The tournament formerly known as FFW

**Zarte** · 22nd June 2011, 15:05

Right guys, the FFW is changing to the ZFW. I should probably point out that my name will very shortly be changing, and that Zarte is my first name and short for Esforzarte... It makes more sense if you know the backstory :P

Although this is essentially a new tournament, the seedings will carry across from FFW.

The format in itself will be different as well.

This is a 72 robot tournament, however whereas in the past I've always felt the seeds don't get proper advantages, in this series they will (all 24 of them)

There will be 12 heats of 6.

The 4 non-seeded robots will go in 2 battles for the right to face a seed. The robot I deem more impressive will get the easier seed (so performing well as a non-seed does have its advantages too)

Normal stats will be required for 6 robots from 12 people with the weight limits as follows:

Wheeled//Shufflers - 100kg
Tracked - 110
Walkers - 160kg
Any other motivation - Ask if appropriate.

Please include 1 realie in your team. I can't work out seedings before all entries are in, however if you don't enter a likely seed, you will NOT be offered to replace it's rank with another machine.

The arena used will be the UKRW7 arena.

If any more info is needed, feel free to ask, but otherwise chaps, get entering

**majinb** · 22nd June 2011, 15:32

alright, 6 bots, I'm gonna start typing...

Sheer Heart Attack 2
Axe to Fall
Liar 2
Back to Rock III
Under Pressure
Bio-Hazard (realie)

I can copy the stats in here if you'd like to?

**pmc1993** · 22nd June 2011, 15:46

Nitro-Gene 5.0
Supersonic
Knyfe
Volcano
Blast
Storm 2 (realie)

Stats here: http://strickenone.proboards.com/index. ... =tivapours

Looking forward to this Matty, welcome back

22nd June 2011, 15:53

Team Mechanical Menagerie
1: Compression
2: Equinox
3: Vertigo
4: V for Vendetta
5: Armageddon
6: Tough as Nails (realie)

1:

COMPRESSION

BODY SHAPE: Low box with angled rear and sloped sides

WEIGHT: 100kg

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 85cm (90cm with wedge and claws) x 95cm (130cm with claws) x 25cm

COLOUR: Polished to perfection, the claws are gold with red tips

LOCOMOTION: 4 x 270mm go-kart style wheels with aluminium hubs and vulcanised tyres

GROUND CLEARANCE: 10mm, protected at the front and sides, 10mm at rear

SKIRTS: A 5mm hardox hinged wedge at the front (between the claws) that flops over when the robot is inverted.

DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x A28-400 magmotors run @ 24v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 4 x NiCad battlepacks running @ 24v in parallel

SPEED: Can reach 25mph to batter opponents around, but is kept to 15mph when driving around

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 3.2mm hardox monocoque for the most part, with 5mm hardox extra protection in key areas such as battery mounts

CHASSIS: 3.2mm hardox monocoque

WEAPON 1: The front horizontal Kan Opener-style crushing jaws are closed completely via a vivoil pump powered by a LEM-130 motor @ 36v, the hydraulics are at 3000psi giving 4.5 tonnes of crushing force between the tip, this is interchangeable for a pneumatic setup powered from a 3kg bottle and 2 x 100mm rams at 725 psi each. The claws themselves remain the same in both setups and are tungsten tipped with serrated edges

WEAPON 2: The hinged wedge between the claws beaches opponents with the Mute-style barbs it has so that the opponent can be pushed around while the claws keep hold, this is perfect for pitting robots because the wedge will flop over the edge of the pit so when the claws let go the opponent will fall straight in.

SRIMECH: Can run inverted

STRENGTHS: Powerful weaponry, can end battles in seconds due to grab and pit using the weapon synergy, fast, good armour

NOTES: Just a slight re-freshening, getting rid of the silly triangle shape, spikes and bosches. Known for a while as Compression 1.1, but I'm not keen on that name.

THEME SONG: Beast And The Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold

2:

EQUINOX

BODY SHAPE: Box with 30* wedge at the front and angled rear ala Tornado like >. Sides are 45* to deflect spinners.

