Materials; Laser cutting

[Eventorizon]

Excuse me?
Our drum was made from 10mm thick HDPE. Although it took some cosmetic damage, it was only actually pierced once and then only a 5mm hole.

I don't want to be stating the obvious but the weapons have come on a long way since Barber-ous was fighting. A good modern FW can slide through 20mm+ of HDPE with no problem. Granted, being able to absorb hits and deflect in an impact will help prevent it from being punctured, but if a spinner gets a good hit will will be doing straight through it. I was also talking about it not being suitable for as chassis, not the weapon itself.

Armox has only recently become available to us, which is why most machines are Hardox. An issue that has been spotted with Armox is that it doesn't bend at all which can cause knock on problems. When Photon Storm fought Minotaur, the killer blow dealt to PS caused all the welds to break on its new front Armox panels meaning all the force was transmitted back into the robot resulting in huge amount of internal damage. If it had still been Hardox, the front would have bent absorbing the energy there rather than transmitting the force through the robot. While it still would have been a killer blow, probably, less energy would have made it to the internal components and would have resulted in less damage.

Basically, because Hardox bends it cab absorb hits rather than just moving the point of failure, or being so stiff the welds break. I'm not saying don't use Armox, more its probably only any god in key locations. Also, I am not sure of its cost but I would be willing to bet its much more expensive than Hardox.

I agree with you about the Polycarbonate and Polypropolene, though Terrorhurtz is proof that Poly can be used if done correctly.

I also agree with you on Domex/Docol. Great stuff! Used it when I was working for a company that designed gritters and other road maintenance vehicles. Some of the shapes we were able to make with it were amazing wile still being structurally sound and not weak at the bends.