How could I Improve pt 2

30th August 2008, 16:57

OK, but could use a lot more detail, and perhaps a bit more of a build up before major damage is inflicted?

**samuel3764** · 31st August 2008, 02:30

Whiplash

Weight: 100kg
Body Shape: Pentagonal Pyramid with skirts
Dimensions: 100 X 85 X 38
Power: 2 X LEM-130s at 36v powered by 4 X Nicads
Tyres: 4 X Asmaprene Urethane Rubber Tyres
Speed: 15 mph
Armour: 3.6mm Hardox
Ground Clearence: 0mm with skirts, and 5mm without skirts
Weapon 1: SHEER PUSHING POWER
Weapon 2: At the front there is a Terrorhurtz-Like Rack-and-Pinion Axe powered by 2 X 2kg CO2 Tanks, 200 PSI, diamond tipped, has over 1500 joules of force when it comes down. It can also attack from both ends.
Srimech: The axe can easily self-right it (even when its on its side), and it can also self-right even after the axe has fired, ala Killerhurtz.
Strengths: PSYCHOTIC AXE AND PUSHING POWER
Weaknesses: NONE AT ALL!

Hows this?

**kodster** · 31st August 2008, 02:42

quote:

Weaknesses: NONE AT ALL!False, all pneumatics run out of gas.

Good otherwise.

**team_britespark** · 31st August 2008, 14:20

NEW BRITESPARK MACHINES!

Sacrifice: http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=teambv&action=display&thread=432 http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...isplay&thread= 432

Requiem R-evolution: http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=teambv&action=display&thread=310http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...isplay&thread= 310

Squish Reincarnated: http://strickenone.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=teambv&action=display&thread=304http://strickenone.proboards99.com/i...isplay&thread= 304

Any glaringly obvious problems?

1st September 2008, 09:39

Anyone remember my HW War Drum that never fought? Well, its been reincarnated into the otherweights:

War Drum LW
Shape: Reverse wedge, the rear wedge is angled at 30* and the sides are sloped inwards at 42*
Weight: 28kg
Length: 25cm
Width: 40cm
Height: 15cm
Motivation: 2 vulcanised wheels, internal, but exposed from the top and bottom
Drive: 2 x S28-150s at 24v, 6HP
Batteries: 2 x NiCad battlepacks
Armour: 12mm HDPE, 15mm in key areas
Weaponry:
1) The front drum spins vertically at 2500rpm via an S28-400 magmotor at 24v, driven by a NiCad battlepack. The drum weighs 7kg and is made of 7075 aluminium, it has several cheese grater style titanium teeth placed in a diagonal fashion going around to the drum. It is chain driven and can be reversed if the robot is inverted. When at top speed it can deliver a 26Kj hit. It is 30cm in width, 15cm in diameter
2) Either side of the drum there are two static tungsten tipped spikes, making four in total. These are each 13cm long
3) If for some reason the drum fails the robot can use its wedge to shove opponents around the arena
Speed: 12mph
Turning Circle: 0cm
Ground Clearance: 7mm at front and sides, 0mm at rear due to wedge
Srimech: Invertible, cannot be stranded because of the angled of the sides
Colour: Red drum with gold teeth, green bodywork with purple marking out the frame

War Drum MW
Shape: Full Body Drum, ala Barberous 2
Weight: 54kg
Length: 35cm
Width: 50cm
Height: 15cm
Motivation: 2 x 4mm hardox wheels with unrethane tyres
Drive: 2 x S28-400s at 24v, 9HP
Batteries: 2 x NiCad battlepacks
Armour: 3mm titanium/vanadium alloy
Weaponry:
1) The drum spins upwards at 3000rpm via a Briggs and Stratton E-Tek at 48v, it has seeveral cheese grater style teeth placed in a diagonal fashion around the drum. It weighs 14kg and when spinning at top speed it can deliver a 34Kj hit
Speed: 17mph
Turning Circle: 0
Ground Clearance: 7mm
Srimech: Flipping it has no effect whatsoever
Colour: Red with gold teeth, the wheels are green with a purple stripe

**joey_picus** · 1st September 2008, 12:23

The MW one might be pushing the weight a bit, with a 12kg weapon motor, 5kg of drivetrain (not counting the wheels), about 15kg of batteries to run everything (2 battlepacks wont cut it, theyll last about a minute :P), it isnt looking good to fit the armour, weapon, controllers (serious ones or a 2kg contactor for the etek) and wheels in the rest of it.

**joey_picus** · 2nd September 2008, 19:19

Your attention, fine ladies and gentlemen of the vapourboteering community, is requested as that famed vapourbot designer and professional sad person Mr. Joseph McConnell has designed another vapourbot, which is recognisably distinct from his other machines in that it is a wedge shaped flipper.

Presented for your consideration:

Stiltskin
DIMENSIONS: 120 x 95 x 35 cms
SHAPE: Your common or garden wedge, with a rear reverse wedge and slightly sloped sides
COLOUR: Transparent, inner panels are white
DRIVE: 2 LEM130 motors run at 36v from 6 NiCad packs, driving custom built T6 aluminium and urethane rubber tracks, which are laid out within the robot similar to Kater Killer in S3/4.
SPEED: 12mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 due to the tracks at the sides and the flipper at the front, about 10mm at the rear and under the side armour
ARMOUR: This is slightly complicated: The main drive motors, electronics, and batteries, as well as all the pneumatics gear save for the ram, are located inside a 4mm Hardox monocoque, which is attached to two 5mm Hardox plates that support the tracks and their drive/idler sprockets, with a 3mm titanium sheet on the outer sides of the tracks to protect from spikes and discs.
However, the main body shape of the robot is constructed from 7mm polycarbonate, with a Hardox frame and reinforcing supporting the front flipper, which both gives the robot its shape and acts as a crumple zone to protect the inner components from harm.
For those who hate descriptions: Hardox and titanium inner armour, polycarbonate outer armour with some Hardox on the front.
WEAPONS: A very powerful rear hinged pneumatic flipper in the front wedge, run on 1000psi Nitrogen stored in 2 2kg tanks to give around 10-15 flips in a fight, with a single nonattached 120mm full pressure ram that gives the entire setup a lot of lifting force, most probably in excess of WBC.
There is a small unpowered wheelie bar at the rear of the robot to prevent it flipping itself over.
SRIMECH: The flipper. The angle of the sides should prevent stranding
NOTES: Components and the side and rear polycarb are shock mounted to reduce damage from spinners and rammers and similar nasty devices.
STRENGTHS: Proven design, powerful weapon
WEAKNESSES: Polycarbonate melts at 267 degrees Celsius, so in the event of it coming up against a robot with a microwave oven as its main weapon melting is a possibility.