Not much progress, as usual. I don't get enough spare time.
It doesn't stop me thinking, tho, and this week I have mostly been thinking 'torque reaction'! I thought it might work for Fermented Melon, with the battery and ESC in the wedge, and the drive and axe kept in place with bearings, but I think it'd disrupt its melony goodness, so I'm gonna build one for a cluster!
Initially influenced by Ninja from TIFR, then even more so by Overkill when I found out what Ninja was based on! (I've never watched old Battlebots.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
) My initial idea was to use a kitchen knife with the handle removed, so it already has bolt holes, but I think an axe might be better.
Preliminary cluster name: Lemon & Slime. Not sure what the other bot's gonna be yet, but my son has to drive it, and he just drives in circles, so maybe a body spinner.
I'm also doing some experiments to see if the tin can lifter is feasible, and if my original idea for Suspicious Houmous is doable. It was never meant to be a lifter with proper arms - it was gonna have panels that (in theory) get under the opponent and rotate to pick it up off of the floor:
I couldn't work out how to attach the panels, or how to get them into a position that would get under anything. I've now worked out how to get them low, so now I need to see how strong they are when soldered to a rod. I'm guessing not very.
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)