If you were at Rapture last weekend, you may have seen a black Tombclone that looked like this:
i swear this wasn’t the Wish version of Baby Dead Bod, it was Yomi, my first attempt at a spinner, which to be honest, worked better than i thought it would, sure the belt kept falling off, but the internals kept working, and the few hits the bar did get certainely are encouraging.
So as i came back from Rapture, not too surprisingly, here i am trying to redesign Yomi to make it work better, CAD of new version is far from over, but this is where we’re at so far:
current changelog is as follows:
-much deeper groove in the weapon pulley to prevent belt from falling off on big hits
-shrinked chassis and made the walls thinner to save weight
-shortened support length to save weight and beefed up the support beams so they don’t get snapped again
-changed assembly method from throughbolts to hex inserts (may also replace the throughbolt for the weapon shaft we’ll see)
-better guard to prevent wires from hitting the weapon motor and pulley while also providing an easier way to pass through weapon motor wires
-new asym bar designed for even more engagement while retaining the agressive tooth profile of my standard bar (i have another asym that i made for verts but couldn’t use at Rapture due to weight issues but i’ll make sure i can run it on this new version, because End Boss, Oubley and Shrekt are scary)
current things left to look into:
-research how to setup AM32 ESCs to get faster spinup
-look into a solution for grippier wheels, seriously considering running lego tires on printed hubs, although the self-vulcanising tape that the Mothenator team used on foamies is also quite interesting
-potentially wheelguards?
-link and LED slots
-some form of back spikes/wings/whatever to not get Malice’d
-maybe extend the supports over the pulley so it’s less weak/exposed to top attacks
-potentially swap drive ESCs from V3s to the new dual channel ones for simpler wiring and weight saves
potentially gonna take it to one or both MMM events before next Rapture as a bit of a “test ride” for the improvements so i can show up next year with a robot i know works
hopefully one day we can take this from Baby Dead Bod at home to the French Tombstone
robot did really well!
