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[corsair_lightning]

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what about a 1.5 meter blade?

[kodster]

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Even that is asking a bit much. Id go with something that has reach, but wont spin your own robot in the process, like 1.3 metres. That has 20cm of reach for you to work with.

I know I said I wouldnt help, but I couldnt resist when I saw those stats. XD

(Message edited by kodster on April 02, 200

[joey_picus]

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A Kj count would help for the blade, that usually gives us a better idea about what it can do.

[corsair_lightning]

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Now it is a 1.3 metre 40kj blade.

[kodster]

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You just randomly guess that kJ, didnt you?

Go to http://www.teamcosmos.com/ke/ke.shtmlhttp://www.teamcosmos.com/ke/ke.shtml (using some web browser other than Firefox) and calculate it there, then come and post it here.

[corsair_lightning]

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3000rpm blade

The calculator doesnt work.

[kodster]

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Thats because youre not using the correct web browser. If you have Internet Explorer, use it. If not...too bad. :P

[corsair_lightning]

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I do use internet explorer.

[kodster]

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Well then it should work. What problem are you having?

[joey_picus]

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You might have popups turned off.

[corsair_lightning]

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popups arent blocked, but whenever it calculates the KJs, it crashes.

[joey_picus]

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...what values are you putting in?

[kodster]

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That shouldnt happen at all. In fact Ive never heard of that, as it should calculate the kJ just as you click on the button. :P

Try clearing your temporary internet files and start again.

[team_britespark]

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Or try actually using it and stop making excuses up?

[joey_picus]

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On the topic of help, I was looking at Blizzard earlier, and I got very bored, and I came up with this...thing...I think it might be good, but theres a little voice in my brain telling me it wont work or be impractical, so Id like people to check it out, and Alex to yell at me for stealing his idea

Paramagnetic LOX Box
WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 95 x 95 x 35 cm
SHAPE: A hexagon with wedges on all sides, like Turtle Road Kill with two fewer sides.
COLOUR: Bright white, decorated with various warning triangles, symbols and signs in various flourescent colours.
DRIVE: 6 S28-150 Magmotors running from 6 NiMh battlepacks, each driving a machined aluminium sylinder with a urethane rubber screw thread on it, very similar to Alex Holts drive system on Blizzard. The screws are located inside the shell parallel to the armour plates, and using various combinations of rotation make the robot completely omnidirectional - only with a LOT more traction than if omniwheels were used. It can also spin in place to turn, but the design means it shouldnt need to that much.
SPEED: 12mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 10mm, but all sides have hinged skirts making it 0.
ARMOUR: 4mm Hardox on all eight wedges, with the top being 10mm carbon fibre/polypropylene honeycomb material and the baseplate 5mm aluminium.
WEAPONS: None as such
SRIMECH: A linear actuator driven bar in the top of the robot, that self rights it in about 2 seconds.
NOTES: Components inside are shock mounted for protection against things. Dont ask about the name.
STRENGTHS: HUGE traction, uniqueish, good pusher and omnidirectional - in fact, it works best without turning around.
WEAKNESSES: Lack of weaponry, so-so armour