Yesterday it was just me and Will with beetles, should be a few today (and I'm missing out)
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Yesterday it was just me and Will with beetles, should be a few today (and I'm missing out
Didn't even get Spinza started, let alone complete enough to bring.
Eggbeater reliability is going up. Need to get my arse into gear for the beetle comp at the AWS. New electrics sorted. Need to buy a battery as the old one is cattled.
New frame is happening, probs going to be aluminium. Most things I can do I need to find a way of doing bearing pockets very cheaply. I really need a boring head lol
Drive is staying the same as it worked. Shape is being kept because cool. Getting rid of the curved back because its a pain to armour and it's needless.
Machined a motor mount. Overkill but I always feel uneasy using outrunners without supporting the end. Especially with the cheapy ones. Nice and chunky and should fit in the frame well and stop anything getting caught in the rotating can.
Also got a proper wedge made up for the 4wd drive all day thing. 4mm steel, weighs 420g. Total weight without any hinges or grinding the wedge flat etc is about 1360g.
That motor support is looking really nice, so is the scoop on the pusher :P
Both looking great! Lets see if your 4WD can out push my 6WD. I hope I can get Anvil and Susan built in time for the event.
Mine is just a pile of bits at the moment, need to get a move on with CADing something up and putting it together
Cheers guys.
Alex, what's Susan?
Screw Eggbeater for a bit I'm building an undercutter. Won't be that good but I wanted something fun to build. No CAD, making it up as I go along. More or less built it around the bearing block which itself was a test for a boring head
Frame is 5mm aluminium. Probs get coated in thick plastic. Disc may not happen, might have to just chop up some steel to make a bar due to cheapness. Inb4 someone who has had their sense of humour surgically removed says the card disc won't be much use lol.
Battery is there to show where battery will go. The weapon esc will probably fit alongside it and I can fill up the compartment with foam, will do a hobbyking order asap.
Cheers.
Looking nice. Cardboard disc probably won't be up to much though
I'll allow it :P
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