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[samuel3764]

My latest creation

Blood Eagle

Weight: 100kg
Shape: A very low wedge with side skirts
Dimensions: 94cm X 75cm X 42cm
Armour: 4.825mm Hardox
Power: 2 X 24V LEM-130 powered by 4 24V NiCad BattlePacks
Wheels: 4 X vulkalon rubber tyres
Top Speed: 19 mph
Ground Clearence: 0mm on the front and sides due to Firestorm-like blade and side skirts and 2.1mm on the back
Turning Circle: Guess.
Weapons: A very nasty, diamond edged crushing beak (ala Razer) powered by a Vivoil Hydraulic Pump, with 3800PSI of force. There is also several Mute-style barbs to trap other robots while crushing them.
Srimech: Razer-Style Arms on sides and rounded back to stop it from getting beached.
Strengths: Extremely Fast Srimech, Devastating and Lethal Weapon, Almost Impossible to get underneath, Good Traction
Weaknesses: None- Almost Invincible

(Message edited by samuel3764 on April 12, 200

Overweight

[samuel3764]

Weight: 100kg
Shape: A very low wedge with side skirts
Dimensions: 94cm X 75cm X 42cm
Armour: 3.825mm Hardox
Power: 2 X 24V LEM-130 powered by 4 24V NiCad BattlePacks
Wheels: 2 X vulkalon rubber tyres
Top Speed: 19 mph
Ground Clearence: 0mm on the front and sides due to Firestorm-like blade and side skirts and 2.1mm on the back
Turning Circle: Guess.
Weapons: A very nasty, diamond edged crushing beak (ala Razer) powered by a Vivoil Hydraulic Pump, with 3800PSI of force. There is also several Mute-style barbs to trap other robots while crushing them.
Srimech: Razer-Style Arms on sides and rounded back to stop it from getting beached.
Strengths: Extremely Fast Srimech, Devastating and Lethal Weapon, Almost Impossible to get underneath, Good Traction
Weaknesses: None- Almost Invincible

I edited it.

Weight: 100kg
Shape: A very low wedge with side skirts
Dimensions: 94cm X 75cm X 42cm
Armour: 3.4mm Hardox
Power: 2 X 24V LEM-130 powered by 4 24V NiCad BattlePacks
Wheels: 2 X vulkalon rubber tyres
Top Speed: 19 mph
Ground Clearence: 0mm on the front and sides due to Firestorm-like blade and side skirts and 2.1mm on the back
Turning Circle: Guess.
Weapons: A very nasty, diamond edged crushing beak (ala Razer) powered by a Vivoil Hydraulic Pump, with 3800PSI of force. There is also several Mute-style barbs to trap other robots while crushing them.
Srimech: Razer-Style Arms on sides and rounded back to stop it from getting beached.
Strengths: Extremely Fast Srimech, Devastating and Lethal Weapon, Almost Impossible to get underneath, Good Traction
Weaknesses: None- Almost Invincible

LMAO. I seriously LMAOed after reading that. Shaving off a mm of Hardox wont help. Youre seriously going to have problems with a bot that has a crusher, 4mm Hardox armour, and 2 LEM130s, really. Ditch the LEMs for S28-400s, and give your bot around 5-8mm titanium. Also, what powers the arms on the sides?

Shape: A very low wedge with side skirts
Dimensions: 94cm X 75cm X 42cm

Is that height the top of the crushing beak?

[samuel3764]

Weight: 100kg
Shape: A very low wedge with side skirts
Dimensions: 94cm X 75cm X 42cm with the beak closed, and 94 X 75 X 59 if raised
Armour: 8mm Titanium
Power: 2 X 24V S28-400s powered by 4 24V NiCad BattlePacks
Wheels: 2 X vulkalon rubber tyres
Top Speed: 19 mph
Ground Clearence: 0mm on the front and sides due to Firestorm-like blade and side skirts and 2.1mm on the back
Turning Circle: Guess.
Weapons: A very nasty, diamond edged crushing beak (ala Razer) powered by a Vivoil Hydraulic Pump, with 3800PSI of force. There is also several Mute-style barbs to trap other robots while crushing them.
Srimech: Razer-Style Arms on sides powered by linear acutators and rounded back to stop it from getting beached.
Strengths: Extremely Fast Srimech, Devastating and Lethal Weapon, Almost Impossible to get underneath, Good Traction
Weaknesses: None- Almost Invincible

Looks kind of overweight to me...as far as I remember, Razers arms were attached to the main claw by hinges, and when the arm was raised fully a bit of string (steel cable) pulled the hinge down so they went upwards...doing something like that would save weight, if not necessarily be 100% reliable.

While Im here (again...), can I be annoying and ask for opinions on my reincarnated Fire And Ice?

Phoenix Down
WEIGHT: Depends on setup, but around 110kgs
DIMENSIONS: 85 x 60 x 25 cm
SHAPE: Invertible long box, with a wedge at the front and an inverted wedge at the rear. The wedges are shallower in this version for more wedging goodness.
COLOUR: Largely midnight blue, fading to black at the rear and yellow at the front, with flashes of orange and red.
DRIVE: 2 LEM200 motors running from 4 NiCad packs at 48v, driving titanium tank tracks with Vulkalon on every other link for grip without eating amps
SPEED: 16mph average, 25mph max (rarely used as it is difficult/impossible to turn at this speed)
GROUND CLEARANCE: 10mm at sides, plating extending below both wedges giving zero clearance on whichever side is down (if that makes sense...), 25cm at rear.
ARMOUR: Sides, front and rear are 6mm Hardox, top and underside are 6mm titanium with Lexan reinforcing in key areas all around.
WEAPONS: Primarily a rambot, and is assisted by 4 10cm hardened steel spikes, one either side of each wedge. In the middle of both wedges, there is an interchangable weapons bay, which can hold the following:
Claw: A hardened steel hydraulic cutting/crushing claw, no taller than the robot, powered from a Vivoil pump at 2400psi giving about 4 tonnes of force at the ram, and 2 tonnes at the tip of the claw, which wont cut into good titanium or Hardox but will prevent almost anything from escaping.
Saw: A 15cm diameter diamond edged circular saw, run from an S28-150 Magmotor at 24v to around 3500rpm, spinning upwards to have a lifting effect.
Lifter: A pair of Haardvark/Nidhogg style hardened steel lifting forks, powered by an S28-150 Magmotor and a custom gearbox that can lift about 100kgs rather easily.
Standard setup is the claw at the front, and a saw at the back.
The weapons bay can be covered over to just make it a rambot - this has the advantage of making it just under 100kgs, allowing me to do battle in tournaments that dont have a tracks weight bonus.
SRIMECH: None, but runs inverted and has spike strips on the sides to stop it stranding itself.
NOTES: Armour and components shock mounted to reduce damage from impacts, spinners, bashes, battles, and other things ending in S.
STRENGTHS: Good speed and power, good against spinners, versatile weaponry
WEAKNESSES: Crushers and very powerful axes could cause problems with the tracks.

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42 must be the answer.