Your Favourite Arena Weapons!

[Ellis]

For a pit, perhaps not just a hole; RW/RC style which drops down after a button is pressed or after say 2 minutes would be cool. Just a square drop in the floor is kinda boring. Kill-saws definitely sound fun, could be simple to build and maintain.

The ram-rod thing could also be neat.

[Mega Masher]

I think at Atlanta maker fair they had a spinning pit thing
ARC at AMMF 12 The Hammer and Gyro King Vs Screa…: http://youtu.be/xPJjp-8mj1c

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

that's a very cewl pitlike device

[Ellis]

Bottom is sandpaper I think?

[Eventorizon]

Its a pit and a spinner in one with sandpaper on the bottom. Cool idea but a total pain to build.

It will be a full pit that can be raised and lowered. The idea was it to be 300mm square and capable of being up to 200mm deep. Yes, its a proper pit with no way out! That said It could be set to anything we wanted at an event so machines with big wheels could still drive through it if it was low enough.

it seems no one likes the spike or the hell raisers... unexpected but not that surprising.

[playzooki]

i liked the spikes, hellraisers just got in the way and didn't do much

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

As far as the anglegrinder goes, ever considered mounting it under the arena under a small grill? To shoot sparks upwards like a flamepit without too much fuss. Just a spring pushing some metal to a small grinder blade powered by a 550 motor or something along that line.

[Eventorizon]

If they are under the arena then they are just like the Kill Saws. They never did much on robot wars and I personally think they got in the way a lot of the time. Basically, not a fan of them.

Talking of fans, I had wondered about getting one of the EDF jets used on the Gadget Shows Jetbike and using that like a flipper. A jet of air blasting out of the arena to turn robots over, just like on the Japanese Rooftops in the 2 PC games.

[Inky]

That pit spinner looks pretty awesome. Just a floor spinner would be cool to see at a live event.

Also the Floor Flipper needs more love.