How Could I Improve...

[joey_picus]

The armour on all of them is rather weak, and the vagueness with which you state your drive is as bizarre as ever :P Id go for S28-150s in LBB, and 400s in Tom...possibly 14.4v Dewalt drill motors in Wrangulator, thosed be good. The weaponry lacks any stating of power, and the ground clearance needs sorting; on Wrangulator it doesnt actually make sense with the shape, and with the others it needs at the very least doubling.

(its late at night, so I apologise if this sounds curt or irritable at all)

[dinowarrior]

In my defense, these stats are older than some of my heavyweight ones. Of course theyre going to be vague.

Anyway, Ill try to do something with them later.

Make the drive on wrangulator like Bonx, 2 speed 900s @ 24V, That drive with the 100mm wheels and 8:1 reduction the speed is phenomenal (over 30km/h). With 24V nicads you still have plenty of weight left for 4mm hardox all over.

[tacoman]

So, how does Blue Sparks look now? Overweight? Still unfeasable? Actually (Shock and horror) quite good?

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: 110cm W: 75cm H: 30cm
Speed: 13mph
Turning Circle: 0
Armour: 6mm Titanium all round
Ground Clearance: 7mm
Movement: Titanium tracks with Vulkanon treads, powered by a couple of S28-150 magmotors powered by 4 NiCad Battlepacks at 48 Volts.
Weapons: A 30kg Hardox horizontal spinning disc powered by an Etek and 3 24v NiCad battlepacks. The 2 teeth are Hardox, and curve to a point to rip as well as bludgeon. The disc spins at 500rpm and deals out 94kjs of energy.
Scrimech: Invertable

S28-150 for drive might be a bit on the small side, S28-400 is better I think. Or Perm 080 pancakes, less space, lots of torque.

Sensible speeds for a 2 tooth spinner in the neighborhood of 50cm diameter is about 1500-2000. On 1750 rpm you get 120kj roughly.

Apart from that, a nice spinner.

[swanaldo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49957pIq3Fk

[leorcc]

The flow is much better than it was at the UK champs it seems.

[swanaldo]

funny leo cos everyone thought the same tho i havent changed a thing it must have been the warmth of the day.. there is a buffer being fitted shortly.

[leorcc]

Well it definitaly looks a lot more powerfull there than it did at the UK champs (although you did get some nice flips in there as well). Specifically the selfrights.

[corsair_lightning]

Does anyone see any problems with these bots?

Roveress Evo
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Biohazard, with Growlers head at the front.
Colour: Brown, with black and white splotches in some places.
Dimensions: 95cm x 65cm x 30cm
Drive: 4x S28-400 Magmotors, powered by 5x NiCad Battlepacks.
Locomotion: 4 foam filled wheels.
Armour: 6.5mm Titanium/Vanadium alloy.
Speed: 21mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front due to wedge, and at sides and back due to skirts. 5mm at sides and back without skirts.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: The bottom Jaw Is fixed to the ground, and shaped like a wedge with Mute-style barbs on it. Once a robot is stuck on the wedge, the top Jaw, powered by a 2.1kg 1000psi Nitrogen tank, comes down with over 5.5 tonnes of force.
Srimech: A lifting arm, built into the back of the robot, powered by a Bosch drill motor.

Side Swipe 2
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Panic Attack (S2) with a Tornado style wedge on the front
Colour: Silver
Dimensions: 90cm x 65cm x 35cm
Drive: 2x TWM3R Team Whyachi gearboxes connected to 2x S28-400 Magmotors, powered by 5x NiCad Battlepacks.
Locomotion: 4 Vulkanized rubber wheels with Aluminum Boron Carbide hubs.
Armour: 7mm Titanium/Vanadium alloy
Speed: 20mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front due to wedge, at back and sides due to skirts. 5mm at back and sides without skirts.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: A titanium 5kg 70cm-in-length spinning bar that spins at 2000rpm, powered by an S28-400 Magmotor.
Srimech: Invertible

El Camino
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Round Dome
Colour: Red. The teeth are painted gold.
Dimensions: 80cm x 80cm x 25cm
Drive: 2x S28-400 Magmotors, powered by 5x NiCad Battlepacks.
Locomotion: 2 Vulkanized rubber wheels with Aluminum Boron Carbide hubs.
Armour: 5.2mm Hardox
Speed: 18mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm all around due to circular skirt. 5mm without skirts.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: The body spins around at 2000rpm, powered by an E-Tek, and has 4 Hardox teeth approximatly 6cm above the ground.
Srimech: Invertible

And a new vapour!

Bubble Blaster
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Dreadnaut XP-1 (S4)
Colour: Blue. The Crusher is Silver.
Dimensions: 90cm x 60cm x 50cm
Drive: 4x S28-400 Magmotors, powered by 6x NiCad Battlepacks.
Locomotion: 4 Vulkanized rubber wheels.
Armour: 7mm Titanium/Vanadium alloy
Speed: 20mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm all around due to skirts. 5mm without skirts.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: A very big 6000psi Titanium/Vanadium alloy crusher. Powered by a Vivoli pump motor, it can come down with over 6 tonnes of force.
Srimech: The domed shape will help it self-right. If that fails there is always the S28-400 Magmotor powered self-righting arm built into the back of the robot.

Does anyone see anything wrong with these vapours?