Team Death - New Heavyweight

9th May 2017, 11:40

Cheers for the replies everyone!

Originally Posted by RogueTwoRobots

Looking great, very industrial and old school!

I did joke to Colin that it looked like it was about to take a heap of the pebbles and go and dump it somewhere else, it does indeed look quite industrial!

Originally Posted by RogueTwoRobots

I worry slightly that the narrow wheelbase and long body will make turning difficult, but time will tell.
The connection between the dozer blade and the body looks to be fixed. Any possibility of making it pivot left/right using an actuator, in a similar way to how some dump trucks steer? That would be super cool

In the image, the wheels and scoop are actually floating, and yet to be connected to anything. So there is room to do most things still before any finalisation occurs. For the steering, we may also put a third wheel in, depending how it steers and if it can drive satisfactory or not on the two with the scoop dragging on the floor or if that slows it down too much, makes turning too awkward or gets stuck on debris / floor tiles too often. The scoop is intended to be more of a weapon than just a scoop however...

At this point, it's still in our heads on how most of the end product will work, literally nothing is written down and we work from ideas, discuss them, that seems fine, lets try that!
The end thing probably won't look that industrial, after its been painted. Although that is something to consider, keeping it industrial in regards to the paintjob...

Originally Posted by katch

My kind of engineering!!! Whats it weighing in at already ?

I would guess somewhere around 25-35kg, although i'm not that strong of a person so i might be misjudging it....