Right, here we go again...

**knightrous** · 1st November 2007, 23:11

And about Crusher C.U being too fat (), AJ said once that SOR 5.5 would be at least 400kg overweight. I rest my case.

So by your theory, if I entered a bot with 8 ETEKs, 25mm thick hardox armour, as long as I put the weight as 100kg, its all fine and dandy? I know your new here and all, but please actually try to have a semi realistic design... Martijn is the first new blood Ive seen turn up in a long time that didnt arrive with crazy entries...

And AJs statement was an exaggeration, SOR 5.5 was in the realm of realistic.

**paulc** · 2nd November 2007, 13:33

But Aaron - Crusher insnt overweight! And my robot is realistic. Everything is fine and dandy on Crusher, and when this competition starts off, I will hopefully do well!

**kodster** · 2nd November 2007, 13:50

Face it, Paul: it IS overweight, as are all of your other machines, and most actual roboteers would agree.

If you dont like hearing that, too bad. Its the truth. Now do somthing about it.

**leorcc** · 2nd November 2007, 14:02

The 12mm Ti for top and bottom alone is already 25kg. Then you want to add 5 mm tungston steel, and then im not even mentioning the sides.

**leorcc** · 2nd November 2007, 14:21

If you want to make a more realistic guess to weights, just calculate the dimensions of your armour, and calculate the mass at

http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/materials/http://www.allmeasures.com/Formulae/static/materials/

Select the material you want an fill in the appropriate volume. it will give you the mass/weight.

**pcbore** · 2nd November 2007, 15:09

A tip for the future, Paul. There arent many weapons that can attack the underside of a robot, so you can get away with a less well armoured base. Some real robots like Ruff Ruff Dougal didnt even have a base.