Congrats on the flex mounts.
I was initially surprised at how rigid they are, but after using them for a while, I think they are well designed and get the job done perfectly.
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yeah the shaft doesn’t seem that flexible but the base actually does a lot of flexing…hopefully it doesn’t tear
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If it does, or when it bends, I’m curious if the core’s perceived heading gets all kinds of wonky, since it’s based on where those ants are, to the cm.
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I suspect that’s one reason why they are so stiff, despite being ‘flexible’. They don’t wobble or move at all unless they bump into something. And then, they snap back immediately.
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Next time you send it out, and it’s safe to do so, bend one over toward the rear and see if the core rotates 40 degrees or so, lol. Just don’t be in front of it !
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It would be really interesting to see what happens. You’ve got me really curious about it now
I smell a side quest brewing.
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Grab a couple servos, attach them to the rubber mounts and drive by antenna bend. 
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That was actually really funny! I love it.
As long as the weather cooperates, I’ll go out tomorrow and see what happens when I bend the antennas. It’ll be interesting to see if it really does affect the trajectory.
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I’m sure they have filtering, and it’ll go off IMU/other PPVS parameters until the GPS signals agree.
That’s my assumption as well. But it would be rather amusing to see Yarbo driving like it’s drunk when I manipulate the antennas.
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Yarbo drives like that with some regularity.
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Backup and getting stuck with zero turns 
There are a few minor hardware updates, same model number though and no REV numbers that I could see except on the motor. Might post about the changes tomorrow.
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That sucks. Noticing a trend here with these redesigned units. Any idea what happened or what caused it? Is there normally that much snow inside your unit?
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Not usually any snow in there but I didn’t notice until it had been pushing snow for a while…finally got to a deep section and I noticed a big mound in front(thought I broke shear pins but it’s all fluffy lake effect)
Also post this link, cool video:
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Added a short video when the belt broke…sounds like it’s working ok and the belt just finally lets loose and the auger slowly decels to 0
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Doesn’t look like it was doing anything that should break a belt. Wonder if there is a misalignment or something?
Is the snow coming through the bottom of the core from dragging itself over accumulated snowfall scooping and shaving snow off and it packing it in the core cavity? Is the snow packing in there restricting and causing tension/friction from the snow packed in there? That seems like a buncha snow.
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