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[leorcc]

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For reference, Splinter used a 10 bar 63mm ram to clamp the opponent down and no one ever managed to drive out of it once they were caught. Not even Storm II.

[paulc]

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The side weapons are based off that of Axeon 2.0, the axing robot belonging to AJ, except mine are TWICE as powerful. His axe is powered by Nitrogen at 100psi, and he says that (and I quote this) his axe can annihilate Aluminium, punch holes in Titanium and even dent Hardox at full pressure! The only difference is the head of the axes - Axeon 2.0 uses a big spike, whereas Im using fine spikes, designed to pierce robots and trap them.

Understandable?

[leorcc]

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Well then AJ was wrong.

[alex_holt]

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Its not to be scoffed at, but neither is it anywhere near what he is suggesting as far as my (rather limited) knowledge of these matters can work out.

For one thing, looking at the terrorhurtz website, that axe is only claimed to be 900kg - worth of force, and if you are having to divide the weight between two axes, which are also horizontal it should be considerably less than the total of 8tons that he claims. Not even accounting for what he can or cant get out of his setup.

As for splinter, clamping works very effectively, but never usually for damaging. Having said that, Ive not seen any versions of splinter past series 6, so cant comment properly.

[andrewj]

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Just checked Axeons stats, and I made a major botch. It is meant to be 1000psi, not 100psi. Either way, we all know its a copy and paste of Dureon, so blame Aaron! :P

(Message edited by andrewj on February 17, 200

[alex_holt]

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I thought 100 sounded pretty miniscule lol

[paulc]

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I did think about that much though, but since I know that THZ uses 160psi, so I just took it on the face.

[knightrous]

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Ditch Nitrogen and go CO2. They both provide the same output at the same pressure. Nitrogen is only advantageous when you want pressures of 1000+PSI, otherwise, you get less Nitrogen shots compared to CO2.

I did a few density calcs and youve got over 45kg in armour/chassis. You might want to remove that urethane from the front and just beef the hardox up to 6mm.

[leorcc]

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As for splinter, clamping works very effectively, but never usually for damaging.No, but thats where Splinters axe comes in to play, once clamped all hits will be on the same spot.

[paulc]

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OK - the axes now produce 1000psi.

[leorcc]

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Have you even considered what the implications are of such a change?

[leorcc]

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btw:

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[bartmanhomer]

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Name: Sir Spinalot
Weight: 97KG
Shape: Circle
Color: Light Blue with a painted USA Flag on top of Sir Spinalot
Dimmension: 800mm x 800mm x 120mm
Locomotion: 4 foam-filed wheels, the motors are 4 x s28-400 magamotors with 8 x v24 3600ah battery packs
Ground Clearance: 10mm
Speed: 20mph
Armor: 5mm titanium
Weapons: 2000mm 8x8x8 titanium spinning bar with 4 3x3x4 with a 7 distance titanium teeth on the each side of the spinning bar that runs 1000 rpm with 4 x s28-400 magamotors.
Sri-mech: Yes, The self-righting bar is a electric linear acutator that is on top on Sir Spinalot
Strength: Powerful Weapon
Weakness: Vulerable When Weapon Is Disable

[joey_picus]

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Hello people...

Could you look these over for me? Im pretty sure at least ones overweight and very few are competitive, but Id like to think Ive done my research.

Gabriel
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 50 x 35 cm
SHAPE: Elongated triangular pyramid with steep rear and very shallow front
COLOUR: Black with yellow and black chevron highlights on the joins and around the weapons.
DRIVE: 2 S28-400 Magmotors driving 2 wheels running off 4 NiCd packs at 24v
SPEED: 14mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at front due to spring hinged nose, rising to 7mm at rear
ARMOUR: 3mm aluminium baseplate, 5mm titanium armour on rest of body (5mm hardox in critical areas and edges).
WEAPONS: A low pressure pneumatic front hinged flipper, consisting of the front edge of the body, running from 2 2kg CO2 tanks and a hydraulic ram (similar to Gravedigger in S3). The flipper cant really flip 100kgs very well, but it doesnt need to as the design means anything caught by the flipper will be rolled over to one side.
SRIMECH: Via weapon.
NOTES: Components shock mounted for protection vs. spinners and impacts
STRENGTHS: Difficult to get a grip on due to the shape
WEAKNESSES: Has no real way of damaging its opponents

