Nice job Joe, thanks for posting. It's good to see that the work continues on the T35. It will look amazing on the battlefield. Nice find on the Maestro controller too.
Thanks, the T35 is pretty much finished except for finalizing the electronics. I've been slowly working on Kim's HECLO TCB hat, but have found a troublesome adversary in the VHN5050A motor driver chips he uses on the board. I've managed to ruin a bunch of them so far without success, although I just soldered up two more boards that look promising.... the continuity tests will determine the outcome. Worse comes to worst I will build the boards without the drivers and use the Quicrun 1060 escs I have installed already for testing and use the board for the other functions it offers.
The weather has been crappy so I haven't had the opportunity to get some video of the T35 running outside all assembled and with the guns travelling thanks to the Maestro board. It really is a wizard bit of tech and reasonably priced! Because the tracks are so grippy I don't dare run it on carpet inside as the tracks grab and tear apart if I attempt any kind of a turn. The fine 1mm wires joining the segments snag the carpet with gusto.
The weather is improving, so I'm hoping to add to 'show and tell' soon.
Regards,
Joe