Was working fine again today until 'Pain in the ass' stabbed Richie right in the ass! Went straight through my armour and into my one good batteryThat was the second to last fight, so I fitted my other very old "7Ah" SLA for the final fight, which has almost no capacity left. It managed half a fight before it ran out of power (as I kinda expected), and then got floor flippered across the arena... Richie was very dead after that
Not planning on doing any events until after July though, so have got plenty of do repairs and upgrades.
I would like to do 4WD with 4 motors, but I don't think I'd have the weight for it, especially having added a few extras. I have some 80mm diameter HDPE bar at home as it happens, so I'm planning to machine that for the rear wheels, then add some bike tread. For the front wheels I'm planning to use some 30mm diameter aluminium bar, which I can machine a groove in for a belt, then tap some holes in to add bike tread as well. I don't plan on the front wheels having a load of power, as they'll only really be needed when the other robot's wheels are off the ground, so they shouldn't be pushing against much most of the time. It will probably steer from the back because of that, but I'm just going for the simplest and cheapest options really.
I do plan on adding Razor style wings, as I worked out they'd take me maybe half an hour to build and fit, would only add another 200 grams or so, and is really the only way it could self right (Plus would look awesome!)




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