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Challenge Belt: Liar vs. MeCannibal: Go for the rear where all the internal workings are stored. Ill rip through the bodywork like paper or just shock-kill it.
8 mm titanium wont act like paper that soon, Ill wedge MeCannibal ASAP and see how it survives its own blows, OOTA ASAP
Just ram into things and push them around, into each other walls hazards and whatever. I really am not particularly nervous about either damaging me particularly in any meaningful way.
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Sit there, twiddling my thumbs and wait for the 5 minutes to exhaust. Until I know otherwise, I dont have an oppodent, so why do anything? Except attack a House Robot.
Paul, Tempest doesnt have anywhere near Meccanibals KJ count for a very good reason. I designed it for durability and reliability. Plus, might I remind you that this is the original Meccanibal which according to my calculations gives out nearly 500 KJs per hit. One robot is going to self destruct when we collide, and I promise you it wont be Tempest.
So, yeah. Hit Meccanibal when its fully spun up. After that one hit KO Ill turn my attentions to Baldur. Im not going to do much damage to the armour, but I should be able to rip off a plate here and there.
Crashing Bore will go for Black and push it into White to stall the spinner, then clamp White, damage the shell some so it cant spin up well and then pit it.
3 things to point out to Frank - it ISNT the original MeCannibal, as its the one with 205kj (it wasnt possible for one to have 500kj of energy). And how can you garantee that Tempest wont self-destruct, as Im the one who notes more shock-proofing? And how can you believe youll rip a plate off the near impervious Baldur?
Wow... an amazing battle and a great result for SOR. Bad luck to Wedge Devo, as without the damage in my favour he would have had that one. Great fight once again, Kody!
Regarding Meccanimbals power, you claimed 205 KJ. Research and a kinetic energy calculator gave me a figure closer to 500 KJs.
Regarding tempest:
1) Tempest might not have five inches of foam, but it is fully shock proofed. The stats state rubber placed between just about every surface possible, as well as all the componants being rubber mounted. Not just by sticking 5 inches of foam around the outer componants and expecting that to prevent movement in the centre. But all this isnt to protect against hits, this is to protect Tempest from its other feature.
2) Working on the fact that spinners absorb some of their own kinetic energy, Tempest is designed to bounce off of opponants after striking. The theory is that instead of shaking up Tempests insides, the kinetic backlash is bled away by moving tempest away from the scene as much as possible, a transfer of energy so to speak. This isnt just to make Tempest hell to catch for flippers and rammers although it does serve that double purpose quite nicely.
Lets see, why do I think panels can be ripped off Baldur? Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaY2iHV1YHUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaY2iHV1YHU
Mekkaniac, the robot being ripped a new one by Supernova in this fight is made entirely of Hardox. Armour is only as strong as what keeps it in place. Alex states the following for armour:
5mm Titanium Kevlar composite over a thick hardox chassis, the chassis is broken up into triangles for more strength. Behind the front scoop-weapon of the robot there is an 4cm titanium foam to make it even tougher but lightweight due to the fact that it absorbs the hit as its foam. Over the front there is a 5mm hardox plate. All in all that means the front has 51mm of armour. This means that its essentially invulnerable to damage from the front. Everything inside is heavily shcokproofed to counter any kind of blow.
First up, Kevlar is very strong against all types of attack, except for cutting attacks. So in reality, if youre going to take a whack at it with a huge spinner, that main armour isnt going to hold up.
Secondly, the hardox plate on the front on top of this 5 mm Ti/Kevlar gives a big clue to Baldurs Achilles heel. Pun very much intended. Unless hes somehow welded Hardox to Titanium, that thing is bolted in place. Bolts can be broken, that front plate can be torn off without even damaging it. Just like Supernova did to Meccaniac.
Thirdly, by hitting the sides a couple of times I should be able to dig into them and break the bolts there too. The foam can be ripped out in one long strip, which wont hinder Tempest at all as the teeth dont go near the internals.
All in all, Baldur is nowhere near as impervious as Alex might like us to think. Sorry Alex:proud:
Update
I stated about two Wednesdays ago that Matty Fowler had two weeks to get his entries in. If he does not get his entries in by this Wednesday, then someone will take his place.
If you do have to find someone else, just let me (and obviously everyone else) know before doing the fight, otherwise Ill be stuck without specific tactics (although the main one is the Fully Obvious One To Achieve. Think about it).
Chris means Flip Out Of The Arena. Quite easy when you think about it. :proud: