LYNX Beetleweight

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Major update time!

Took Lynx down to Team Hell's workshop the other day to put it through it's paces, there are some problems that need addressing but overall the design seems fairly stable. I will however now be rebuilding the chassis to make the robot smaller and stronger and a new slightly shorter bar made from 4mm Hardox will be getting made seeing as the Lawnmower blade was not up to the task, even at half speed the tips sheared off and the bar bent and twisted. The machine definitely has plenty of power and it's not completely horrible to drive, the rebuild is already underway so it shouldn't be long before it's terrifying the beetle masses again.

I can't be bothered to post all of the videos from the day so i'll just post my favorite, this was the very last test we filmed against Utopia's old titanium shell, Lynx was pretty much on it's last legs at this point, the bar had twisted, the tips had sheared an the battery was dying but it still managed to cause some carnage. This test was still at half speed, scary to think there's still half to go right?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...69629973768692

Some damage pics from the day, i didn't manage to get any of the targets Lynx hit but here's some of the damage it caused itself. Remember all of these tests were half speed so imagine the strengthening work i'm having to do for the rebuild.....shocking.

The pictures show the twisted and chipped bar and the bent weapon shaft.



And finally as an ending to this giant post to end all other's here's a sneak peek of the new chassis for Lynx V2, it's the same thickness (5mm 6082 Alu) but it's taller and will be shorter (the black shaded areas will all be cut away). The reason for the extra height is so i can stack all of the internal components on top of each other in one neat package, this saves space inside the machine meaning i can make it shorter overall by about 40mm. The new blade will be dropped from 350mm to 300mm and will be made from 4mm Hardox, hopefully it will weigh around the same or not too much more than the original blade ( 300g) but it should be much stronger.

If you managed to sit and read through all of that i hope it was worth it, cheers people's.