How could I Improve pt 2

[majinb]

How could I Improve pt 2

ow wow, my concerns at what to do with Axe to Fall 2 were mostly in the armour department, and now its up against Tempest in its last test run, great Frank

hoping this will be a blast...

[pcbore]

How could I Improve pt 2

Tempest is in for an overhaul too, looking back on it Im certain it can stand to lose about 20 KGs at least.

My main problem is now Ive gone to evil-est-oution Im not sure what to do with the name for the next iteration. Any suggestions?

[majinb]

How could I Improve pt 2

Tempest R-evil-est-oution?

[joey_picus]

How could I Improve pt 2

Oh [censored], another Tempest?

[davids]

How could I Improve pt 2

Eviler-est-oution?

[kodster]

How could I Improve pt 2

Tempest Devil-ish-oution

[joey_picus]

How could I Improve pt 2

Right, this is my first attempt at designing in a while, bear with me Im trying to redo my squad somewhat, but for now is a new creation, as yet unnamed and unstyled because I intend on scouring the horse racing listings later and ripping off one of those.

WEIGHT: 100kgs
DIMENSIONS: 115 x 70 x 20 cms (not counting the wheels but including the spike)
SHAPE: Invertible brick with wheels protected from the side
DRIVE: 2 Husqvarna 3120XP petrol chainsaw engines, one for each side of the drive, modified somewhat to lose excess weight with expansion tubes fitted to increase their power, to a peak of about 10hp each at high speeds, which translates roughly into lots and lots of torque when geared down suitably. These engines drive through belts six 440mm diameter go-kart wheels with puncture proof foam rubber tyres that provide very good traction and a degree of suspension, coated with silicone rubber for ultimate grippyness.
BATTERIES: 1 4ah NiMh pack that powers the reciever and control electronics/servos for the engine throttle and failsafes
SPEED: 15-20mph average, 25mph max
GROUND CLEARANCE: 70mm all around, even when inverted
ARMOUR: Most of the body (front. rear, sides and base) is an 8-14mm titanium monocoque construction with Weldox and polypropylene reinforcing at certain weak areas, with the top cover being made of 5mm carbon fibre/polypropylene honeycomb material over a 6mm polycarbonate sheet.
WEAPONS: A single front 15cm hardened S7 tool steel spike, reinforced and shock mounted from within the chassis and sharpened to a dangerous point at the end, used for impaling other robots armour and pushing them around with. The spike is adjustable so it can point downwards if the opponent is lower than 17cm.
NOTES: Components are heavily shockproofed to withstand the force of its own and others attacks. Innards are protected by aluminium foil to reduce the fire risk
STRENGTHS: Lots of power, high ground clearance means it will not be affected by driving on wedges, and combined with the wheels means it can probably drive over the top of robots even if there are spikes there to stop that
WEAKNESSES: Petrol driven, no active weapons

Ze komments are welkomed, be zey konstruktiv or destruktiv.

(Message edited by joeychevron on August 30, 200

[davids]

How could I Improve pt 2

7cm ground clearance?

BTW, 200mm body+70 clearance at bottom+70 clearance at top = 340mm. Wheel diameter - 440mm :wink:

Using a chain-saw engine for drive, havent that in a while, you need quite a bit of gearing

[joey_picus]

How could I Improve pt 2

Uh...Ill change that, elementary mathematics fail :P

The point of the high ground clearance is to combat wedges, as it can just go straight over the top and retain traction with something because youd find it hard to get the wheels off the floor.

[team_orr]

How could I Improve pt 2

O.k here we go...

The arena is the robot wars extream 2 arena

First, Tempest evil-est-oution!

Frank Goachers machine is definitely one to be scared of! the armor alone weighs 63kgs and the 4 hardox teeth will slice through just about anything

Next in the arena is Axe-to-fall!

Martijns robot has a very powerful double ended axe and some very grippy wheels,witch gives it great pushing power.

The 2 house robots are...Sir Killalot and growler. 2 awesome house bots for 2 awesome robots.

