Right, here we go again...

And about Crusher C.U being too fat (), AJ said once that SOR 5.5 would be at least 400kg overweight. I rest my case.

So by your theory, if I entered a bot with 8 ETEKs, 25mm thick hardox armour, as long as I put the weight as 100kg, its all fine and dandy? I know your new here and all, but please actually try to have a semi realistic design... Martijn is the first new blood Ive seen turn up in a long time that didnt arrive with crazy entries...

And AJs statement was an exaggeration, SOR 5.5 was in the realm of realistic.

But Aaron - Crusher insnt overweight! And my robot is realistic. Everything is fine and dandy on Crusher, and when this competition starts off, I will hopefully do well!

Face it, Paul: it IS overweight, as are all of your other machines, and most actual roboteers would agree.

If you dont like hearing that, too bad. Its the truth. Now do somthing about it.

The 12mm Ti for top and bottom alone is already 25kg. Then you want to add 5 mm tungston steel, and then im not even mentioning the sides.

If you want to make a more realistic guess to weights, just calculate the dimensions of your armour, and calculate the mass at

http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/materials/http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/materials/

Select the material you want an fill in the appropriate volume. it will give you the mass/weight.

A tip for the future, Paul. There arent many weapons that can attack the underside of a robot, so you can get away with a less well armoured base. Some real robots like Ruff Ruff Dougal didnt even have a base.

But if you make an invertable machine there is not much choice in that matter.

Sorry, didnt see Crusher was invertable. I did, however see something about a hydraulic self righter, which made me think it wasnt:lame:

Where did I put the Dunce hat?

Oh, Ive been wearing it for the past decade or so :)