After equal parts luck and generosity I have the chassis of Apocalypse to build into.









The ram sitting in it is not the one it will be using (Will's locating a more suitable one of his to go into the robot.) it just happened to be the right length to prop the flipper up with while mocking up. I also know the bosches need to sit further out in the robot, they just didn't fit when mocking up as they have a sprocket on right now not the gear they need (Long bolts purely there for mocking up being the closest right size bolt nearby). An ESC for the 750's has been semi-sorted cancelling what would have been one of the main costs of the project, just needs to be built and tested.

So far I'm £100 in and just need to sort out the rest of the pneumatics except the ram (though it will need cutting down). I'm waiting to see people opinions on the chinese burkets if not I have other plans, if they don't work I'll just spring for full burkets. Help with the pneumatic system is greatly appreciated, I'm familiar with them but not at the heavyweight level.

I'll be spending time giving the armour and chassis TLC aswell and using any spare weight to shore up any weaknesses I find.

As always advice and tips are GREATLY appreciated. I'm not expecting everything to go flawlessly, my aim is just to find it before I put full pressure into it ( I will be doing LP tests first). I am aware of how dangerous bots like this can be and will be being extremely careful throughout the building, testing and running.