Massacre - Build Diary

[harry hills]

No pressure for it to keep working then!

Thanks for the concern Nick, I'll bear that in mind for the future. I'll shove it in the robot next time I need to do anything.

Jamie, Thank you for the kind words man

And yes, I fully expect Massacre to ping off into the stratosphere in the first couple fights.

[mattsdragons]

For if it spins off and flips over, please paint something stupid on the base

Looks epic though, will hurt if anyone gets hit by that at full speed

[overkill]

Hey, what hight off the floor is that blade?

[harry hills]

At the moment it sits between 70 and 75mm

[overkill]

Thanks; That's not so good for Mr Mangle so I'm glad we are not meeting up in the elimination rounds

[Eventorizon]

At the moment it sits between 70 and 75mm

Does that mean its tilted or that it depends on how tightly you do up the bolts or something like that? I would have expected it to be dead flat as everything has been lathed and machined but there may be some play in the parts.

And I can think of quite a few things to write on the underside of your robot, every pun and reference is worse than the last.

[harry hills]

No its because I haven't stuck a ruler under it when its fully together yet so I can only approximate. Having a weapon that changes height depending how tight the bolts are doesn't sound like a good thing at all.

[Garfie489]

Looking forward to fighting it - twice

[Eventorizon]

No its because I haven't stuck a ruler under it when its fully together yet so I can only approximate. Having a weapon that changes height depending how tight the bolts are doesn't sound like a good thing at all.

Ah, ok, that's good. I wondered if you have built in a way of tilting it forwards to hit lower opponents given you are using a belt drive, you could engineer that in at a later date.

[Mega Masher]

Wouldn't angling the blade make it fly?
Not like thats a bad thing tho

[Eventorizon]

Wouldn't angling the blade make it fly?
Not like thats a bad thing tho

I am referring to its plane of rotation rather than tilting the blades themselves. If you were to tilt the blade by bending it then yes, in theory, it could produce lift, but not enough to get it airborne in any meaningful.

[Mega Masher]

Sorry about that, I didnt quite get what you meant

[harry hills]

Wouldn't angling the blade make it fly?
Not like thats a bad thing tho

In what universe would that be a good thing!?

And nope, no tilted bars for me, I'm not over keen on the idea. If I wanted a low bar height I'd have built an undercutter. Anyway, unless this robot totally fails I probably will be leaving the overhead style for the next one.

[overkill]

If the trailing edge of the blade was tilted up you would suck the bot onto the floor for more traction

[Mega Masher]

In what universe would that be a good thing!?

And nope, no tilted bars for me, I'm not over keen on the idea. If I wanted a low bar height I'd have built an undercutter. Anyway, unless this robot totally fails I probably will be leaving the overhead style for the next one.

A parallel universe where fighting robots fly?