June 21, 2000

I am Fat!

Hiya guys :)

Well lots has happened to us since our last update! We encountered a major overweight problem which left us all scratching our heads I can tell you. I have so many pictures to put on the gallery page I just dont know where to start :( Anyway this is what has happened to us and what has been the result.

We had an impromptu weigh in and realised that we would be 10 kilos over argggggggggggggggggggg this means we either had to do away with our composite armour :( get lighter less powerfull batterys :( go for a smaller ram :( :( have no Srimech which is a big no no!! Or use a combination of all these mentioned! Not a good situation I can tell you as we like our design just how it is thank-you very much.

So anyway I came back to Brussels and having successfully avoided being deported for being an English soccer thug I set about thinking about our problems. Made a few phone calls and realised we could get some smaller batterys and only lose out on amp/hours which is not to bad! My bro can make us a 50mm bore ram but that would be a shame as we like the tonnage of the 70mm. At this point we still had 9 kilos taken up by the Srimech so you can imagine my joy when I came across this little site Highpower and phoned the helpfull chappy Trevor on the other end of the line.

So whats it all about I hear you ask? well what if I told you that they will supply you a ram with a built in solenoid actuator that actuates at 1000 psi!!! yep not a measly 150 psi like most other systems! also this ram only travels 4 inches and complete with the control box and gas cylinder weighs in at less than 1 kilo muhahahahahahahahahahahahahah it also fits in a very very small shoe box to boot!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am I happy or what ha ha Im so happy I could sing oh well enough of that anyway give Trevor a ring he is most helpfull and will make custom systems too, although the standard setup is more than enough for our needs I can tell you.

Chaos 2 eat you heart out we are gunning for you George :) And all the rest of you to! We will show none of you any mercy so prepare to bring your bin liners with you ha ha!!!!!!!! I promise to update the gallery soon ish :)

Mark...

Posted by Mark at June 21, 2000 3:48 PM

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