Attention Beetleweight builders!

[PJ-27]

Awesome! I did something almost identical with my real robots motors and gearboxes years ago.

[Flag Captured]

Thanks! The motors themselves are surprisingly good in all honesty, can't see them being a permanent solution (plastic gears and all), but it's free so why not? Easy to mount as well, quite a handy bit of kit! Might be able to find a use for those LEDs that it had too...
I've got a ludicrously oversized but light motor (for this application, anyway) for a drum spinner on the front too, just need to make a decent drum first!

[harry hills]

Sounds cool mate, good luck with it

[harry hills]

Got some parts for my beetle now, and I must say they are looking rather swish

[RogueTwoRobots]

Harry, that looks immense! But at the same time, it also looks massive
I know that's probably due in part to it being in the same picture as an AW, but still looks waaay bigger than either of my part-built beetles. What are its dimensions?

[harry hills]

It is massive, yeah. More fun that way :P
75mm by 180mm and 17mm thick

[PJ-27]

How much does that weigh!?

[harry hills]

roughly 500g

[Andy]

Looking very nice harry looking forward to seeing these robots finished.

[swanaldo]

Harry has started an interesting rebuild diary here http://www.bigconkers.com/forum/rpm-rebuild hope its helpful to builders to get an idea on how things are mounted and the workings of a battling 1.5kg machine

[teamshock]

A quick video of the drive that I'm planning to use in my beetle. Has 4 Pololu motors on 60mm wheels and a 3s Lipo. Currently uses a Sabretooth but I'm planning to swap it for a pair of botbitz or something similar.

Won't be using this design as this was used for my uni project last year but the drive seems perfect for the job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BriSZAfMNNA

[harry hills]

Sweet! Looks like it can outdrive mine easily

[swanaldo]

Liking that drive Will. Nice

[Kenny]

Think its about time i got 180 off the shelf, dust it off and sharpen the teeth

Swanny are you still upholding the active weapon rule?

[harry hills]

Brilliant!

Active weapons are heavily encouraged but not mandatory.