Forgot to update this!

I arrived at Harry's and we got busy breathing life into Gonzales. He did all of the wiring, as I've never really done much wiring myself and figured he'd do a much better job, which he did. We did several tests in his shed and managed to get the gyro working. Phwoar that felt good, it drove very nicely. He put forward his Scorp XL, a BEC, HDPE for a base, polycarb for the top, and I got to eat lots of bacon between times. Pretty swell guy.

Anyway, on the evening before I was due to leave, one half of the scorpion died, as the post above shows. Never got it going again, currently have new fets on their way to replace one that appears dodgy.

Thankfully, Mr. McHarg sacrificed his XL to get the thing running, and it worked perfectly. Thanks again man!

Only got a chance to "fight" 3 times at Deeside. Videos:





There were some issues, as the videos show. First was simply that guts started coming out the top, that was due to there not being enough space for all of the wiring inside. Simple fix of tightening the top a little more. Second failure was the pinion on one motor went walkies. Roughing up the shaft and some decent glue solved that ahead of the third video, where it seemed to perform without a problem.

Other problems: wiring needs to be more organised, motors got very hot, needs more LEDs.

Overall: very happy. I'm surprised it lasted. I eventually want to remake the wheels, or at least hold the tyres on better, as they began to work off the hub once or twice. Also want to put the remaining 50g into a thicker ti scoop, I can't see this one surviving a fight against 180 with its weapon blaring!

Gonzales 2 thoughts already happening gah.