one off ebay

On another note I have started work on the beetle version of scruffy, pics to follow when more is done

ok actually now done enough to beetle scruffy to make it worth posting

http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5d9bc096.jpg

http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3d839fbe.jpg

im using a sabertooth dual 5a and 2x 500rpm motors which don't seem very impressive, i tryed shoving a 1kg cat food box and it really struggled compared to the 4wd, might change to the same brand as the version in my 4wd as they seem a better quality

i have a 17kg torque servo which will run the lifter, at present im doing some cad to work out the armour

Where'd you get those wheels they are well cool.
Can't wait to see progress on this :)

the wheels are just RC 12mm hex 64mm diameter

will hopefully get some of the Armour sorted tomorrow

on another note im looking at reusing the old scruffy chassis to try out some motors and might make it a hammer/axe bot