Did some more work today - we've now got the motor mounts cut and welded in place. Pictures...
Bodywork frame with side piece cut out. As already said, the bodywork will all be attached to these frames, which will be bolted to the chassis such that the top can easily be lifted off. It was therefore necessary to remove these side pieces so that the motors (when mounted) do not prevent the frames being lifted off. We'll probably add a strip of steel above where the old sides were to add some strength back.
You can see what I mean here. In order to get the right ground clearance, we had to cut halving joints in the motor mounts (mounting above the chassis would give too little ground clearance, and mounting in-line with it, too much ground clearance).
Welding.
Air tools. Which one's the tool?
Chassis with motor mounts fully attached. Need to tidy up that welding with a grinder though - we've very much gone for the approach of "It might look **** but so long as it holds...".
Top down view with motors and gearboxes in place.
Top down view with motors, gearboxes and bodywork frames in place.
Next time around we'll be tidying up the welds, drilling holes to attach the motors and gearboxes to, and perhaps even attaching the wheels to the gearboxes. Might not be for a while now though, since one of our team is starting his gap year in industry tomorrow, and us remaining three will all be going off to university over the next few weeks. Might get another meeting in before then though.
