Team Death - New Heavyweight

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A day and half session on the Robot build this week....
Yesterday I decided to change the springs on the castor suspension hinges-
during testing they were too weak and were allowing the Robot to drop too
low to the ground, thier main purpose is to reduce the shock to the bodywork
when 110kg Robot is flipped 4 to 6 ft in the air.
Earlier in the year I changed the clutch on a 4x4 pickup truck and after looking
at the old clutch on Friday, I decided the springs inside were a perfect substitute
for the castor hinge springs.

Sunday-Unfortunatley Adam was unavailable this week due to a Tummy upset
and generally feeling bad so I set too on my own.
Fortunatley Adam had left some items with me last week so I could finish the wiring
off.
I started by re wiring the LED to the removable link, adding a suitable resistor to
the circuit and a new LED, I also reduced the battery to 3 volts and cut down the
battery cradle to 2 cells ( it fits much better into a reserved space ) .
After this I lengthend the motor wires from the fuses and tidied up the layout
with the aid of bolts and zip clips.
I sent a message to Adam saying I might take the Robot for a test run if there
was time but finishing the wiring took while 4 pm so I didn't.

I will try to find time to test the drive through the link for the first time-
next mid week (wheels off the ground) and if this is all good we can take it
to our cicuit first thing next Sunday.
Here's some pics due to internet busy more pics later
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