Armour Damage ?

[Eventorizon]

Lets assume the material was Hardox.

Carbide seems to be a power house and good example of a modern bot.

So to survive a direct hit from his blade, does anyone know or is willing to say how thick the material was that tried to defend again that and got away alive ?

Terrorhurtz's front armour is 6mm Hardox, shock mounted. If you go over to Beta, John Reeds Battlebots entry, it withstood Tombstone at full power and was again 6mm hardox, shock mounted.

[Andy]

Terrorhurtz stood up well, and it was 6mm Hardox. It wasnt just the material that made it stand up to it though, the angles of the steel deflected the blade and didnt have any catch points as well as being shockmounted to the rest of the robot

just noticed Alex's post oops lol

[katch]

So we're look for 6mm and above in principle to be well protected, thanks all for your input. Every single post is both helpful and thought provoking.

Titanium is quite expensive, but never worked with it either so not sure if its for me i doubt i could weld it.

Its a good valid point that the lack of snag points / holes in the design limits the ability to further fling the bot and inflict immediate damage with the energy.

That said more holes also means lighter, but more snagging potential. Not something i'd considered.

Ripping off entire panels is some serious power brings up a good question too weld or too bolt together.

The next problem for me to think on is reach.. watching both battle bots and RW, it does appear that the more reach you have the less protection you need as the other bot just doesn't get close IF you can manoeuver well.

Or to go short reach does that actually mean less power over all less chance of the spinner damaging itself.

[maddox10]

Titanium is around £60 a kilo. A m² 1mm sheet weights around 4.7kg.

Hardox in the better grades is £6 a kilo. The same m² 1mm sheet would be 7.9kg.


Can you design around that weight difference?

[R9000]

Are there shear force statistics for that 1mm sheet though? If Hardox outdoes Titanium in hardness, then You can just have thinner Hardox armour than you would have if it were Titanium, and save money for the same weight.

[maddox10]

Titanium in the better grades is softer than hardox, and has similar tensile strength.