Just watched a tutorial on grub screws saying if I put them in too far, it can break the gearbox. Rushed over to the motors straight away to check for anything and the bottom plate was bending. I jut hope it hasn't damaged the gears, I bent the plastic back in place and loosened the screws. I already have a motor with the first stage of gears slightly broken (still useable), so I know the signs but luckily none came up. They still moved freely with no screws and jammed with them in, it seems normal. I have no working batteries to test the motors with so I have no idea of making sure. I mean, the drill batteries take hours to charge, so that might be tomorrow's job. I also can't shake off the thoughts of making a heavyweight. My idea is a very shallow wedge with a small wall around its perimeter and the tip being a small lifting wedge. The idea is to drive under other robots, lift the wedge, trapping them on the top of the wedge and drive them into the pit. Either that or remake Roadblock. Let's focus on this for now, one thing at a time, eh?




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