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Hi

My first post here. I googled this forum to get some help with a project, mating a tamiya grasshopper body to an associated b4.1 chassis.

To get an understanding on how complicated this will be (aiming at a nice end result). I wanted to ask any grasshopper owner here if they could be so kind as to measure the grasshopper body. As I don't have on myself, yet.

Attached a picture to show what measurements I need. But It's the Line marked as "B" that is the most important one for me.

Hoping to get some help

Cheers
Radek

a = 173mm
b = 161mm
c = 75mm
d = 69mm

Arduino Inside, now dont want to be nosy but please tell more
Can it be driven by gesture or brainwaves ?

Jonny, thank you very much!
A quick sketch with those measurements as a base gave me the answers I wanted. Attached a picture of the b4.1. Taped some paper with the oulines of the grasshopper body to the bottom of the chassis. The width of the center section on the b4.1 is an issue, seems there will be some cutting there

Waterbok, I have no idea Not my experiment that one, just snagged the picture of the web, only top down picture of the grasshopper I could find.

How about heating the sidewings a bit and bend them into a suitable shape?

Could work!
Will have to decide on a solution once I get the grasshopper body. But all in all the match could have been alot worse.

Looks like that 'Hopper is rigged as a maze-solving robot or something - it's got "whiskers" at the front, probably what the Arduino bits are for