scruffy

[plargen]

to put a taped thread into ally i just use a 2nd stage tap not really any different to normal, on the armour i used ally angle to brace the side

[plargen]

shapes the body a bit and made the lid

will need to loose 50g to get it under weight might have to change the lid for hdpe/polycarbonate

[harry hills]

Drilling some holes would probably get you underweight. But that is such a cool little thing. Love it! Feel free to share any tips or things you learned on the beetleweight forum

[plargen]

finally got the lifter fully working would just lift the side of 2.5kg box but had no problem with 1.5kg also planning to make a aluminium/titanium scoop which should be lighter than the steel one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQuazMhq8IU

[daveimi]

Wo how torquey does that look! Which servo is that?

[plargen]

Wo how torquey does that look! Which servo is that?

The servo is a cheap 12-15kgf one off ebay

On another note I have started work on the beetle version of scruffy, pics to follow when more is done

[plargen]

ok actually now done enough to beetle scruffy to make it worth posting





im using a sabertooth dual 5a and 2x 500rpm motors which don't seem very impressive, i tryed shoving a 1kg cat food box and it really struggled compared to the 4wd, might change to the same brand as the version in my 4wd as they seem a better quality

i have a 17kg torque servo which will run the lifter, at present im doing some cad to work out the armour

[harry hills]

Where'd you get those wheels they are well cool.
Can't wait to see progress on this

[plargen]

the wheels are just RC 12mm hex 64mm diameter

will hopefully get some of the Armour sorted tomorrow

[plargen]

on another note im looking at reusing the old scruffy chassis to try out some motors and might make it a hammer/axe bot

[swanaldo]

those wheels would look cool on me vorza

[plargen]

well everything was bought off ebay including the wheel adapters

i can post links if anyone's interested

[plargen]

finally decided on a name for my 4wd BW, which is ..................... glitch, i still have to add the external bec and finish off the replacement scoop but other than that its ready to go

ive also started building another fw might keep it a surprise for gls, mainly im trying out a different motor gearbox setup to the normal drill units

[plargen]

finally got the new Ti prongs made for my bw glitch not the nicest looking but they should stand a chance against all the spinners

will post pics soon

and here it is


and a vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjS3_sJaXIw

[plargen]

scruffy didn't do to well at whitwick, it somehow managed to cook the actuator motor and a relay in my battle switch so battle switch is now fixed and i have gone for a slightly lower rpm motor as i am aiming to get scruffy back to a 4s lipo to regain its speed and pushing power

my bw glitch did nicely but there wasn't much to fight and i now have plans to build a bw with 100mm wheels

on another note i have also started work on scruffy 3 and will probably have some ideas for scruffy 4 after gsl