How Could I Improve...

[tacoman]

Can someone look over this, please?


Name: Blue Sparks
Shape: Box
Colour: Red, with blue sparks painted on the back corners. If youve played the Mario Kart games, think the ones you get when you drift-turbo
Weight: 110kgs
Dimensions: L: 90cm W: 45cm H: 30cm
Speed: 13mph
Turning Circle: 0
Armour: 6mm Titanium all round
Ground Clearance: 7mm
Movement: Tracks, powered by a couple of S28-150 magmotors powered by 2 NiCad Battlepacks at 24 Volts.
Weapons: A 30kg Titanium horizontal spinning disc powered by a S28-150 Magmotor. The 2 teeth are Hardox, and curve to a point to rip as well as bludgeon. The disc spins at 5000rpm and deals out 94kjs of energy.
Scrimech: Invertable

Stating what the tracks are made of may help, otherwise it looks pretty good.

[leorcc]

Danny,

3 points:
A: the body length vs with makes it pretty narrow, which especially with tracks makes cornering a problem.

B: Titanium is a good choice if you want something that is strong as regular steel, but for less weight. In discs that is not needed. You would be better off with a high grade steel like toolsteel, Hardox, Creusabro and the likes of those. The impact resistance and hardness is way higher than that of Ti. 30kg is 30kg, whatever the material.

C: You stated 2 24V packs for drive with the S28-150s thats doable (although you will run them hot in 5 min) but nothing for the disc.


(Message edited by leo-rcc on May 16, 200

[mark_m]

Danny,
Unless youre doing something very clever with the minimag, your disk will take about two minutes to get up to speed and since its not a massive weapon motor, you cant say but it will be deadly in 5s cause it wont.

I would either change the weapon motor or reduce your maximum speed (and energy).

i would say 2 24v battle packs isnt doable and wont last long at all. tracked machines have a lot of friction to deal with which drains the batteries quicker. trax had 5 24v nicad packs and only just lasted a full battle. that was with c40 mags the s28 150 will overheat and damage something.

[corsair_lightning]

Please tell me if there is anything wrong with Side Swipe:


Side Swipe
Weight: 110kg
Shape: Barberous 2 with tracks
Colour: Silver
Dimensions: 39cm x 90cm x 39cm
Drive: 2x TWM3R Team Whyachi gearboxes connected to 2x C40-300 Magmotors, powered by 6x NiCad Battlepacks.
Locomotion: 59cm x 10cm x 39cm titanium tank tracks.
Armour: 7mm Titanium/Vanadium alloy
Speed: 16mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front due to Sheer Heart Attack 2 style wedge, at sides due to skirts over the tracks. 5mm all around without wedge and skirts.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon 1: the Barberous 2 shaped body spins at 760rpm, powered by an S28-400 Magmotor.
Weapon 2: An 7kg Terrorhurtz style axehead, for use as a thwackbot weapon.
Srimech: Invertible

Its a Laertes clone

[joey_picus]

If its got an axe, it wont be exactly as long as it is high...ffffff>and you blatantly stole the design.
this is not a hidden arse

[RogueTwoRobots]

ffffff>It works a lot better when the colour matches the background :P

Hehe, unlucky Liam - your post co-incided with a grey background so that your secret message shows up

(Message edited by K_C_R on May 16, 200