Category Archives: HackyRaces2023

It turns out that the Anthill Mob had two cars. In fact, we modelled Chugga-Boom. Our car is more-or-less finished, so here is a picture before we take it to Cambridge (and it potentially gets damaged) at the weekend. The bodywork is a bit too heavy for the chassis really; hopefully the car will stillContinue reading “Chugga-Boom”

One of the first rules of Hacky Racers reads: “It’s expected that all entries will have a theme and some decoration, to help win the crowd vote.” We decided to go with one of the original Whacky Races teams: The Ant Hill Mob. Their car was called the “Bullet Proof Bomb” and looked like this….Continue reading “Hacky Racers Theme”

The car hardware is now largely complete, so I thought I’d share a couple of images. The construction has 3 decks. Following a conversation with DonK, I plan to make it possible to adjust the height of the camera above the track. It is currently set to 120mm, but Don has suggested that 300mm isContinue reading “Hacky Racer progress”