SUCCESS!

I managed to get it moving very nicely on Tuesday.



Unfortunately I didn't account for the amount of slack in the belts but have managed to improvise a belt tensioner by running the belt under one of the spacers for the front/side armour and chassis. I'll have to neaten this up as its causing excess wear to the belts and making the motors work harder than they need to.

I also made my first major mistake, I managed to completely forget how shoulder bolts should be used in this situation. I've been trying to use them as axles but really I should be treating them like shoulder bolts, securely fastened into the chassis rather than loose. However I've now figured out how to fix this problem with the addition of a 4mm steel plate and I'm going to need to purchase some shorter shoulder bolts.

Of course after Tuesdays success and a little bit of fun driving it about on Thursday I put it back together tonight, tried to drive it around and disaster struck! The left Gimson has seized, smoke appeared and now the Gimson is locked solid and it reeks of fried electronics. This is BAAAD. I'm planning to autopsy it tomorrow and get in touch with Gimson on Monday.