Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5

[majinb]

and here is my final heavyweight, Lightweight and Super Heavyweight wil be entered by Dave (W)

Name - Axe to Fall
Weight - 100 Kilogram
Speed - 24 km/h (15 mph)
Dimensions - 115x80x40 cm
Ground Clearance - 0 at the front, 2 mm anywhere else
Power - 2x LEM130s at 48v
Movement - Four wheels, 10cm diameter
Weaponry - The main weapon is a 5 kg double-headed axe on top of the machine, it€™s a steel 80 cm shaft with two diamond edged blades made of hardox on the end of it. The blade which aims to the front of the machine is shaped like Steel Avengers axe, to make fine and deep slices in opposing armor, the other one is shaped more like Terrorhurtz€™ in order to make more nasty broad slices in opposing armor.
The whole axe is powered by 2 nitrogen bottles at 1000 psi, a 1 kg buffer bottle and a 30 mm bore ram, for fast and furious hits, with a downforce of 1.5 ton brought onto a fine blade, and an energy unleash which seems significantly higher than for example Beta€™s if my calculations are right.
-At the front of Axe to Fall is a small wedge/ram made out of 8 mm Titanium, to lift my opponent€™s wheels into air while clobbering them with my Steel Avenger-style blade, or perhaps even to grab him. This ram is also my plan B if my axe fails in battle, just ram them hard .
Armour - 10 mm Aluminium chassis, 8 mm Titanium front and 15 mm polycarb for the rest of the bot.
There are also two small blocks of vulcanized rubber on the mid-front and the mid-back of my machine, to absorb the downforce where the axe hits the chassis.
Shape - Basically it€™s a 80x80x20 box, with a curve on top of it (making it look like an old pirates-style treasure chest actually). There are two small polycarb domes on both sides so my bot won€™t end up on it€™s side. On front is a small wedge.
Srimech- The axe acts as a srimech, thanks to the curved shape of the top my bot can self right in no time, even if it has to self right over the wedged front (the wedge is very small mind you).

Power: Very destructive axe that will both hit at the front and the back, fast srimech and an nearly indestructible front
Weakness: A powerful spinner might eat my polycarb, not the fastest bot on the block.


btw, if anyone wants to see renders of my bots, feel free to ask, I have them stored on my pc atm and Im pretty sure theyll make my descriptions alot more understandable

[team_britespark]

I have designed a new robot to enter PTT5. This robot will take over from Sonic Boom.

Name: Quake
Weight: 100kg
Armour: 4mm Titanium/Vanadium alloy
Speed: 18mph
Shape: Low invertible box with a set of pincers on the front, a lot like Big Nipper.
Weapon 1: A cam powered shaker, designed to shake the electronics of the opponents loose. The shaker can also lift robots into the air.
Strengths: Unique weaponry. Good manoeuvrability and pushing power.
Weaknesses: Not sure on effectiveness of weaponry. High ground clearance all over.
Ground Clearance: 7mm all over
Srimech: Invertible
Notes: The robot is powered by 2 S28-400 MagMotors running at 24v, which gives 18mph top speed. The two front wheels are joined to the two back wheels by a heavy duty rubber belt, giving good manoeuvrability and pushing power. The armouring is 4mm Ti/V alloy panelling, which a 12mm thick Aluminium box chassis. The pincers on the front of the robot are powered by low pressure hydraulics, and are designed to clamp a robot, and not specifically damage them. The damage comes from the cam powered shaker, from which the design has been taken from the Model 4800 Tree Shaker, seen in an episode of Mean Machines. The way this causes damage is by using the cam to send the pincers shaking side to side very VERY quickly, a very short distance (only 1 inch each way). The momentum generated and the force of the shaking should cause some electronics or the removable link in a competitor to fall out or loosen. Also, the fact we can lift a robot in the air means we can carry them anywhere in the arena, whilst shaking them.

Any queries about this design, dont be afraid to ask me on MSN or here in the forum.

[razerdave]

Thats a cool design, a robot that picks up another and throttles it

[mrdaves]

Its a good weapon, the first time I have seen one used to damage robots instead of vibrate skirts to get underneath.

Dan, has it got variable frequency, so you can change the speed of the hits to find the resonance frequency of the robot to cause more damage to it.

[martyn]

Its a shame the person who actually designed the weapon on Dans robot isnt getting the praise foor it.

[razerdave]

Who designed it ?

[andrewj]

1) Do you know how heavy this mechanism is?
2) You have no information on the crusher or lifter
3) I doubt the lift and shake would work
4) I doubt it could shake out the electronics
5) How do you stop it shocking itself out?
6) On an unrelated note, Im getting quite fed up with all the informtion being put in the Notes area now. I think you should rename it Stats instead.
7) I understand you copied the idea from Martyn, and Ive noticed its the not the first design in progress you have cloned either...
Yes, I am back in rant mode!

Just my 2p...

[team_britespark]

1) The mechanism is not heavy at all. It is basically a lifter/crusher similar to Big Nipper , but with a cam added so it can shake a robot to death.

2) As stated, the crusher is powered by low pressure pneumatics. My fault there is no info added on the lifter. The lifter is powered by a heavily geared PERM 080 running at 24v.

3) It works in real life...

4) Who says? If it can shake with enough severity it IS possible.

5) As stated in the stats, the shaker only moves a total of 1 inch each way. This means that the momentum is concentrated to a short distance.

6) I will lay my stats out any way I bloody want.

7) I didnt copy it from Martyn at all. As stated in the stats, the concept originated from a machine on Mean Machines. The link to see a picture of the machine can be seen at the bottom of the page. I didnt know Martyn even thought about this design. Also, isnt Psyclonic just a clone of lots of other FBS out there? And what about Biohaz... I mean The Nose? Id watch what you are trying to say here. Andy, cos I can break you very VERY easily.

I am also in rant mode. No one has a right to tell me how to lay my stats out. If you dont like it, then tough shit.

Link to Model 4800 Tree Shaker: http://www.aghinc.com/tree.htmlhttp://www.aghinc.com/tree.html

[steven_mcg]

*starts to cry*

When did we all become so mean?! Whys this tourney such a jinx before it even begins?! :sad:

*sniff* Oh, and stats still needed from Aaron K, Tom R, Matty F, Frank G (SHW), Alex H and Dave W (SHW). I go on holiday a week on Monday, so PLEASE get going, lads.

[knightrous]

Just in for a quick moment after Steven caught me on MSN.

Quake is possble. But it is one of those designs where making it possible makes lower grade. Its like the robot Alcoholic Stepfather (Omni bot version). They spent soo much weight into making the omni drive survive combat and have an awesome manuverability that it has minimal weight for armour.

If anyone has seen it at the last major US event, AS was retired by spinner Mega Byte with minimal effort. I would place Quake in the same catagory.

I do agree with AJ about people saying they have something but dont explain about it. Example: 1 tonne crusher.... Is it Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Electric? What weight is spent into this? Its just so open, the writer can assume anything that is right or wrong.

Dave is right, Aussies got there asses kick in Cricket... Dont know what they were doing, but it just wasnt cricket. I also agree with the mega HP pushers. But I believe instead of making them go faster, make them go slower. Torque and traction will help acceleration, which is what a lot of our vapourbots are missing when they are geared for 20+MPH.

Damn this is becoming a rant :sad: Anyway. Lets just help Stevo get this show on the road.