Rhyno45's MSE-Zilla

[Rhyno45]

Hello again. This, my friends, is a dissection of the MSE-Zilla. First created by the ever incredible Kevin Holme through his research perfecting his own R2-D2 unit, this test platform became soooo much bigger. It made a debut at Droidcon 4 as the fun droid of choice for late night surfing and rodeo riding. At Celebration, Tom's MSE-Zilla made headlines while towing his Kenny Baker R2-D2 around the convention. This is the one I made that wound up driving Warwick Davis during his panel on Sunday. Enjoy.

So what is a MSE-Zilla exactly? In short it's a MSE that can tow your car. In length, it's a rock solid aluminum frame, fiberglass shell, Q85 hub motor, beast of a machine that, when outfitted with the appropriate neopixels and amp setup, makes for a small bundle of fun.

Q85 motors in the back, omni wheels in the front.


Here we have a fiberglass shell.

And where to cut.

This is handy to cut with.

[Rhyno45]

Fast forward a little bit and we start adding goodies.

The motors need 24 volts so there are inverters to get to 12 and 5 volts for the various components.



And the acrylic sheet I cut to show the neopixels off with.


And done. I got those circuit boards from Lord Hotwing. LOVE them!


At Celebration.

[Rhyno45]

With Warwick and Steele Smith.

At Disneyworld. Still amazed at how many people loved him. He was fun to drive. The blue R5 is mine too.

And always keep your eye on MSE-Zilla when Kevin is driving. MSE-Zilla can bite.

[savagecreature]

Holy crap-a-moley that's a crazy MSE!! Thanks so much for sharing the break down. I'm sure I'm going to read this thread more than once to gleen all the details I can.

[kresty]

That would be so tempting for the Lego mouse....