we arrived
October 16, 2009 - 1:27 pm
well we made it up, but the bfd sustained some serious damage on the trip. it appears that one of the straps came loose and the bot shifted around and slammed into the back door of the uhaul. the right dumper door spring was ripped out and the bolt was sheered. several treads were severely bent and one of the wheels was bent. inside of the electronics box, 3 of the motor drives managed to break off. also the sd card holding the software managed to have failed. the system fails to boot.
we have a ton of tools and spares, hopefully we will manage to get the vehicle in an operational state… we will try to update you guys later.