Rotating Mass vs Unmovable Object
my money will always be on the unmovable object, if that happened in the rebel robots arena youd have no weapon or weapon motor left
Seems the best place to post this without starting a new thread:
How popular are featherweight vapourbots in here? In other words, how many of you have at least one featherweight robot? As I fancy trying my hand a writing a small tournament, just to see how I get on and since I compete in feather events I have a better idea of what can and cant be done, and what impacts the machines (and their weapons) will have on the others (more so than I do with heavies)
If there is enough interest (and after my exams, so end of May/beginning of June) I may look at starting a small 8-robot featherweight vapourbot tourney (will probably allow realies but only if its entered by the person who built it) so if anyone fancies competing and doesnt have a feather, get designing!
(And of course if anyone is unsure of what components are popular/effective in feathers, there are plenty of people around here who can point you in the right direction
Featherweight vapourbots definitely arent as popular as heavyweight vapourbots, Ill tell you that. I myself do have a featherweight vapour (that old robot I had planned to build, but scrapped quickly due to mistaking the weight :P)
Micro-Gore def needs more playtime, so I will be happy to join this upcoming tournament of yours.
Id be interested
LOL, I made my own FW vapour this morning!
Id enter Jamie!
Ill post it and my new HW vapour for checking over later, as I feel theyre both probably overweight... Just need to finish the HW one and Ill post them together.
(Message edited by Robot_Warrior on May 04, 200
Post it here please.
I was going to post it here anyway, as I suspect it is overweight and/or wouldnt work.
Titanium Teeny (FW)
Shape: Box wedge
Weight: 13.6kg
Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 10
Motivation: 4 x vulkalon tyres
Power: 2 x 12v cordless drill motors at 19.6v
Armour: 3mm titanium
Weaponry: Rear hinged titanium flipping arm, powered by 1 x 1.1kg co2 bottle at 250 psi, 1 x 75mm ram
Top Speed: 15mph
Ground Clearance: Effectively 0 at sides due to 3mm titanium skirts and at front due to wedge, 5mm at rear
Turning Circle: 0
Srimech: The flipper will spring the robot back onto its wheels no problem
Strengths: Good weapon
Weaknesses: Pretty weak armour
And if you dont mind, my new HW vapour as well.
War Drum
Shape: Reverse wedge
Weight: 100kg
Dimensions: (with drum) 100 x 95 x 35
Motivation: 2 x go-kart wheels
Power: 2 x S28-400 magmotors at 24v, 12HP
Armour: 3.25mm hardox
Weaponry: 25kg 20 x 95 x 35 hardox spinning drum, powered by 2 x E-Teks at 48v, gives 165Kj hit and spins vertically so as to flip opponents, can be reversed if robot is flipped
Top Speed: 15mph
Ground Clearance: 8mm at front and sides, effectively 0 at rear due to wedge
Turning Circle: 0
Srimech: Invertible
Colour: Black, red drum with yellow diagonal stripes
Strengths: Powerful weaponry
Weaknesses: Exposed to flippers at sides
Id say 3mm titanium would be pretty good armour for a featherweight...as for War Drum, two Eteks is probably complete overkill as well as overweight, and there might be problems with having Hardox all around, but its better than Timothy at least.
I think Liam, you can use a motor that SJ has used in the disc for the highly sucessful YACATR and also in the ring for Psyclonised. Its a LEM200 motor and is lethal - I think its about 18kg in weight and produces 52hp in 48V. Id use that instead of the Eteks. Can anyone correct me if wrong, because if I am wrong, then Liamll be wrong as well if he takes my advice and itll all turn pretty nasty and Ill end up going the same way as Mark (hopefully not, as I dont want to leave
...AJ?
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