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    Hi everyone!

    At long last I'm giving this a go. Built myself the Viper kit with a lifter to see how I'd do (AND BY GOD IT WORKS), and now I'm hooked.

    Time to kick it up a notch, and join the Beetleweights with my own entry built from scratch. I aim to do most of it myself - construction, wiring, the lot. Let's see how far I get - the goal is first and foremost to have a laugh, but I aim to eventually make it to the Beetleweight champs at some point (flying the flag of the Netherlands into battle!).

    Any tips on materials to use (or not to use) are welcome. I'm starting out simple, so I've set my sights on a 2WD drive with the 10A Botbitz ESCs, and an HDPE construction with a nice wedge in front. What lies beyond that we'll see later - rest assured, you'll get plenty of opportunities to point and laugh!

    Questions I have so far:

    Firstly, drive motors - I've already found plenty suitable things by scavenging through the build diaries here, but what are the main things to look out for? Preferred size, weight, power, torque? How to mount them into a plastic chassis?

    Goggles on,

    Greg

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    Thread Overview:

    --Build Diaries

    --Event Reports
    2021 Bristol Bot Builders Beetle Champs (UK)
    2019 Bugglebots Season 2 (UK)
    2019 Battle in the 'Burgh (UK)
    2019 UWE Bot Brawl (UK)
    2018 Bugglebots Season 1 (UK)
    2018 Dutch Robot Games @ FACTS (BE)
    2017 Dutch Robot Games @ Bright Day (NL)
    2017 Beetleweight European Championships (UK)

    --Tutorials
    1. Bending HDPE
    2. Making spacers using basic tools

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    Last edited by Zenith; 9th November 2021 at 12:18.

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