How Could I Improve...

[craig_anto]

even obsidian could punch through that lol

[joey_picus]

Question: If I had a spring powered flipper, and I wasnt particuarly concerned about resetting it after it had fired, what is the maximum lifting force I would be able to get within 100kgs of robot?

[leorcc]

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even obsidian could punch through that lolwell thats a bit optimistic.

[leorcc]

Joey, I have no idea. I know 400kg is achievable since it has been done before in a dutch robot i know. That one could reset though.

[alex_holt]

Ive always thought that as long as there is enough weight in the design to fit batteries in then their inclusion is irrelevant, in the 7ish years Ive been entering these things (I think?) Ive not *once* seen a fight end due to batteries running out.

Batteries are implied by the very fact its a piece of electronics, as it is only really a lump of material without power, and writing fights where batteries run out is just far too fickle in terms of accuracy - besides if fights have a finite length then presumably whatever people put in their machiens will last logner than that out of common sense.

[pcbore]

To be fair, I have done one or two fights where batteries ran out. They were in last bot standing, and neithere competitor could really knock out the other. Sometimes I hate my own random system

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Ive always thought that as long as there is enough weight in the design to fit batteries in then their inclusion is irrelevant
Well thats the point, of people shove mags and lems in one machine you better give stats on batteries because a couple of 36V packs of 3600mAh will not cut it, and batteries add to weight. And not in a small way either. 8 packs 36V is 15kg of batteries ergo 15% of the robot.

(Message edited by leo-rcc on May 08, 200

[kodster]

lol, there must be some lighter-yet-just-as-powerful batteries out there somewhere...keep looking!

[leorcc]

Actually those are the lightest packs you can find apart from A123, which are as Craig put it not quite there yet although I believe they are usable.

People tend to think of batteries as an afterthought but it really isnt. When you design a robot the power consumption is a vital part of it.

[craig_anto]

didnt say u couldnt use them, i just know that in testing they dont preform the way they advertise them too