Boring Brick

[daveimi]

Looks a bit like a feather weight shunt if you squint

[mrsam]

Aha it does a little actually, can't wait to get it back

[mattsdragons]

Looks great! Just sort those axe supports out, no more towers sam :P

[mrsam]

The current one will be staying like that and will be used for Whiteboards and Non spinner events, but i promise when i build Hatchet 2 it will be completely tower free

[Eventorizon]

Tower? As in the 2 support bulkheads for the weapon shaft? You kind of need those.

[mattsdragons]

Of course you need them, but make them less like just 2 cut ends of HDPE, maybe ass some curves or angles in there so it's less boxish

[mrsam]

Matt never liked just the two straight up axe supports, Hatchet 2 will have bulkheads sloping towards the back of the machine

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

Could be my love for the 80's but I like square shapes.
Makes the machine look more aggressive in my opinion.

[mrsam]

I actually don't mind how they look either but tbh they never felt all that stable and they were a bit of a rush job, really when i build the new one it needs proper bulkheads that go the entire length of the machine for the extra bit of structure.

[mrsam]

So i had a nice little surprise today when something turned up that i wasn't expecting
It's a Johnson 850 motor and gearbox that i brought from Mario months ago that i assumed had been lost in the post, i have no idea where exactly it's been but now it's here i really feel like i should put it to use somehow. Not quite sure what i'll do with it just yet so i'm open to suggestions but for now here's a quick vid of it running on a 3s lipo, ignore my one handed stumbling to get the thing connected. http://s921.photobucket.com/user/mrs...3b5ef.mp4.html

[daveimi]

How does an 850 compare to an S900 power wise?

[mrsam]

That motor wouldn't hold a candle to a speed 900 , still pretty powerful though

[RogueTwoRobots]

Oh yeah, I meant to mention, I reckon Onyx's wheel has gone the same way as it's never arrived. I did receive a friend's wedding invitation about three months after it was posted so I suspect it's circling round the postal system somewhere. Not your fault btw and hasn't cause a problem at my end; it'll probably turn up eventually

[daveimi]

Oh. Numbers wise it didn't seem that far out.

[mrsam]

@Jamie, sorry about that mate i hope it turns up soon, i'm happy to reimburse though if it doesn't.

@David, The 850 motor i have there is quite a bit smaller than a genuine speed 900 and as such is much less powerful, even the 900 copies on Ebay are quite a bit bigger than my motor.