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I'll take that as a compliment. Moar things!
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Moar Things FTW! Well, not really, but...yeah!
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Did some of the electronics today. 2p coin for scale, didn't have a banana handy. Might have to ditch those wheels for some foamy ones to get the weight for a wedge. That is assuming I can fit a wedge into 15g. Planning to pocket or slot the front bulkhead thing, possibly all the way though but at least 3mm deep. Tiny stuff is hard. I miss featherweights :P

Also got any suggestions for weeny little 2s lipos. Like a shorter version of the nanotech 160mah cells would be cool, or some fairly flat individual cells I could butcher into a pack. Got about 12g to play with there. Could probably drop to about 100mah or maybe even less if I can keep my act together charging wise.

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I think Alisdair uses 80mA cells in order to get Salt/Pepper in weight, FullRiver cells if I recall. I know Micron RC did do then, but you'll have to have a shop around.
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Do you need any more of a wedge? Surely just a thin bit of hdpe over what that chassis is enough?
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I think HDPE might be a bit soft in the thickness's needed, but polycarb is a thing.

Also cheers Dave, looking at those now :)
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I have used these in the past and although not that flat at 12mm square section they fit in the height of the gearmotors.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... Search=138 mah
You do need to change the connector though.
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Cheers guys that's sorted the batteries then.

Cardboard mock-up of how I want to make the wedge.

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Hey peeps. Got Blueberry driving. Pretty happy that I managed to keep the wheels inside the body. Love me some circular robots, anyone for extreme air hockey?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyy3S-s ... e=youtu.be

Next bit I will have to do is get a top cover and maybe switch on there and then its electrically done. I think I'm going to bend the bar down for a pseudo FBS effect and to increase the chances of it pinging itself into space.
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Please draw on the bar to make it look like a ruler; just saying.
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