Update
Been tinkering away in my workshop the past couple of days. Not really got one 'big' project/build to focus on, so just working my way through a list of little things that have built up. First up, put my new bench grinder and pillar drill to good use in making a bigger shaft for the Scorpion motor (clamped the shaft in the drill and took a hacksaw to it to cut the circlip groove :) ):
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...r2_build93.jpg
Not as polished as the original but good enough.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...r2_build94.jpg
So hopefully I won't have to worry about the output shaft bending from shock damage. As Dave mentioned above, the extra length out the back will allow me to support the rear of the motor too, so the whole setup should be quite solid. Will be designing the mount for it tonight.
Also progressed with the beetleweight lifter from a couple of pages back. This was the original pile of parts:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6284.jpg
And this is how it's looking just now:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6326.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6328.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/DSCN6327.jpg
It's definitely not fast enough to be classed as a flipper, but it's a nippy lifter :)
The lifting arms are supported on either side, one via the servo horn and the other by an M6 bolt that has been fitted to a piece of HDPE screwed onto the servo casing. Takes a bit of the strain off the output gear of the servo when lifting (and an idea pinched from a fleaweight builder). The battery pack is currently a 6V, 1800mAh Nicad pack but the total weight as it stands is 950g, and I've still to add a receiver, ESCs and armour. So that may need to get swapped out for a lipo and BEC at a later date. I'd like to just get it all running first.
Depending on what angle I look at it from, it has a bit of the old Turbulence look about it. I don't plan on making it a replica, but if it can be as successful as Turb then I won't be complaining :)
