Well after we got the rolling chassis
built we weighed the assembly and found it weighs 189 lbs and we still
hadn't built the body yet. So we needed to loose some weight real bad.
But where???
One part that could be made lighter
was the front end since it came from a lawn tractor it was built very heavy
duty out of 3/8 " plate steel.
So my Dad built a new front end
out of steel tubing. this new part with lighter pneumatic tires
saved about 12 lbs. Nice work Dad.
We also had to cut down all of
the extra metal used in the motor and transmition plates and rear
end bracket and drilled lots of holes whever possible that got the chassis
weight down to 164 lbs.
Lighter leaner and meaner. (Ya
baby).
Third design of the body mock up
this is the final configuration because of the weight limitations. The
body length is 54" the Body width is 36".
It's hared to call this a true
wedge its more of a pusher.
Kiss Meets S.L.A.M
K.I.S.S meets S.L.A.M
We are pretty sure that an open
wheeled robot will have trouble going up against S.L.A.M when it is rotating!!
Its along way up to climb over
the top of S.L.A.M
During some indoor testing S.L.A.M
got one of it's blades stuck under the workbench in the garage.
If you think that indoor testing
of S.L.A.M is safe you should have been there when it knocked over
the Acetylene torches. Thank God it didn't break the end off the oxygen
bottle. Can you say unguided missile.
Body construction
of K.I.S.S
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