SPECTRE.
Integration.
Managed to develop a fully functional midsection that bends and flexes. It uses two "linear actuator" like designs that are enslaved to a differential which can either lift and lower the upper chassis when locked or bend it side to side when free. Best part is, it will lift and lower the upper section *around* the cockpit housing, which will be mounted to the lower abdomen rather than the upper chest, much like how the original technical developer envisioned it. Or so it would appear to me. The plating around the abdomen is attached to a "spine" on the lower section, which should conform with the movement of the upper chest. It still needs some reworking since that frame is from yesterday and not fitted to the new structure. It seems to bear weight well, fingers cross that it works.
Integration.
Managed to develop a fully functional midsection that bends and flexes. It uses two "linear actuator" like designs that are enslaved to a differential which can either lift and lower the upper chassis when locked or bend it side to side when free. Best part is, it will lift and lower the upper section *around* the cockpit housing, which will be mounted to the lower abdomen rather than the upper chest, much like how the original technical developer envisioned it. Or so it would appear to me. The plating around the abdomen is attached to a "spine" on the lower section, which should conform with the movement of the upper chest. It still needs some reworking since that frame is from yesterday and not fitted to the new structure. It seems to bear weight well, fingers cross that it works.