HardWired II

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Seriously though, I'm hoping to make a crack at getting HW2 running soon... it's just about money and time, being a student I have little of each! Not to mention a few side projects I need to get doing. Robots have definitely taken a back seat, but it should only be temporary!

It seems counter-intuitive to have what will essentially be 3 machines running for the champs I realise, but if I have HW2 running I have a fallback - if I get the other two running then it's a job well done! HW3 should be simple but expensive, Archangel a lot more complicated but cheaper. Just depends on what I can get sorted really...

Oh, and I found a solution to HW2's drive problems - single stage RS775s. With a certain combination of gears I can get something like 9.5:1 on 80mm wheels, which might tax the motors a little but the thing will move, and that's good enough for me at this rate! Would love a pair of 900s to just drop in, but unfortunately I simply can't afford the asking price for them these days, and then there's the worry of breaking one too... RS775s are much more common I'm led to believe (hence, cheaper) so would potentially be viable to at least get it operational.

I've done some interesting things to the design of HW3 though, which in turn should hopefully negate this sort of problem in the future... hopefully!

Or at least, I've built it with edits/upgrades in mind, not just to directly fit the size of the 900s, which has naturally led to many problems with it being a relatively compact gearbox choice length wise - would stick a pair of drills in there but it plain and simple isn't big enough!