Journal CW38 - bjornburton/champbot GitHub Wiki

Missed for this week

  1. Add rear ballast bracket and ballast (80% done)
  2. Seal drive units better
  3. Fix eyes (re-coat, attach, add eyebrows) (80% Done)
  4. New RC batteries
  5. Covering (30% Done)

Items Done

  1. Front "drag-bar" for stability, floatation and improved rise
  2. reduce length to bot to ~100 cm (Done, 96 cm and 91.44 is legal min.)
  3. Seal butane actuator (Done)
  4. Secure thrusters better (Done)
  5. Add 18 cm antenna to 315 MHz transmitter. (Done)
  6. Range Test (Done)
  7. Lake Test (Done)
  8. Paint (Done)

Items Found

  1. RC is working under water (not sure about real distance)
  2. UHF receiver broke loose with marine epoxy
  3. Needed one more 680 G weight
  4. Pretty fast, considering
  5. Rises from water under power (this was improved with the "drag bar" addition)
  6. TX antenna got broke. Must fix it
  7. Has significant torque reaction to compensate for

Journal CW39