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Here's the frame.
The sides are 1/4 aluminum plate, and the bottom is 1/16
aluminum sheet. The pieces are attached together
with #6 screws; the side plates are edge-tapped for these
screws, which is a delicate operation.
The boxes in the corners are part of the drive gearbox. |
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More progress,
including weapon holder, batteries, power switch, and
cooling fans. |
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The weapon disk.
Half brass and half aluminum with stainless steel teeth.
Only 3" across but designed to spin fast. It has a 3/8
shaft which would turn out to be too small, as it bent
during combat. |
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Gearbox assemblies.
The Promax motors have 4:1 gearboxes on them, and this is
then put through another 2:1 stage. So it's 8:1 to a
2" wheel, which gave me the speed I wanted but the motors
were not quite strong enough, and I later burned them up in
testing, after Steel Conflict. |
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Here the bot is
essentially completed. Note the belt drive connecting
the front wheels to the rear wheels (1/4 wide XL belts).
Also note the Tekin Rebel speed controllers. |
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With the top on and the
rear wedge attached, sitting on my work table. |
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Dandelion V1 had a
pretty fancy paint job. |
