Hi guys, Long time lurker, finally got an account!

Last month I built my first beetleweight, based on my ant.
I filmed the process and made this video hopefully showing other newbies some of the process involved in building one of these bots. I also included the fights it had at the UWE Beetleweight Brawl.



Obviously it's not a particularly competitive design, with the focus on a fun theme but I was pretty happy with how the fights played out.

I had issues with ground clearance for my wheels (I didn't spend enough time carefully measuring!) and you can see this when the bot either stops moving or likes to go in circles. I also think I mounted the motors pretty shoddily, do people have preferred motor mounts and mounting methods?

Another key issue is the exposed weapon mechanism - and the linkages used have plastic joints which instantly got shredded by the drum spinner bourbon! I've found aluminium versions for future events...

Anyway.. I'd love to hear any and all feedback about the robot, and the video!

Cheers,
Joe