Me, me, Sir! I want in, Sir!

In an era of powerful flippers and pointless introductions, from the era of great empires comes a robot that is designed from the ground up (very literally) to be flipper-proof.

Ladies, gentlemen, and Frank, I give you...The Quaestor.

WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 95 x 55 x 30 cm
SHAPE: Box with wedge, only the wedge is in two sections making something of a shallow plow shape.
COLOUR: Yellow and blue chevrons, with gold trim on the edges and silver weaponry. Has The Quaestor spelled out on the side in anodised aluminium letters, and a red flag hanging from the axe.
DRIVE: 4 S28-400 Magmotors driving 4 wheels running off 4 NiCd packs at 24v.
SPEED: 14mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: Wheels can be pneumatically raised/lowered (using a compressed air system seperate from the axe pneumatics) to give a minimum of 0 all around (this grounds it however) with a maximum of 50mm clearance, but normally has 5mm with 0 at the tip of the body.
ARMOUR: 4mm hardox front, sides and rear with 3mm titanium and 4mm polycarbonate on the top and 3mm aluminium base.
WEAPONS: Pneumatic 75cm long steel axe on the front, running from a rack and pinion system and 2 2.5kg CO2 tanks giving about 40 hits in a match. The axe head is shaped similarly to Shunts but is tungsten tipped, weighs 5kg and can punch through 6mm titanium and dent hardox.
SRIMECH: Via the weapon, which should be powerful enough to pull it over if it gets stranded on its sides (no spikes or ridges or anything a flipper could grab on to)
NOTES: Base is coated with silicone rubber sheet to make it more difficult to push when in sit down mode. Internal components shock mounted for protection.
STRENGTHS: Very difficult to push or flip, good weapon
WEAKNESSES: Armour could be better

(Message edited by joeychevron on March 03, 200

(Message edited by joeychevron on March 03, 200