Servo - August 2015

aluminum backplate (Photo 4).

Ash landed another hit directly after that which flipped its foe over onto its back where it could still drive, but was massively impaired without a wedge. Because of the lower ground clearance of Snappy while on its back, it got one wheel caught on the lip between the arena floor tiles, giving me a perfect opportunity to get a nice hit on the backplate again (Photo 5).

Unfortunately, though, this was the end of the fight as the receiver pack was run down again, leaving Snappy the victor albeit with a few nibbles taken out of him (Photo 6).

Post event, Ash was completely unscathed, but I did learn a few things that need to be done to get it working to its full potential. First, it needs larger wheels as the ones it currently has were low enough that it got caught on the lip between the floor tiles a few times.

Secondly, it needs a new wedge as the four millimeter steel one put it barely within the weight limit, and finally a new weapon is needed.

The current bar works okay, but a thicker single tooth weapon would make the hits much harder, as well as having the control of a four wheel drive pusher which is what I really want from it as a competitor.

Overall, I think once Ash has these modifications it could go far in its class, and hopefully in the future I can build another bot. For now, though, I think I’ll just concentrate on getting Ash working fully and getting Terminus active for demos and fun fights.

Ash is currently sitting on my desk, awaiting the modifications once the funds are available or for the next event to come around — whichever comes first (Photo 7). SV