So new motors have gone in and wired up. I've decided to stick with the brushed motors for the moment and will experiment with the brushless motors in a different robot (very likely The Honey Badger). New hubs are also on so in theory, the robot is mobile. I need to test it (and get some practice in actually driving it :P).

The axe, despite changing nothing, has come back to life. I think it might be the TX wiring but it definitely does work and now that the mechanism has loosened up a bit and the axe arm lightened a touch, it's firing a little quicker than it is was. I'll be fiddling with the controller to get it moving faster but really, the whole mechanism needs rebuilding to allow for a counterweight. Since I have a F30-150 Ampflow motor to use, I need to rebuild it anyway.

Anyway, onto EXR Cheltenham. :P