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Jan 28, 2016, 11:57 PM
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ECX Ruckus cargo


Stiffened the suspension with all the supplied C rings. That provided just enough stiffening to consider a payload. Built a cargo container out of cardboard & hot glued it on. Carrying a shirt, the system worked well enough to justify building something waterproof. Cardboard was much lighter than the lightest plastic option: a $10 shower enclosure.

With the shirt, sharp turns barely managed to not flip. Wheels pressed all the way up when turning. Corrugated plastic would be the next idea.

The permanent design involves having the cargo container on spacers, bolting the cargo container on, mounting electronics under it, on top of the vehicle. Yet another idea involves making the container permanent & having the electronics on the side. Only the gyro would have to be flat. The permanent design would allow cutouts for the wheels. The mockup was essentially permanent & didn't show any problems.

It has to be finished in 2 days.
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