Hey guys, I've designed a new version of Equinox if anyone could give it a quick look over
Equinox II
BODY SHAPE: Wedge with coffin-style rear ala Cassius or Wild Thing, but with sloped sides and interchangeable rear plates. It has a set of 5 hinged spikes at the front of the wedge that are 20cm each long and made of tungsten carbide
WEIGHT: 100kg
DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 85cm x 70cm x 40cm
COLOUR: Dark blue with purple chevrons on the sides, a demonic face on the wedge and a golden arm
LOCOMOTION: 2 x external wheels, each is 200mm in diameter and has vulkalon tyres for grip. They are mounted on a slant ala Tazbot for extra control. They are mounted on the sides of the rear of the machine, and are made of 8mm hardox with a thicker axle so that no spinners can damage them. There is also a castor in the front, internally mounted. This gives very good manoeuvrability, even superior to that of robots like Panic Attack.
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at the wedge, 10mm at sides and variable at the rear - 20mm with panel 1, 5mm with panel 2
DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x A28-400 magmotors run @ 24v
DRIVE BATTERIES: 2 x NiCad battlepacks at 24v in parallel
SPEED: 20mph, designed to be very fluidly controlled
TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres
BODY ARMOUR: 7mm grade 5 titanium/vanadium 10% alloy monocoque. The rear panel is the removable one, as it is interchangeable. The first and primary panel is made of 6mm grade 5 titanium like the rest of the robot, but has two hoops ala Spawn Again to aid in self-righting. These hoops are made of tungsten carbide. The second panel is for use against spinners, and is scoop shaped, made of 10mm titanium
WEAPONRY: Running up the wedge are two strips of Mute-style barbs to ensnare opponents, and these work in unison with the main weapon. Running down the middle of the wedge is a hydraulic arm with a tungsten tipped claw on the end as well a serrated underside. This arm is worked by a vivoil pump, powered by a LEM-130 lynch motor @ 36v from A123 cells. It works at 2000psi, and is more for clamping and lifting than crushing. It's made of hardox and his 110cm long.
SRIMECH: The clamping arm can right the robot quickly with the first back panel, and should be able to with the second one also, but more slowly and could potentially be beached.
STRENGTHS: Excellent manouevrability, controllability and pushing power, versatile weaponry
THEME SONG: Ghost Of Days Gone By by Alter Bridge
NOTES: The original Equinox did well, but couldn't stand up to spinners. This revised design alters the body shape and ditches the lifting forks, hopefully it'll be more successful!




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