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[Gaseraki]

Been a rather productive night
I have mounted the motors, tapped a few dozen holes and popped everything in to see how its all looking.

Few pictures with most of the components in and the wheels placed to see how it looks.
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Wotty is very tight and resting on the motors. I have created a new wanted thread to see if any one has a sidewinder lying around as thats the most suitable ESC for this. (or possible a victor)
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If no one has a second hand one then I should use the wotty as I have no plans for it in anything else for bare minimum a year. I will only save about 500 grams going with a sidewinder. If I stick to the wotty then I will tweak the chassis a bit. Not a giant issue. Just move everything back 6mm and that will stop the watty resting on it.

Decided I am going to go with 3.5:1 reduction for now. As mentioned I have the options to change it but I could do with just seeing how it drives with the added voltage.

Also decided to just purchase some new lipos now. I was originally going to wait for the second version (with the weapon) But I might as well make the upgrade now and it will save about 1kg from the existing nicads. Plus a ton of space and higher discharge rates.
Not sure to go for 2, 4cell (29.6v) or 3, 3 cell (33.3volts)
Will do some calculations I have some time before I need to make a decision

Talking about batteries. I harvested an old laptop battery and made a pack out of it. Done a bit of homework and found these to be Li-ion batteries and have about half the current draw that a li-po has. Also these are rather old (8 year old laptop). But it could be used in a kilobot or something.

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Main jobs now is the transmission. Have 1 wheel done. Need to make 3 more.

*EDIT*
I would also like to use this opportunity to thank everyone so far for making me feel really welcomed again. I didn't just stop building things when I took a break from this hobby. I built a few arcade systems and handheld game units and the forums and community felt very dry and unwelcoming. Getting any kind of feedback was like getting blood from stone. Keep being awesome and looking forward to my next event.