Obligatory First Featherweight Build Log (FeatherDozer)

[dotDominic]

I'm really impressed by the creativity of this design. Usually the "way" to make a pushing robot is 4 wheel drive or a low angled wedge. I've seen Featherdozer fight in several videos and been curious about the machine for a while. Having read these posts just now it's definitely become one of my favourite featherweights around at the moment - a really interesting read. Thanks for describing your design so thoroughly

[Sam_Gad]

Wow! Thank you for the very high praise

Yes, FeatherDozer (I still hate the name) would probably be better as a low, 4WD lifter, but I wanted a design as compact as possible and look a bit different, hence the 2WD. The next design (many ideas and designs in progress) will be an evolution of FeatherDozer to hopefully take on the big featherweight spinners.

As I decided to do the write up here, I could go slightly more technical as I have seen in other build diaries. Plus I've had plenty of practice writing technical reports due to my job.

I hope we can get back to fighting in the near future.

Thanks again to all for your kind words