Wheely big cheese

**jamesb** · 8th November 2006, 21:45

well, everyone seems to have an opinion about the big yellow fellow, and Im inviting people to advise me on how to improve the flippin thing.

This comes from having put edgehogs axe through the ram, writing it off, destroying the valves in the same fight, and my having a morbid desire to see what crazy things you guys think about old cheesy.

**kodster** · 13th November 2006, 16:05

Well the flip on Axe Awe was pretty awesome.

**jamesb** · 19th November 2006, 16:22

ok. so its perfect and nobody would change anything?

ill remember that next time i get told how rubbish it is

**lex** · 19th November 2006, 17:11

Shorter nose, wheelguards, bottlejack/ Mario style ram...

**botmad** · 19th November 2006, 17:15

james i have one suggestion not and improvement .. more an issue of safe arming .. open the flipper to turn on the bottles but this only flows to a valve like a dump valve in the top next to the link .. this will turn the flow on to the system and you will be away from the flipper

only a thought :P

**jamesb** · 19th November 2006, 22:00

does that already pete.
opening the bottles allows the liquid into the system, but this forces the valves shut. you then need to turn the master valve (by the link) to on to allow flow to the actuator/pilot valves. switching yet another valve to on now means flow can access the valves in the main system, and the weapon can fire if the servos turn the pilots.

In short, arming involves turning on the bottles, system cannot fire, then turning on the master valve, system cannot fire, then turning on the pilot valve, system cannot fire, then switching on the reciever, which now means there is a method of operating the pilots to fire the weapon. its very safe. I am changing this system now though, so will keep remotely failsafed arming in mind when i build it.

thanks john, ill keep those ideas in mind.