Cheers Nick! I hope so, I think with 60mm of bite and 3.5kg of bar, it may end up getting a few big hits! Just need to make sure everything's up to scratch when I build it to make sure it can take the force in the case of a really good hit... would hate for it to break itself!

I'm not too sure of the MOI of the bar, I'm sure that the weight is 3.5, though I may need to double check with Alex on that one...
That's a shame too, but I guess I could work with that. I always thought that it was that the motor always kicked out as much power as it had on tap, but efficiency and speed was dictated by the voltage... Might mean a slight redesign, I do like the idea of split voltage (seems to work great in Mr Mangle) so might be a route to explore. Failing that, I'm sure there could be other lower voltage motors to fit... could be a case of going for 5s and running it all off one beefy pack or something!

It might be a little bit fast too Dave, it's just a shame that Banebots don't really do anything between 16:1 and 64:1 reductions! Granted I could get smart with some belts and do a 16:1 with a 2:1 from motor to wheel, but I'm not sure that's the best way to do it... I could also have something custom made but I'd imagine that'd be pretty expensive and I've had it if a gearbox goes! It is indeed too, there abouts 400mm, should hopefully make a few nice dents! I'll see how reliable it is when it's built and how it handles, but I'm very tempted to drive this instead of HardWired 2 in next year's championships...

Thanks too Jarvis, that's a huge hand! There's plenty of space in it, so for once with my machines room isn't an issue! I'll have to watch the weight during the build naturally, but I reckon that'd work well. I'm still a little concerned about it only being 5mph but that might bring more benefits than having it go crazy fast on the 16:1s! I think if I can find a way to get it to more 32:1 territory that'd be ideal, but I feel that's going to involve more messing about than it'd be worth or expensive custom part territory, neither of which would be preferable!