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Thought id join the club and give ripper its own thread.
Ripper has been slacking over the last.... 3 years..!!!
Although suprisingly did quite well in the finals of the Winter Tour.
If steve has his way then we will spend a little time giving it some tlc, mainly, rewelding the broken Ti bits which have been bodged by me with steel.
And making the wheels round again not square!!!!
Mind due, i say that, but i bet i dont have time, and it will be used again in the same state its in.
Myself and steve have an ongoing debate, we both agree we need to build a new one, however
I say build it smaller, steve says build it bigger !!!
John
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well you went on and made a smaller one even though steve wanted a bigger one!
ill have my own thread soon when one of my fans make one for me :rofl:
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ripper has just jumped from being a good robot to being one of the best improved robots this year. man it was looking very very good at the champs. i am sure he is doing one or 2 more small mods but what a robot and what a driver. i am sort of jealous now. liam should have some vid footage of it on you tube shortly and its well worth a look if you wernt at the uk champs.
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oi.... its Ripper EVO.
The old ripper is coming back for the winter tour.... floppy sccop which comes off, ratling bolts, no pannels..... you know you all miss it !!
I was chuffed with Evos performance, few tweaks and im going for the winter tour championship !!
:)
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you have to get past envy for this one. i have plans too :)
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easy peasy.... your batteries will go flat.... storm force showed you whos boss !!!
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HA HA, i just re read my post above !!!
No body can say i make idle threats !!
I was chuffed with Evos performance, few tweaks and im going for the winter tour championship !!
Those tweaks certainly worked.... and watch out for 2009, where I have a few more plans for improvements. Terrorhurtz....more like Terror-doesnt-hurt LOL
That final fight was the best feeling in the world !!! Better than Robot Wars itself !!! you were unlucky you ran out of gas john, I knew what your tactics would be, and you did a good job !! Looking forward to fighting you again !!
So my arch nemisis has been beaten... two more to go which I always loose to...
Big Nipper and Iron Awe - 2009 :)
Ripper Evo - Winter Tour CHAMPION 2008!!!
:):):):)
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terror doesnt hurt :rofl:
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Well done for winning a major tournament!
About time U beat Terrorhurtz Jonno!
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John
Youve already beaten us at the Easter Robot Rumble this year so dont feel you have to do it any again any time soon. :)
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Up yourself by any chance John? Hehe
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What are u trying to ask him Tom? Oh and Tom, u got any schoolwork to get over and done with, ur welcome to send me an email at any time, Havent heard from u as much as I used to:sad:
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liam, i can send you a email with all my school work if u want? ud be busy for the next 3 months but ill even pay u to do it lol
ur the only robot i want to beat now!!!! i do like how u copied beast with the rubber mounts though - atleast some1 likes to copy us :)
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I cant even remember the last time I saw Ripper in action. Only that it was beaten very quickly by...of all robots...Kan Opener.
Again.
Which is a shame, because its one of my favs.
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kan opener is amazing
and ripper is prob the most active bot around lol
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christopher... its Ripper Evo which is active at the moment, the old ripper is now retired as it is far too old, bent and been terrorhurtzd too many times.
John
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Ripper, Ripper Evo...same difference if you ask me.
I mean, who really does go about calling any of the Firestorm series by its appropriate number in the context, for example? Its a generic name for generic speech. Its not like, say, still calling Ripper T-Bone.
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Actually, that reminds me...had any rematches with Beast recently? I still remember your S5 clash, when you had very different robots.
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ermm saw subject for poor mr lear..., :)
Winter Tour championships....
Loosers mellee. Ripper v Beast v Chompalot
Only Ripper left in the arena at the end :)
Quarter finals. Ripper v Beast
Beast left with a panel, and its batteries hanging out at the end :)
Sorry john !! LOL
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i miss old ripper !
Now officially dead... main chassis going to the scrap yard in the sky soon.
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No robot is bad enough to be scrapped... The original Ripper was good, and it will survive. Don't scrap it Jonno! If it has been scrapped already, then... If it hasn't, then leave it for Nostalgic purposes.
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please scrap it Team Us have a new project with the Ti ;)
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or, well theres some guy in the wanted place that wants a old robot :D
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that... Jonno, take a look see.
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Jonno, d'you have any high-quality pics of the original Ripper?
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Ripper Evo...... Or as I renamed it... Ripper.. is now DEAD.
Two years ago it was built for the Uk champs at RIAT.. however after so many changes inside its got old and tired, so its time for a new one !!
Smaller
New more reliable and more powerful drive system.
New ( hopefully more powerful ) Flipper.
No 6mm polycarb base, now all hardox.
Weight - probably 140kg :angry:
Same green and yellow paint... so its still RIPPER !!
Should be running at RIAT for testing, prob not finished, but defo ready to kick robutt at Portsmouth !
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lol it looks a right mess :)
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Who took it apart?.....Thor?
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I demand the new one be called Ripper REVO please :rofl:
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Progress.
Base cut, and bent.
Motor mountings made.
Wheels made and gears attached.
Ram / valve tested and mounted.
Got a full day on it tomorrow so hopefully will get a lot done !!
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Forgot about this thread, this must have been when i was building the new one !! Been a while.
Current Spec.
Winter Tour Champion
2011 Uk Champion
Having had a bad event at worthing even though it won.... the big ball valve didnt fire once !!! Grrr it has already had a complete strip down and some upgrades this week.
Upgrades include
Extra 1.1kg of gas giving a total of 3.3kg now, so should get more big flips.
More flow, better opening of the big valve... hasnt worked properly since the O2
Shifted some weight forwards
Tried to strighten the top pannels as they are like banana's thanks to thor !!
The new gas bottle will arrive tomorrow so a quick test tomorrow night and its ready for portsmouth !!!
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Ripper is all stripped down to the bare shell ready for its Xmas TLC.
New wheels as the old ones are worn out, don't want to loose to pick again.
Bit of replumbing to solve a few gas leaks
New paintjob !
John
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dont go crazy and do another random paint job lol
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no, im happy with rippers paint job it'll be the same !!! :-)
the new heavy might have a random one !!
OOo excited about starting the new HW this week !!
Massive tidy up and clearout, so more bits for sale on the forum first though LOL
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Ripper has had a fantastic year, It just goes to show if you put the effort in you get the rewards and everyone knows the effort and constant development that goes into Ripper !!
2012 Dublin winner,
2012 Guildford winner,
2012 Maidstone winner,
2012 Gloucester winner.
2012 Winter Tour Champion !!
Tomorrow it will be stripped to a bare chassis, new wheels required again as these have worn out, new base to the ram as this one still leaks, and a nice new bling bling paint job me thinks ready for Dublin in January all being well !!
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When will the Gloucester photos be uploaded on the site Jon? Was my first RR event and very much enjoyed it.
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We had the local college come and film the event, and take the photos.
We are still waiting for the finished photos and DVD to arrive.
As soon as they are with us they will be on our Facebook group.
John
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