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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence
My hex drivetrain is about 28 lbs. How much does this weigh? It looks overkill heavy, and a lot of your custom solutions seem to be poorly thought out. Could you detail your thought process behind the major details of the design?
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Poorly thought out is not very helpful..
What do you think is poorly thought out?
Current weight without the battery is 25lbs including electronics shown.
This is our first attempt at a hex frame. Most of this design was based on what materials we have or can get locally. Being in Hawaii, shipping stock material to prototype with is very expensive, so we have to be creative with what is on hand and available. There is nothing here but Lowes and Home Depot. No real machine shops or metal vendors or the like here.
Being a 4th year team we always enjoy learning different ideas, constructively..
Mahalo!