WEIGHT: 100kg

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 95cm x 70cm x 9cm

COLOUR: Dark blue with yellow skirts and forks

LOCOMOTION: 4 x internal wheels, each is 80mm in diameter and has vulkalon tyres for grip. They are mounted on a slant ala Tazbot for extra control. Instead of one in each corner they are mounted at the rear and middle of the machine, with two ball castors in the two front corners. This gives very good manouevrability, allowing Equinox to really glide around the arena like Panic Attack.

GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at the wedge, effectively 0 at sides and rear due to skirts, but 10mm behind them.

SKIRTS: 5mm grade 2 titanium skirts at the sides and rear, joined by 4mm hardox hinges to stop them breaking.

DRIVE MOTORS: 4 x A28-400 magmotors run @ 24v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 4 x NiCad battlepacks at 24v in parallel

SPEED: 15mph, designed to be very fluidly controlled

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 6mm grade 5 titanium/vanadium 10% alloy monocoque. The removable panel is the top panel, but this is mounted on rubber bolts, rendering axes and hammers useless.

WEAPON 1: Running down the front wedge and flat along the floor are two 60cm long lifting forks, each powered by its own linear actuator, capable of rising to full height in 2 seconds, fast enough to be effective, but slow enough for controlled lifting.

WEAPON 2: Running along the top of the robot are two sets of Mute-style tungsten carbide barbs to trap opponents. Also hinged at the rear of the robot is a 95cm long clamping arm with a serrated tungsten tooth at the end of it, this is powered by an S28-400 magmotor @ 24v and is usually raised to vertical and then used to clamp opponents in place, can be used in unison with the lifting forks and barbs to good effect.

SRIMECH: The clamping arm can right the robot in 1 second, because it has a large hardox fin towards the rear half that allows it to self-right over the rear skirt.

STRENGTHS: Excellent manouevrability, controllability and pushing power, weapon synergy, tough armour

THEME SONG: Meet Me on the Equinox by Death Cab for Cutie

3:

VERTIGO

BODY SHAPE: Box with 60* wedge at front and angled rear ala Tornado. The sides are sloped at 45*

WEIGHT: 100kg

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 80cm x 75cm x 20cm

COLOUR: See CAD

LOCOMOTION: 4 x internal wheels, made of aluminium with unrethane tyres. Each is exposed from the top and bottom and is 22cm in diameter

GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at the wedge, 8mm at sides and 10mm at rear

DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x A28-400 magmotors @ 24v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 4 x NiCad battlepacks @ 24v in parallel

SPEED: 18mph

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 4mm hardox monocoque, flipper/top panel is
6mm.

CHASSIS: 4mm hardox monocoque. The removable panel is the top one.

WEAPON 1: The whole top panel is a full pressure flipper, powered by a 100mm ram @ 725psi from a 3kg co2 bottle, providing plenty of flips and a lot of power, similar power in fact to the modern Kronic the Wedgehog.

SRIMECH: The robot is invertible, but the flipper can be used to right it if needs be.

STRENGTHS: Powerful weaponry, tough armour

THEME SONG: Bodies by Drowning Pool

NOTES: Another robot designed primarily with ARC in mind, Vertigo was built to take advantage of the weapon/armour rule there, which would allow Vertigo to have a high powered flipper and very tough armour while not sacrificing much in terms of drive power. It surpassed all expectations, reaching the semi-finals and only losing to eventual champion Tank there. Again, thanks to Area51Escapee for this CAD

4:

V for Vendetta

BODY SHAPE: Box with 60* wedge at front and angled rear ala Tornado. The sides are sloped at 45*

WEIGHT: 100kg

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 80cm x 75cm x 30cm

COLOUR: Black with lightning stripes on the side and name written in white on the sides, rear and wedge

LOCOMOTION: 4 x internal wheels, each is 145mm in diameter and has vulkalon tyres for grip. They are mounted on a slant ala Tazbot for extra control. Instead of one in each corner they are mounted at the rear and middle of the machine, with two ball castors in the two front corners. This gives very good manouevrability, allowing Vengeance to really glide around the arena like Panic Attack.

GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at the wedge, effectively 0 at sides and rear due to skirts, but 10mm behind them

SKIRTS: 5mm grade 2 titanium skirts at the sides and rear, joined by 4mm hardox hinges to stop them breaking and torsion sprung to stop them rising due to the imperfect arena floor.

DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x LEMCO-130 lynch motors running @ 48v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 4 x NiCad battlepacks at 12v in series to make 48v

SPEED: The motors are geared towards acceleration so it reaches its top speed of 25mph very quickly, but if neccessary it can keep speeds low for more control.

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 6mm grade 5 titanium/vanadium 10% alloy all over

CHASSIS: There is a 5mm steel bar chassis, but this is mounted on the outside of the robot like an exo-skeleton. This prevents spinners from doing any damage at all and only unusually long axeheads will be able to reach the armour.

WEAPON 1: The front wedge and robot's speed combined make what is basically a flipper, so on high speed runs across the arena it can turn over opponents and depending on the angle of an attack may be able to propel an opponent over the fence.

WEAPON 2: The main weapon is hinged at the top of the front wedge, and is a 78cm long axe, with a serrated tungsten carbide spike on the top. This is powered by a 120mm x 100mm bore stroke ram at 725psi from a 3kg gas bottle. This provides a nice meaty hit from the 8kg axe and can fire about 15-20 times per bout.

SRIMECH: The axe can right the robot very quickly, and even if the axe is fired when the robot is flipped it can pull in and right the robot still

STRENGTHS: Powerful weaponry, decent drive, good armour for spinners

THEME SONG: Vendetta by Slipknot

5:

ARMAGEDDON

BODY SHAPE: Basic box with front hinged wedges and rear battering ram

WEIGHT: 100kg

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 90cm x 80cm x 25cm

COLOUR: See CAD

LOCOMOTION: 4 x internal but invertible custom-built HDPE wheels 270mm in diameter with vulcanised tyres.

GROUND CLEARANCE: 10mm, this is protected on the front by the hinged wedges and on the sides by the skirts

DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x LEM-130 lynch motors @ 36v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 4 x 30cell 36v 3Ah Sanyo NiCad packs

SPEED: 18mph

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 5mm hardox monocoque

CHASSIS: 5mm hardox monocoque

SKIRTS: 5mm grade 2 titanium, hinged wedges are 7mm of the same stuff

WEAPON 1: The set of 5 hinged wedges at the front of the robot are very effective at getting under other robots to help in pushing them around.

WEAPON 2: The battering ram at the rear of the robot is shock mounted and is made of 1cm think grade 2 titanium, so it will flex under pressure from spinners rather than being ripped off, like Behemoth's scoop

SRIMECH: Invertible, works just as well as upside down.

STRENGTHS: Strong and powerful

THEME SONG: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith

NOTES: Originally crafted to take part in ARC: Aftermath, Armageddon was born out of a desire to have a simple wedge robot with no active weapons - yeah it's boring, but it's also damn effective. This was proved in its ARC debut, as it stormed through the main season with a 7-2 battle ratio before losing out in the quarter-finals. It returned to ARC the following season, but despite a successful main season run it failed to reach the quarter-finals and so made the transition to FRA combat, where it will hopefully prove equally successful. Kudos goes to Area51Escapee for the CAD

Looking forward to this

**Zarte** · 22nd June 2011, 16:07

Fabulous guys, ta muchly.

Think I can find yours Martijn

**joey_picus** · 22nd June 2011, 17:09

You should hopefully be able to find my stats too Zarte ;P hope this all goes well.

Team Picus entries
Gabriel V
Eye of Ran*
Nidhogg*
No Consequences
Flirty Skirty (series 2)
Haardvark (series 2)

*use latest incarnation of these at the time signups close; EoR III is being worked on, Nidhogg's latest version might be done but there are obstacles (my endemic laziness) to both

**kodster** · 22nd June 2011, 20:03

Here I go.

Corona (some kind of seed, was The Epidemic a LOOOOONG time ago)
Wedginator X
Tira VI
Super Gore Eahta
Intriguality
Nemesis (Series 2)

link to all stats, barring the realie, can be found here.

Looks to be fun, Mr.... Z?

**shadowflare** · 22nd June 2011, 20:27

Ooooo, finally, a use for my gifty bot! 8D

Mobile Failure 2.5, V'ger, Bloody Frigid, Lime-y, SOTAR and.... Krayzzee Tokyo on top of Chaos 2. (Failing that, I'll be back with a actual real one later. XD)

All the ones that AREN'T real can be found over here!