Team Kaizen - Kaizen

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So Kaizen came out of Chatham in one piece which I was most grateful for, despite meeting a couple of spinners. All videos are from Team Ironclads

Whiteboard - Kaizen vs Audacious
So I described the match in the last post but the warping of the steel brackets was actually more serious then I first thought. They were rather weakened by the initial impact and the front steel brackets had to be replaced with the ones from the middle of the side armour. That initial impact also shattered several bolts in the robot.



Competition Melee I - Kaizen vs Voodoo Chile vs Audacious vs Crackers
Before this match, I finally got the front polycarbonate wedge panel cut to clear the ground clearance and thickened up the leading edge with yet more bolts. Glad I did, Cracker's drum spinner was working. :S Kaizen was driving a little awkwardly and I think it was down the to the bent brackets which I tried to straighten but I couldn't get it straight which in turn caused the side armour to drag on the floor.This is the only match in which the robot broke down. The axe stopped working about halfway through the match and then Crackers launched Voodoo to land right on my axe motor but not before the drive packed up. I honestly have not got a clue as to why this happened but it did not happen again this weekend. I assume it was some kind of cutoff.



Competition Melee II - Kaizen vs Voodoo Chile vs Backflip vs Gaston
This was the fight I was happy I fitted the polycarbonate wedge on because I charged straight at Gaston (not sure if the name was Nogas) and the only mark was a long but shallow gouge in it. I ended up shunting Voodoo to the far end of the arena, forgot about the arena flipper and Kaizen did a 180. Just prior, Kaizen pushed not only Voodoo and Backflip! Voodoo got trapped under the floor flipper. Eventually managed to wiggle free but only at the very end.



Redemption fight - (Gnasher + Audacious) vs (Kaizen vs Voodoo Chile)
This was staged as the tag team match but in reality, this would the decider for 5th - 7th place (Sentinel would be 8th because they couldn't enter) as I understand it. Gnasher is a Heavyweight of 65kg. This match went badly for Kaizen as the landing on the back from the last match bent the side armour even more so even getting into the arena was a challenge. The match ended up with Kaizen stuck with Audacious after they broke down.



So ultimately, I ended up 6th in the competition, which given this is the robot's first outing, is awesome. Improvements are enroute, largely focusing on rebuilding the side armour with more box section and eventually rebuilding the axe with a new motor. The robot is very fast and a little uncontrollable in places. Some rubber on the front wheels will help no doubt. I think I can have Kaizen rebuilt with new wheels and replacement brackets by EXR Cheltenham for a day out.

A couple of photos, one on the Friday and the other on Sunday just before the redemption fight in reverse order.
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