Inertia XL

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The rebuild is under way now with the following changes

New drive system (speed 900s instead of drills)
Sidewinder speedo instead of Scorpion
8s A123's (replacing 24v Ni-Mh's)
New bulkheads with bearings (old system ran directly on the HDPE bulkheads)

There are a couple of other minor bits but it is all taking shape nicely

Testing to see if the new drive setup would fit


The new disc mechanism- still need to fit the 2nd speed 900


The new setup in place

[teamshock]

It works Final weight is 13.4 kg and just needs a coat of paint to finish it.

[Liftoff]

That really looks like a bad bad machine! Well done Will.

[teamshock]

While I'm here I may as well post about Inertia and the changes I'm thinking of for next year.

Everything still works in the current version although there are some improvements that could be made.

1. Redesign the front end as the scoop was bent by 720.
2. A new, heavier disc. Going for a 3kg single tooth with the same design as my Antweight- will be using the current one as a backup.
3. Might have to finally go brushless. This would free up loads of weight to complete the Hardox top panel.
4. Swap from A123s to Lipo- 6s means I can go back to the scorpion XL speedo for the drive freeing up yet more space and weight in the robot.

[SamO]

ohhhh, cool!
Thanks for the reply