Fire And Ice
WEIGHT: 110kgs
DIMENSIONS: 75 x 55 x 22 cm
SHAPE: Parallelogram wedge
COLOUR: Flame red and yellow at front, icy blue and green at back.
DRIVE: 4 LEM130 motors running off NiCd packs at 36hp driving steel-reinforced rubber tracks.
SPEED: 16mph average, 25mph max (rarely used as it is difficult/impossible to turn at this speed)
GROUND CLEARANCE: 10mm at sides, plating extending below both wedges giving 1mm clearance on whichever side is down (if that makes sense...), 23cm at rear.
ARMOUR: Sides are 5mm hardox, front and rear are 10mm hardox, with the top and underside being 4mm titanium.
WEAPONS: Mainly relies on speed and ramming power, but also has two 20cm diameter diamond edged sawblades, one in the centre of each wedge (a la Angel Of Death from S2) powered by S28-150 Magmotors to around 3500rpm. The saws spin upwards to have some lifting effect as well.
SRIMECH: None, but runs inverted. Has spike strips on the sides to prevent stranding.
NOTES: Armour and components shock mounted to reduce impact from all things large and spinny.
STRENGTHS: Good speed and power, good against spinners
WEAKNESSES: Tracks vulnerable to axes

Nidhogg
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 95 x 55 x 37 (47 inc weapon) cm
SHAPE: Elongated triangular pyramid with steep rear and very shallow front, with a flat bit on the front edge and 2 cutouts in each side panel for eyes
COLOUR: Dark green and brownish roughly chevron patterning, fading to blood red towards the front. Weapons are gold coloured with flame red spines on the arm.
DRIVE: 2 Leeson M1120046 motors run at 24v from 4 NiCd packs driving 2 wheels, with a ball caster just behind the forks in the nose
SPEED: 14mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at front due to forks, rising to 10mm at rear
ARMOUR: 4mm Hardox (7mm in key areas) on front, side and rear panels, 3mm aluminium baseplate
WEAPONS: Hydraulic crushing arm (constructed of hardened steel and aluminium alloy) at front driven from a LEM130 pump at 3000psi, giving 9 tonnes of force at the ram and 4.5 tonnes of force at the tip. Also has Haardvark-style lifting forks at the very front run from an S28-150 Magmotor and a lead screw capable of lifting 200kgs.
SRIMECH: Via the weapon, which has decorative spines to assist in self righting. Spikes at the rear prevent the robot getting stranded.
NOTES: Components and armour shock mounted for protection against large scary spinny things. Eyes in side of robot serve as targeting lasers (they dont actually target, they just look really cool)
STRENGTHS: Can cause a lot of damage
WEAKNESSES: Slow at self righting

147
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 105 x 60 x 40 cm
SHAPE: Wedge with flat back
COLOUR: Green on the front (thanks to the felt) with brown wood-effect sides and rear
DRIVE: 2 S28-150 Magmotors running from 4 NiCd packs at 24v driving 2 wheels
SPEED: 15mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 all around due to a hinged plate on the flipper and side and rear skirts, 10mm underneath
ARMOUR: 7mm Hardox on front (covered in 2mm green felt stolen...uh..borrowed from actual snooker tables), 4mm Hardox at sides and rear (covered in 1mm fiberglass made to resemble wood), 3mm aluminium baseplate and under flipper to deter inquisitive pointy nasty spiky things.
WEAPONS: High pressure pneumatic rear hinged flipper, consisting of the entire front plate of the robot, running from 2 rams and 2 2kg CO2 tanks, giving about 20 flips per fight. Also has a 50cm long steel pneumatic ram at the rear, running from 1 2kg CO2 tank at low pressure, painted to resemble a snooker cue (complete with chalking) which can punch through thin (2mm) titanium but is primarily there to right the robot if it becomes stranded.
SRIMECH: Via weapons. Sides have fibreglass moulding and spikes to prevent stranding.
NOTES: Has several snooker balls (1 cue ball, 4 reds, 1 yellow, 1 blue and 1 black if anyones interested) screwed to the top part of the flipper that not only look good but prevent opponents driving off/over the top. Internal components are shock mounted to reduce damage.
STRENGTHS: Powerful flipper
WEAKNESSES: Flammable (oh yes...), no real damaging weaponry

[majinb]

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getting closer Andre, some questions remain...

Weight: 97KG
meh, make it 100 kg

Weapons: 2000mm 8x8x8 titanium spinning bar with 4 3x3x4 with a 7 distance titanium teeth on the each side of the spinning bar that runs 1000 rpm with 4 x s28-400 magamotors.
Still cant see how a BAR has 8 teeth, also what is 2000mm 8x8x8 supposed to mean? A bar has 3 dimensions, not 4

Sri-mech: Yes, The self-righting bar is a electric linear acutator that is on top on Sir Spinalot
the bar is POWERED by a linear actuator, it isnt an actuator itself