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Heck! Well done Joey! Those are very nice stats - It took me several months before I got my stats sorted out, but you did it almost instantly! And welcome to the forum :mrgreen:

I make it 100KG. the bar is 2000 millmeters. 8x8x8 is length times width times height. The bar have 8 teeth on the both sides of the bar. The bar is power by a linear actutaor.

Thanks for the welcomes guys :mrgreen:

Regarding Gabriel, I might give it a complete overhaul because Im realising I may have underestimated how much it is possible to cram into one of these things...Ill post some revisions later.

And if I add a hinged bit and make F&Is ground clearance zero, should I be set?

Joey; It doesnt HAVE to be hinged I think

Andre; if the length is 8, the width is 8 and the height is 8, than what is 2000?

Also, do you know the difference between a bar and a disc? Bars usually dont have more than 2 teeth

Doesnt it? I though hinged plates were easier to get under other robots with...

And Ive made a few changes to Gabriel, which has made an unnatural mutation from an underpowered flipper to an unrealistic axe:

Gabriel
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 50 x 35 cm
SHAPE: Elongated triangular pyramid with steep rear and very shallow front
COLOUR: Black with yellow and black chevron highlights on the joins and around the weapons.
DRIVE: 2 S28-400 Magmotors driving 2 wheels running off 6 NiCd packs at 36v
SPEED: 14mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at front due to spring hinged nose, rising to 7mm at rear
ARMOUR: 3mm aluminium baseplate, 7mm titanium armour on rest of body (7mm hardox in critical areas and edges).
WEAPONS: An electrically powered axe, running off a C40-300 Magmotor and a Mortis-style linkage. The axe is 90cm long, weighs 9kgs and has a tungsten tipped head shaped like Excaliburs in series 3, capable of penetrating 5mm titanium and denting hardox.
SRIMECH: Has electric linear actuator powered Steel Avenger type arms (only located within the robot) on either side near the back for righting, while spikes at the rear prevent it being stranded on its back.
NOTES: Components shock mounted for protection vs. spinners and impacts
STRENGTHS: Difficult to get a grip on due to the shape, weapon could be effective
WEAKNESSES: Slow to self right, so-so armour

EDIT: Added actuators for self righters

(Message edited by joeychevron on February 21, 2008)

Martijn, robots in the real world use hydraulic rams for Full pressure pnumatic use, since pnumatic of the shelve rams are not capable of 1000psi operation. Therefore Joeys use of a hydraulic ram is not wrong.

of course, the use of a hydraulic RAM does not indicate the use of a hydraulic system, youre right Leo :proud:

and for that, you are right too Joey, Gabriels initial weapon is possible :proud:

Well, I think that Joey should go for the new version of Gabriel as there arent THAT many axe robots about, so he should bring in a new axing bot into the FanFic world.

Is there a very good reson why the new one wouldnt work? Ive noticed the dearth of axebots too...

Paul; you are right when you say there are less axes then there are spinners, flippers or rammers, but fact is, the original Gabriel was a FRONT hinged flipper, and those are even scarcer than axes are

Joey; not sure if the Mags will survive 36V, other than that, youre doing a real good job

the quality of your vapours surprises me, it makes me think you put a lot of research, not only in robotics, but also in VAPOURrobotics, the sole fact you made your tracked machine 110 kg rather than 100 indicates that youre very well aware of what were doing here :proud: