Thread: Team Death - New Heavyweight

I've got the images from today;

Today is the first time we've had the jaws in, with the additional ESC box on top. So this is the current overall look of the machine, there may be a few changes, mostly to the wheel areas, but I think this is near to the final look of it all, minus the final paintjob to do at the end - which will maintain the red/black theme.
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This is from the first thing to go wrong. Shortly after arriving to start with, the welding joint on one of the smaller sprockets went. It's worth noting, that this is probably due to us forgetting to redo some of the original temporary welds. We've now gone above and beyond what they originallly designed to do, and we're getting these issues. It's much better for them to show up now, than at an event.
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One of the first signs of going wrong on the second trip. This is the bungee cord to secure the ESC in place in its temporary testing place - as it isn't secured in there by anything other than the wires. Unfortunately we forgot to secure the securing bungee, and it quickly ended up tangled and shredded, probably due to it coming into contact with some of the sprockets and chain? Whatever precisely occured inside, a chain was found to have come off when we got the bungee out.
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Next week, we've already got a to-do list from todays events. We're going to have a go at the wheels next week to resolve a few further issues, although exactly what that'll entail and end up being, is unknown until we come to do it.