Another Sunday, and another small update.

Today was unfortunately another day of problems and issues. Although we somewhat expected it to not be plain sailing considering the weapon design.

Unfortunately after pumping air into the jack, it shot upwards as intended, however it didn't hold any real amount of weight. This left us with the decision of trying to go full pressure, we were testing with around 120psi, which would also require us to call in someone else to work some piping or switch the jack back to its original hydrolic mechanism which can lift up to 2 tonne, but is a little slower. We decided to go to for the latter, but we soon realised that to fit a camshaft and motor in place, we'd need to strip out some metal to make space considering the jacks air input holes and release holes were in awkward positions in the body.

So unfortunately by the end of the day, the bot was back in pieces without wheels attached and the main centre reinforcement metals removed. The plus side being, we now know how to strip it apart quick if we're pushed for time doing repairs in the heat of a battle!

No pictures today I'm afraid, but if you really want some, look up a few posts for the one where the bot is pieces, it's basically that again for now!

The overall plan for the weapon hasn't changed, we'll just have to revise and rethink how we achieve the intended action for it.