It’s that time again where I need to mill down the corners on the build budget. The total cost to make the SP1 upgrades (granted it’s more of a complete rebuild) is over the $500 mark. That’s alot. That’s more than I care for, so some of the neat features have to be scaled back.
Yeah, because… I need to eat and buy textbooks too.
It looks like I’ll have to settle for a set of secondhand Banebots ESCs – this is a somewhat suboptimal setup, but I can, again, make provisions for extra cooling. The lithium battery pack is definitely staying – I’m not going to let batteries be the limiter of the bot’s potential again. The fancy charger I have currently lined up might also get downsized – even though it’s an investment I want to make since it can charge about any chemistry and balance lithium cells, and so will be usable for many projects.
Here’s a hypothetical situation using 3 Banebots ESCs. They fit in the same spot, and are more compact, but are rated for lower amps. Not out of the limits, but the overhead is lower than I’d like it to be.
Stay tuned for more! Maybe I’ll ditch the 2024 for the arm and wedge, because that stuff is ass-hell expensive!
Is it too late to ask for Christmas presents? Godspammit!