Added stering motors (PG27s with rs550 motors), added bumpers, added bellypan, added brackets to put another bearing on the steering shaft, and began to add electronics. Any questions/feedback are much appreciated
What’s the bellypan made of? How’s it attached? Weight?
Bellypan is 1/8" polycarb, attatched to the side rails via 8 1/4-20 bolts. Bellypan weighs a little shy of 5lbs, whole thing (with bumpers) should be under 45.
Ive looked through your renditions and I dont see where you reintroduced the ratchet. I also dont see how you’re planning on keeping the belt tention on the drive motor. Another thing I see is that you mentioned welding the top plate of the swerve to the rest of the module, being that the two pieces are, or appear to be, very different thicknesses. that weld would be likely to break. Also, because the metal is very thin it has the potential to warp faster. if the welds are to break, and the plate is potentially warped. Do you have a plan to fix it? I can see it being an issue if you’re playing against rough drivers, and if the mechanism is to get off ever so slightly it will drive much differently than the original.