Friday, 20 March 2026

2026 - Car 4 update.

 March 20. It was working today so I tried it out. I have done a few things to it since last I tried it. Last time things were held on with elastic bands, and it went very fast with the new batteries and threw them off, so it was dragging them behind!  Today It eventually turned over and broke the R-Pi posts that I had 3D printed.  Left/Right were also interchanged, and it didn't respond very quickly to the commands. I think I'll have to take out some delays. 

I have printed some battery holders, and also posts for the Raspberry Pi. See pictures.




These batteries are 16560  types, more powerful than the previous, and I have also changed the connectors to  xxxx  throughout all my batteries for interchangeability. You can just see the clips in purple  around the batteries.

Also now that the Raspberry Pi is attached to the frame, I could put the original car body back on with a bit of work. This of course is just cosmetic except that I have attached batteries on the underside of the body. 



I have decided to find some small screws to hold the Rasperry Pi zero in place through the pads that I printed for the pillars.