First Time Bulid, Diary, And Noob Questions!

[Shakey]

It can be bent but not flexed. This means spinner hits will twist the chassis horribly. It makes for far worse armour, honestly you can't go wrong with polycarbonate.

[HugoIsOnFire]

Yeah, I'm just gonna go with 1.5mm polycarb, simple, cheap, effective.

[Hogi]

i've always used HDPE and it has to be said i've been smashed up by spinners more times than i can possibly remember so pollycarbonate is probably your best bet.

as for the sabertooth thing, i managed to burn one out on 2WD so botbitz or a nanotwo is more recommendable.

welcome to antweights by the way.

[Occashokka]

I've always managed with aluminium but you really need at least 1mm and to rebuild the front most events but mr shakey how could you say that abt my 3 hand bent beauties, yea that's right I can fit alu into a spinner so nothing is impossible.

Would still probably recommend plastics tho

[Shakey]

I've had alu armoured spinners.

It can work for armour but is not a good chassis material due to it having no flex. I've had spinners bend a 4mm alu chassis in half on a good hit that 2mm polycarb would have easily survived.

[HugoIsOnFire]

Having picked the parts and chassis/armour (kind of) I am now entering the design phase, so if anyone can recommend any designs for a 4WD pusher that be awesome

On a unrelated note, I've already thought of a name
Assailant
Its probably gonna end up being called that, but my mind may change ,

[Shakey]

Assailant was my first ever competing ant.

I keep a list of names here so you can try and avoid clashes (It's not comprehensive).
http://teamshakey.co.uk/aws/namelist.html

[HugoIsOnFire]

Dammit! lol, i'll find a name eventally
EDIT: calling it Propellant, not taken, has ant in it,sounds positive, ticks all boxes...

[HugoIsOnFire]

Hi guys, I've been thinking, and I think that building a spinner\flipper would be more fun, and possibly more effective, and I've done the math and it could even be cheaper than a 4WD pusher, would this OK?

[Occashokka]

If it's a cheap servo and 2WD then it could be a cheaper flipper or about equal but a spinner requires a separate ESC and the spinner motor plus postage which costs about £15 and the disc for mine is abt £10 so it is significantly more expensive and challenging but with a flipper, if you want one, go for it,but effectiveness wise it's fairly similar