OOTA

[maddox]

Problem.
How to stay in the arena?
With disks we armour the sides heavy.With Axes we armour top and bottom. To avoid the pit we go for very good driving.Upside down flipped, a sremech or double sided driving are options.

But how to avoid OOTAs?
Good driving is an answer. better offensive weaponry, good idea. But not realy a defense like a sremech or armour.

So I ask, how are the new generation of machines protectng themselfs against OOTAs?

[beast]

OOTA

Whats OOTA`s

[robotwars]

OOTA

out of the arena !! silly billy

[mute]

OOTA

OOTA - Out Of The Arena

And how to protect against it... I dont think you can unless you nail your bot to the floor.

[robotwars]

OOTA

but dont you think it could lead to a very boring series 8 ????

bang...wosch...cease.

[jim]

OOTA

I think good driving is the best answer.

Alternatively, I think your robot is still allowed to extend outside the 1.2m x 2.0m limit once its in the arena... so all you have to do is build a robot that expands to 10m x 10m, then you cant be flipped out. Simple really

[tunna]

OOTA

start the fight outside the arena to start with

[Guest]

OOTA

Then you can have an BITA back in the arena

[maddox]

OOTA

Im rather serious about this.
Most of us know how combative the new generation of flippers will be.
Also, the amount of monstermachines based around thesame idea is already staggering.At least 6 teams are extracting the finer points of the systems.
Even better if it can be used to avoid the pit.

Now, how are we going to keep a normal robot in the arena using auxilerary systems like a sremech.

An idea was to use a directional thruster.But that needs to be so powerfull it will weigh to much to be a auxilerary.

So Im asking for realistical systems that can be used to upgrade existing robots.

[Guest]

OOTA

zero ground clearance will help in some cases. mechaniacII want to use 4 wedges, driven by small custom made 4- position cylinder, lifting the complete drivetrain against a spring load (cup spring packs). hope it helps sometime

[team_ireland]

OOTA

Try doing a terrorhurtz.

Suck yourself to the arena floor

Regards
Ian Mc Donald

[typhoon_driver]

OOTA

thats wot i was thinking, jst suck urself to the floor so that they cant get under and flip u

[tunna]

OOTA

We had built about 18 months ago a 100 bore Ram
the internals were a little complex to say the least!!but the old bulldog chassis would not be able to support it ,but after a good kickin
in S7 we decided to build a complete new Bulldog,
it has become a nightmare but is starting to take shape now!!,,,higher walls are not the answer!!
Higher ceilings are the answer!!!!!

[typhoon_driver]

OOTA

i think they should def get a roof on the arena

[robjones]

OOTA

Ive been pondering this very question since S7. Good driving is obviously a help but in the 4 way melees you cant always defend yourself. I think back to the days of tornado nets on battleships and think maybe some sort of pseudo-sides or sacrificial-sides might do the trick. ie limit how far the flipper gets under your bot,(maybe by having a slightly flexible dual spine to the machine, from front to back) then when he fires, something goes up/or flying but it aint your robot.