Installed and tested maxstream radio modem telemetry. (Not pictured, but it
goes in the big blank area on the logic board.) Also did more extensive
platform mobility testing and discovered serious problems. In some
circumstances tigger2 can throw a tread while turning on high-friction
surfaces. This may be due to slop in the suspension, insufficient tread
tension, incorrect drive/idler/road wheel geometry, or some combination of
those. In any case a frame 02 will be required before serious development can
begin. No references designs were available for using this tamiya track set
with an independent suspension, and it is possible that doing so will prove
impractical.
In the next revision, the drive and idler wheels will be higher and closer
together, the suspension plungers will fit tighter in the deck cutouts, and the
treads will be under slightly more tension at zero deflection.