Team Invade's Build Diary

**Team Invade** · 10th January 2014, 22:50

Thanks very much! We live in Warrington about an hour from Blackpool.

**mrsam** · 10th January 2014, 23:21

Looks vicious, will it be entered into the main competition at the champs? should b a serious contender if it is

**Team Invade** · 10th January 2014, 23:48

We'll just be testing it this year, obviously with regards to the competition full concentration goes to Explosion but if all goes well we might look at entering it next year (mostly dependent on how well Explosion does!)

The brushless motor I've got in it isn't as powerful as the ones in some other spinners, the main aim is really to build something reliable. Should be reasonably powerful just not to the extent of 720/LS4 etc, which makes sense considering it will be for the whiteboards this year (shouldn't really be trying to cause major damage in whiteboards)! If I do enter it into the main competition though I've designed it so that a bigger brushless can be fitted

**Mouldy** · 11th January 2014, 18:47

Looks great, but I'd still suggest turning the teeth of the disc pulley so uve got a bit of slip in the mechanism. Or just turn up some blank pulleys.

**Team Invade** · 11th January 2014, 19:00

Will do. Still got quite a few things to do on the spinner mechanism before it's done: turning down the pulleys, a back bearing mount for the brushless and putting caps on the nylon bulkheads to stop the bar/bearings sliding out like they began to do last year. At the minute I'm just focusing on getting it running for next weekend, so I'll turn my attention to the weapons system after that.

**Eventorizon** · 11th January 2014, 19:18

Looking good! How much weight do you have left for armour and what's going to be used?

**Team Invade** · 11th January 2014, 19:35

Last time I checked it was 10.3kg with top plates (not mounted at that point), which leaves just over 3kg for armour considering I need to leave a bit of weight for the few bits mentioned above. Armour will be a front "Explosion style" wedge and wheel protection made from 3.2mm hardox.

**Team Invade** · 13th January 2014, 21:52

Got the top panels and hardox armour done this weekend. The top panels are 10mm HDPE and the hardox armour is a mixture of 3mm and 3.2mm - just made out of any small bits we had lying around mostly. The front wedge shape is based off Explosion, which should deflect spinners better than the design from last year. It's not quite fully welded yet, still needs welding on the inside properly, but it'll do until after this weekend.

As it is it weighs 12.4kg, so there's plenty of weight spare for any improvements. Apart from finishing the hardox there are a few bits to do on the spinner mechanism so that'll take up a little bit of weight, but there should still be plenty spare.