The Fight against House Robots Revisited

**steven_mcg** · 25th April 2008, 21:35

Whirligig 4.5, please.

SHAPE- flat disc
COLOUR- gold with Mauler-style scary face on top. The face shows the direction of the robot.
WEIGHT- about 100kg (see bottom)
DIMENSIONS- 101.6cm diameter X 12.7cm
SPEED- 15mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0
GROUND CLEARANCE- 8mm
ARMOUR- 1.905 cm thick Grade 5 titanium
FEET- inside robot, uses 4 DrillZilla-style shuffling plates. These help prevent the bot being flung halfway across the ring on contact with another bot, ala Typhoon
POWER- 2 X S28-400s running on 36v. Uses 120 X NiCad cells at 36v, producing 12amps at 36v overall for drive and weapon power
WEAPONS- The main weapon on Whirligig is the spinning outer ring, fitted with 9 x Pussycat-style claws. The spinner is powered by an LEM-130 running at 36v. It can reach speeds of 1000rpm and produce up to 100kJ...more than enough to kill another bot at full speed.
As well as this, the power in the shuffling feet mean that Whirly can act as a pretty powerful pusher if the shell fails to work
SRIMECH- the robot is invertible and the blades prevent Whirly landing on his side
NOTES- flies Scotland flag, thanks to AJ, my first properly calculated machine
STRENGTHS- fast, manoeuvrable, very deadly weaponry, tough armour, scary face shows its direction, very good traction, cant be flung away on impact as easily as Typhoon
WEAKNESSES- so-so manoeuvrability, feet may prove vulnerable to crushers and axes

WEIGHT CHECK:
armour = 33.72kg (inc blades)
chassis, mounts, bracing etc = about 30kg
drive and weapon motors = 12kg overall
NiCads = about 15kg
feet = about 10kg overall

TOTAL WEIGHT = 100.72kg. Fits right into the roller limit, with the 1% error margin rule. Probably.

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25th April 2008, 22:48

Heavy housies call for big lifters.

Why do you think I called up Nitro-Gene?

Alpha-Rex was chosen for that very reason too. Most of the housies cant self-right I think. (But mine can

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**joey_picus** · 25th April 2008, 22:51

And mine :P

**majinb** · 26th April 2008, 10:06

Flick of the Wrist IF theres some spots left

if not, too bad

27th April 2008, 19:04

Sorry Mart, all the places have been filled :sad:

Give me a minute or 2 or maybe 5

**kodster** · 27th April 2008, 19:05

Dave, sorry to intrude your thread...but I need some verification in Dual Duels. Please check the thread to see what Im talking about.

27th April 2008, 19:11

Ive been away for the weekend up in the sunny Midlands.

So the subject turns to teams

The 8 vapours:
Liam Alpha-Rex
Chris Mega Masher 2
Joey Paramagnetic Lox Box
Paul Nitro-Gene 4
Kody Seung Mina IV
Frank Sakura
Mark Armory
Steve Whirligig 4.5

The 8 house robots:
Liam APOCALYPINATOR
Chris Die-Ro
Joey Night Stalker
Kody Exa-Gore-Ic: Evo
Mark Magnavox
Alex Golden Lotus
Custard Custard Cream
Danny Fin

What I need by Wednesday is people to pick whom they want their team mates to be for both the vapours and house robots, after wednesday any unpaired people will be paired up in a randomish draw

**kodster** · 27th April 2008, 19:12

I pick Christopher Mason to be my partner, if hes okay with that.

**paulc** · 27th April 2008, 19:14

I have to pick Alpha-Rex to be my team-mate, due the fact that 2 flippers capable of 1600kg of lift at the tips, well flip those bad-bots into next Tuesday.

What do you say Liam?