Crash & Burn: Mini-Tournament of Death 3

Yep, it's opening. The third installment of my minor tournament. PsycloniZer and Do Or Die are the previous champions, but who shall claim robotic glory this time?

I need 16 heavyweight vapourbots, that means 1 from 16 people. (I'll have to bug people on MSN to get entries, but hey, it works :proud:) And yes, I know you're worried about C&B4 not getting completed, but worry not; it goes at its own pace, unlike its previous 3 majors. :P

*to those who may not be paying attention* I will be checking robots for if they're overweight and/or unrealistic (with some help, of course), and if your bot is either of the two (both, as well :P), you'll be asked to modify it. Refusal to do so will get you banned from this tournament, k? So make sure you comply. Thanks.

Weight limits
100kg for wheeled bots (includes omnibots and translationals)
110kg for tracks and treads (101, El Diablo Grande)
150kg for shufflers (Son of Whyachi)
200kg for true walkers (Clawed Hopper)

There will be some new house robots, but they will be revealed closer to tournament start time. In short, they haven't been made yet. :proud: But they will be. And of course the Battlegrounds arena will be used. As always, go to http://teamzlayerz.proboards.com to learn more.

Joey has entered already, with Gabriel V. That means 15 spots remain. So...

Enter, and feel the burn. :proud:

I think I'll enter, with the one bot that even possibly immobilized a robot: Minesweeper.

Minesweeper
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Tornado (S6)
Colour: Silver, with MINESWEEPER written on the sides in red.
Dimensions: 90cm x 85cm x 25cm
Drive: 2x 36v LEM-130 motors, powered by 6x NiCad Battlepacks. The motors power the 2 middle wheels.
Locomotion: 6 Titanium/Vanadium alloy wheels with Vulkanized rubber tyres.
Armour: 6mm Hardox monocoque
Speed: 20mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front and back due to scoops, and 5mm at sides.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: 2 Hardox snowplow-like scoops that can move slightly vertically, like Behemoth's, so I get good pushing power, but 0mm ground clearance at front and back.
Srimech: Invertible
Strengths: Super-reliable and fast. Now more maneuverable.
Weaknesses: Not too much of an offensive weapon.

Having only 2 wheels powered on a 6WD bot will make turning very slow, and you won't get any extra traction out of it. Aside from that, it's actually fine.

So what would your suggestion on motors be if I wanted to get better use out of it?

Why not power all the wheels instead of just 2? :P It's very weird to have 6WD but only power 2 wheels. The motors themselves are fine.

I finally fixed it:

Minesweeper 1.1
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Tornado (S7)
Colour: Gold on top and bottom, Silver on the sides, with MINESWEEPER written on the sides in red. The scoops are bronze.
Dimensions: 90cm x 85cm x 25cm
Drive: 4x 36v LEM-130 motors, powered by 8x A123 Battlepacks.
Locomotion: 4 Titanium/Vanadium alloy wheels with Vulkanized rubber tyres.
Armour: 6mm Hardox monocoque
Speed: 22mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front and back due to scoops, and 5mm at sides.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: 2 Hardox snowplow-like scoops that can move slightly vertically, like Behemoth's, so I get good pushing power, but 0mm ground clearance at front and back.
Srimech: Invertible
Strengths: Super-reliable and fast.
Weaknesses: Not too much of an offensive weapon.

Navaha has entered over MSN...

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Qwertyuiop

Weight: 100kg

Weight Class: Heavyweight

Shape: Wedge with sloped sides.

Colour: Gray, exept the flipper, which is yellow and black stripes.

Speed: 17 mph

Armour: Titanium (7mm)

Drive: 2 LEM130s @ 48v

Power: 6 24v NiCad battlepacks run in series/parallel.

Motivation: 2WD

Ground Clearance: 5mm, except at the front, where it's 0mm

Dimensions in CM (LxWxH): 100x95x30

Weaponry: Rear-hinged flipper: Two 2kg nitrogen tanks; One 110mm bore full pressure nonattached ram.

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And Mark, why did you add two more motors? That will make your machine overweight. :P

Any other suggestions?

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Why not power all the wheels instead of just 2?

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That's what you said, and that's what I did.

EDIT: Stupid screwed-up S key on my keyboard...

Use chains/gears/belts to get the power from one motor to more than one wheel on each side?

Minesweeper 1.1
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Tornado (S7)
Colour: Gold on top and bottom, Silver on the sides, with MINESWEEPER written on the sides in red. The scoops are bronze.
Dimensions: 90cm x 85cm x 25cm
Drive: 2x 36v LEM-130 motors, powered by 8x A123 Battlepacks. The motors power both wheels via a belt system.
Locomotion: 4 Titanium/Vanadium alloy wheels with Vulkanized rubber tyres.
Armour: 6mm Hardox monocoque
Speed: 22mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front and back due to scoops, and 5mm at sides.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: 2 Hardox snowplow-like scoops that can move slightly vertically, like Behemoth's, so I get good pushing power, but 0mm ground clearance at front and back.
Srimech: Invertible
Strengths: Super-reliable and fast.
Weaknesses: Not too much of an offensive weapon.