HardWired II

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Thanks Nick!

Yeah, it does appear to be a compromise - the reason I debated the wheels out the back was purely in case I got stuck upside down and for reversing off wedges. I might not end up needing it, but it's more just covering my bases than anything! Will certainly have outside bearing blocks for the wheels though and lots of shock mounting to try and minimise the impact on the motors. I've learned my lessons from this year!

I was looking at magnets too, but I'd rather use them to compliment an already stable-ish design than rely on them entirely - though if the drive will take it I'll definitely use it to my advantage... Might use something like 1kg either side next to each wheel just to help keep it down, but I'll see how it gets on I guess. Reason I debated larger wheels was purely to allow for better grip at speed, and also so I could get something with a bit more of a foam style tread so I could keep plenty of the tread on the floor when it's gyro-dancing, if that makes sense? I'm probably describing it badly!

Ahh, I see what you mean - would that be remedied perhaps by adding a small thin wedge or spikes on the front? I can probably amend that in the design, I got the design idea from Electric Boogaloo and a little bit of Inertia XL too (as well as Demon for the setup) and they don't seem to have many problems, though I don't think they're quite as top heavy as this!

I worried about that too, it looks ridiculously tough - I put two and two together and assumed it was thick mild steel, not sure how high grade Hardox would stack up to it (looking for some 650+ instead of the 450 that's usually used) but thicker stuff on the outside may work a lot better. That was really the reason for welding it to those two internal beams, just to keep the lot a lot more rigid, but I don't know whether that'll be enough... I'm trying to make the baseplate non-structural too where possible, though it definitely will bolt to the lot so it'll provide a little bit of support!

Edit: Thanks too Alex, completely didn't see your post there! Shows how long I take to reply D:

Binky does seem very nippy when you want it to be! I have noticed it seems to lose a bit of that speed though when the disc's at full, though that may just be my eyes...

Aluminium blocks too, how would you suggest working those? Little bit confused (it's late, my head stops working past midday!)
There will be HDPE bolted to the outside probably too, I thought I should mention - it won't be structural nor will it help out in anything but armour, but it's worth noting I guess.