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It's been a long time since I updated my last thread, and since the team name has changed since, I thought I'd start a new one.
I've finally done a drive test, took a while because I needed something big to test it in, finally settling on the RW arena
So far it's been very problematic, the first gearbox broke at Widnes, and the second at Guildford. The weld on the pinion gear snapped both times, so the motor shaft was just spinning around in the gearbox. The first was solved by grinding to top off and welding it back on, and the second with the application of Loctite. Since then, the drive has performed flawlessly.
The gyro has been set up, just need to adjust the strength of the effect to make steering WITH the gyro a little faster. Unfortunately, thinking everything was fixed, I switched the gas on at Newport and blew a plugged leak wide open. We'll get the system taken apart and the leak sealed properly this time, and hopefully it'll run at Newcastle.
I've finally done a drive test, took a while because I needed something big to test it in, finally settling on the RW arena
So far it's been very problematic, the first gearbox broke at Widnes, and the second at Guildford. The weld on the pinion gear snapped both times, so the motor shaft was just spinning around in the gearbox. The first was solved by grinding to top off and welding it back on, and the second with the application of Loctite. Since then, the drive has performed flawlessly.
The gyro has been set up, just need to adjust the strength of the effect to make steering WITH the gyro a little faster. Unfortunately, thinking everything was fixed, I switched the gas on at Newport and blew a plugged leak wide open. We'll get the system taken apart and the leak sealed properly this time, and hopefully it'll run at Newcastle.
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