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[andrewj]

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Ah, youre right. Sorry, my fault. Well kinda... C40-500s do exist but the most commonly used one is the C40-300.

[joey_picus]

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Thanks for the advice Shane, at this rate Im learning at I may yet be able to construct a proper cardboard model of a heavyweight before the year is out

Gabriel II
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 105 x 80 x 35 cm
SHAPE: Elongated triangular pyramid with steep rear and very shallow front
COLOUR: Largely yellow, with a red and yellow striped flipper and black shapes on each side. Kind of like No Objections in a Gabriel shape.
DRIVE: 2 C40-300 Magmotors driving 2 inner wheels with Vulkalon treads for grip, running off 3 NiCd packs at 24v
SPEED: 14mph average, 20mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at front due to spring hinged nose, rising to 6mm at rear
ARMOUR: 3mm aluminium baseplate, with composite 5mm titanium (5mm hardox in critical areas) and 7mm HDPE on the rest of the body.
WEAPONS: A high pressure pneumatic front hinged flipper, consisting of the front edge of the body, running from 2 2kg CO2 tanks and a 70mm hydraulic full pressure ram with high flow rate, giving 25 flips in a match and capable of flipping 100kgs easily and lifting several times more than that. Also has hardened tool steel spikes located on either side of the front point, and it can spin in place to try and do damage with these.
SRIMECH: Via weapon. The back has spikes to prevent stranding
NOTES: Components shock mounted for protection vs. spinners and impacts. The main changes from the previous Gabriel, aside from the colouring and armour, are that it is now slightly wider and quite a bit lower, giving a lower centre of gravity and making it easier to get other robots on the flipper, and the drive has been upgraded. To make room for the changes, the gas capacity has been reduced and the armour made slightly thinner.
STRENGTHS: Difficult to get a grip on due to the shape, low centre of gravity
WEAKNESSES: Awkward shape for pushing with

[Guest]

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Thanks AJ,Ill sort that stuff out soon

[Guest]

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Revised stats of Brutalis 1.0:
Dimensions-80x80x25 (cm)
Shape-Like Dantomkia but much lower and heavier at the front
Weight-100kg
Power-2xS28-400 powered by 3xNIcads battlepacks drive the go-kart style tyres
Top Speed- 14mph
Weaponry- 3000psi nitrogen powered rear-hinged flipper, 2 65mm rams, 2x3kg nitrogen bottles, 2,2:1 ratio
Armour- 4mm thick hardox all over, 3mm on base
Ground Clearance-Effectively zero due to skirts around rear and sides and flipper on front, 6mm clearance behind the skirts
Notes-Side skirts around sides and rear
Painted black all over with yellow flipper and red side skirts

(Message edited by Robot_Warrior on March 21, 200

[Guest]

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I hav a question about tournaments:
The challenge belt tournament Im doing will come probably come to a close soon.With so few new people coming along Ive no plans for a third belt after the second one.
After its over I would be interested in doing a small tournament featuring no more than 24 robots.But I certainly dont want to clutter up the boards again by starting a new thread.
Should I just add it on to the challenge belt thread and tell people about it here?

[majinb]

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adding it theres no use...

finish the challenge belt one, people will see you are capable of finishing a tournament, and theyll see you are improving your battles, that works in your advantage

after you finish the challenge belt just open up a thread and say whatll be happening, what the tournament shall look like and what you want from us, you might wanna look at the opening posts of tournaments like Chrash & Burn and Mechanical Noise for inspiration

[Guest]

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I wil finish the challenge belt first, no matter how long it takes!Only when the challenge belt is finished will do another tournamentThanks a lot
And thanks to AJ for starting this awespome thread-I wish I had read it before starting my original tournament-Robot Coliseum...

[knightrous]

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http://magmotor.com/brushed/brushed.htmlhttp://magmotor.com/brushed/brushed.html

[swanaldo]

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i have heard of them now. still stick with the 300. tried and tested to the max

[davids]

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Question, just what is the theory behind allowing tracked machines 10KG more?

[martyn]

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i blame whoever started that rule in the first place

[kodster]

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Tracked machines are supposed to have less speed (in many areas) than regular wheeled robots.

[davids]

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But does less speed warrant an extra 10 kg?

[kodster]

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Well consider the speed loss. There should be SOMETHING to make up for that. And no, I dont mean a better driver. :P

[team_britespark]

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Tracks
Are
Heavier
Than
Wheels.