Attention Beetleweight builders!

[swanaldo]

Nope...I will say its not that. sorry old boy.

[swanaldo]

Oh go on then....there will be just static things to get hung up on for now. Later perhaps will look into something.

[ewan]

Not to worry, they still look the part!

[PJ-27]

They look menacing!

Just sent off my chassis design to PinPoint, glad my pile o' bits will finally be made into a robot!

[Andy]

you still working on Spinza or are you making something different now?

[PJ-27]

Spinza's design was flawed from the start so making a SpinzaMk2. Still based around a large spinning bar though. Spinza's Ti chassis is just collecting dust.

[Andy]

fair enough, good luck with the build i did like the shape of spinza though, was unique :P

[PJ-27]

Cheers! I liked the idea in principle (invertible undercutter) but it was a bit beyond me to make unfortunately. Mk2 is another invertible spinning bar, but a bit simpler.

[Andy]

going for more of an NST style shape now?

[PJ-27]

Yeh I hate robots looking the same but it seemed the most logical way to house the big bar. Main difference is Spinza has big wheels and lots of ground clearance.
When I started making it from Blue and Black HDPE it looked almost exactly like Last Rites only with wheels on the inside.

[Andy]

Sounds good, hopefully it will perform as well as last rites haha

[PJ-27]

That would be nice! The bar weighs a good 350g so it's going to fly!

[Andy]

that sounds about right :P I'm planning a touro-inspired drum spinner, the aluminium drum i got weighs 552 grams on its own though so will have to lose some weight on that

[PJ-27]

:s ................................

[harry hills]

If you are worried about copying Last Rites directly, maybe think of improvements you could make, such as wheelguards, a rear wedge etc?
That drum spinner sounds brilliant! I'd be interested to see some designs or CAD's of that (or indeed any beetleweights so far)
Cheers. Harry.