News Flash: Paul Cumeo is not the only person guilty of over

Boys and Girls. If your vapourbot is feasable arond 100kg i am not going to complain that technically it should be 105kg. Its just that some of these vapours are so excessive that no one with a calculator and a bit of common sense can say i think this will be 100kg. Having 60kg of armour for instance, and still put a FP axe in there.

Just a tip we always use for our own builds: aim for 95kg, leaving you 5kg of buffer for nuts, bolts, repairs etc. If you look at the stats of real robots, you will find virtually no-one builds up to 100kg exactly, the ones that do are very few. For vapours it might also be a good idea, since it adds some realism.

And as someone said before, if your not sure, just ask. We will not tear into your flesh, but keep your stats sensible.

And Paul: Horspower is NOT the end all of robotbuilding, we use motors like Boshes because they are perfectly capable of doing there task of pushing 100kg robots around, and an opponent should it get in the way. Ive pushed Storm II into the Roaming Robots arena sidewall with 2 Boshes on 24V (only 1500-2000w). Using lighter motors adds the advantage to get away with lighter batteries therefore saving weight.

I think a standardized layout of stats would be nice, Im pretty tired of seeing Power: Magmotors in stats... I personally use the below and it covers all the areas need to give the writer enough information about the robot, when filled in correctly.

Name:
Weight:
Size (L/W/H):
Speed:
Ground Clearance:
Drive:
Weapon:
Armour/Chassis:
Batteries:
Notes:

Ive got a pair of clean stats located here as an example: http://crystalnode.net/vapourbots/blackandwhite.htmlhttp://crystalnode.net/vapourbots/blackandwhite.html

I think the biggest culprit in this community is the writers, they just dont check the stats half the time... Then when a few of these overweight designs pass through a few tournies, others expect to get away with it too. The old saying Cant beat em, join em follows too easily. Now if only writers were to question stats and get clarifications on things, I could see it fixing a lot of these issues. If someone says your design is overweight, and you dont think so, do the maths and prove them wrong... If you dont know the maths, ask.

Aaron - what if none of the other people on this forum dont have your mechanical knowledge?

Especially me, Ive stated before, I like robots but dont have a clue about how they work

Plenty of roboteers on these forums that can provide some answers :-)

Believe it or not, I was a noob in this game too, Ive just learnt a lot over the years, and Im still learning more and more as time goes by ;-)

Instead of just putting down some stats, and when someone says they are not right, dont get all cut and think that your being picked on. Ask why they think that your wrong, and where they think you could improve. People like Leo and Craig have a wealth of knowledge, just ask!

Sometimes the problems writers have is making comparisons between the different motor types/wheels.