How Could I Improve...

[joey_picus]

Ah yes, I see the light now

[corsair_lightning]

Does anyone see anything wrong with Cyrilium 2?
(The Latest Version!)

I see one thing wrong:

Weapons: 750psi rear hinged flipper with 30 flips mounted on the front, and a 20kg 100kj titanium flywheel that can retract into the body when the bot needs to self right.

Still too much weaponry. Id say ditch the disc entirely. Also, whats powering the flipper? CO2? If so, state the weight of the tanks, and how many tanks youre using to power it. There is more technical information, but Ill leave it here for now.



Also, Id like to see you post a fight in here so we can help you with tournament.

[corsair_lightning]

Ok, how about a 5kg titanium circular saw that can retract into the body?

Intrigue vs Nitro-Gene 4.0

3..2..1..Activate!

Intrigue comes in and presses the pit release button, as Nitro-Gene gets under him, and flips him. Intrigue didnt like that, and gets around to the left of Nitro-Gene, to try and axe those wheels. He succeeds, but not without getting flipped upside-down by Nitro-Genes flipper. Intrigue now uses the axe to self right, but Nitro-Gene is prepared to flip him once more. Intrigue now pushes Nitro-Gene onto the flame grill, and now into the angle grinder. Nitro-Gene is not moving, so our special guest refbot, The Watcher, will now count out Nitro-Gene.
1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10!
Nitro-Gene 4.0 is out, which means Intrigue wins this demo match.

How about that?

Ok, how about a 5kg titanium circular saw that can retract into the body?

How does it retract into the body? Electrics? Please state these kinds of things in your stats.

Intrigue vs. Nitro-Gene 4.0

Its kinda short, and you didnt state some stuff that you should have. For instance...

Intrigue comes in and presses the pit release button, as Nitro-Gene gets under him, and flips him

Where did Nitro-Gene get under Intrigue? How did Intrigue recover from the flip?

He succeeds, but not without getting flipped upside-down by Nitro-Genes flipper.

How can Nitro-Gene flip someone from the side? Flippers dont do that.

Intrigue now pushes Nitro-Gene onto the flame grill, and now into the angle grinder. Nitro-Gene is not moving, so our special guest refbot, The Watcher, will now count out Nitro-Gene.

How did Intrigue push Nitro-Gene? Did he get under and push, or did they cancel out, and Intrigue was more powerful? How did Nitro-Gene stop working? Also, you dont use other peoples refbots without permission.

Just a few things to consider.

[joey_picus]

Have you tried trawling throught the forum archives for ideas? Dont post there, the threads tend to be dead for a reason, but some of them have good advice on tournaments.

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/760/11220.html?1201649748http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/disc...tml?1201649748
http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/760/4917.html?1130425890http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/disc...tml?1130425890

I also reccommend going down there just for the laughs

[corsair_lightning]

Yes, the saw retracts into the body by use of 2 windscreen wiper motors running at 24V.

Thats a rather pointless bit of information, for start you only need one, but for second it doesnt give any idea of the kind of motion you are achieving which is whats really needed.

For example, you could say that the entire saw mechanism is hinged at either the top or the bottom and the other end is connected to a linear actuator, this is inside the body with a narrow slit in the armour next to it so when the actuator pushes forward the blade is pushed through the slot.

However, I dont really think the weight of any such mechanism is really worth the effort for a saw. Personally I dont rate saws - they arent goign to do anything to titanium, and they certainly arent going to do anything to hardox, infact the damage they do against aluminium even is goign to be minimal - personally Id consider scrapping the saw entirely and usign the extra weight elsewhere.

[dinowarrior]

JOEY: Silly question, but how do you actually access the archieves?

I just scroll down the page...I dont think there are any actual archives beyond early 05, and of there are Id love to see them because Id like to know more about the history of this twisted sport.