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Originally Posted by billbo911
OK, more info and a video.
Kevin,
Shifting the battery up to the top and placing some surgical tubing at the back of the battery did the trick. Now our pivot point is the farthest point from the pole. This video is taken with a fairly depleted battery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P89k0hlHd1E
Either,
More accurate measurements:
Weight is 10052g, or, 2.32 lb.
Wheel diameter is effectively .45" when compressed against the pole.
So, based on our earlier discussions, it is really close to ideal.
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It seemed to me in the initial video like the plate on the top of your tower was slanted which may have caused your minibot to fly off. Its a problem we had before connecticut and then I realized that was the reason and we never had the issue again.
I don't know if you tested with a full battery or not but the battery being full would change the speed of the minibot I imagine and cause it to go slower and could be part of the fix for the minibot flying off the pole which isn't an actual fix.