3...2...1...ACTIVATE!

and theyre off! Axe-to-fall trying to rush tempest before it spins up to speed, but tempest is faster and axe-to-fall now has a large gash down its left side.a grin is forming on franks face as martijn panics and another great gash appears on axe-to-falls front.

Axe-to-fall pushes the pit release button,almost catching tempest out and there is a time where frank thinks its all over.he turns it with all his might and tempest just misses the pit. Tempest wants revenge and charges at axe-to-fall who moves out the way...

SMASH!!!

Tempest hits the wall of the arena and ricochets away...has that done any damage? NO IT HAS NOT! Axe-to-falls party is stopped dead as tempest finaly gets its revenge and slams into axe-to-falls left side

CRASH...TINKLE...GROAN

WOW!!! Axe-to-falls side has been RIPPED OFF! Frank Grins as he sees his opponents robot begin to die...

Axe-to-fall trys one last time to attack tempest and finally gets the axe in... a small dent appears in tempest but nothing is getting through that 1cm armor. Tempest charges at Axe-to-fall and gets its blade into the armor-less side...

RIP!!!

OUCH, no-one could survive that! martjn winces as the insides of axe-to-fall are scattered across the arena

the refbot comes in

1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10!

Its all over for axe-to-all, sir killalot raises its prize and does the mythical victory dance of death

Axe-to-fall is dumped in the pit and a great cloud of smoke comes up to cover the battered remains!

CEASE!!!

axe-to-fall has fallen
tempest is the winner!


so how was that?

jack

[Guest]

How could I Improve pt 2

OK, but could use a lot more detail, and perhaps a bit more of a build up before major damage is inflicted?

[samuel3764]

How could I Improve pt 2

Whiplash

Weight: 100kg
Body Shape: Pentagonal Pyramid with skirts
Dimensions: 100 X 85 X 38
Power: 2 X LEM-130s at 36v powered by 4 X Nicads
Tyres: 4 X Asmaprene Urethane Rubber Tyres
Speed: 15 mph
Armour: 3.6mm Hardox
Ground Clearence: 0mm with skirts, and 5mm without skirts
Weapon 1: SHEER PUSHING POWER
Weapon 2: At the front there is a Terrorhurtz-Like Rack-and-Pinion Axe powered by 2 X 2kg CO2 Tanks, 200 PSI, diamond tipped, has over 1500 joules of force when it comes down. It can also attack from both ends.
Srimech: The axe can easily self-right it (even when its on its side), and it can also self-right even after the axe has fired, ala Killerhurtz.
Strengths: PSYCHOTIC AXE AND PUSHING POWER
Weaknesses: NONE AT ALL!

Hows this?

[kodster]

How could I Improve pt 2

quote:

Weaknesses: NONE AT ALL!False, all pneumatics run out of gas.

Good otherwise.

[team_britespark]

How could I Improve pt 2

NEW BRITESPARK MACHINES!

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Any glaringly obvious problems?

[Guest]

How could I Improve pt 2

Anyone remember my HW War Drum that never fought? Well, its been reincarnated into the otherweights:

War Drum LW
Shape: Reverse wedge, the rear wedge is angled at 30* and the sides are sloped inwards at 42*
Weight: 28kg
Length: 25cm
Width: 40cm
Height: 15cm
Motivation: 2 vulcanised wheels, internal, but exposed from the top and bottom
Drive: 2 x S28-150s at 24v, 6HP
Batteries: 2 x NiCad battlepacks
Armour: 12mm HDPE, 15mm in key areas
Weaponry:
1) The front drum spins vertically at 2500rpm via an S28-400 magmotor at 24v, driven by a NiCad battlepack. The drum weighs 7kg and is made of 7075 aluminium, it has several cheese grater style titanium teeth placed in a diagonal fashion going around to the drum. It is chain driven and can be reversed if the robot is inverted. When at top speed it can deliver a 26Kj hit. It is 30cm in width, 15cm in diameter
2) Either side of the drum there are two static tungsten tipped spikes, making four in total. These are each 13cm long
3) If for some reason the drum fails the robot can use its wedge to shove opponents around the arena
Speed: 12mph
Turning Circle: 0cm
Ground Clearance: 7mm at front and sides, 0mm at rear due to wedge
Srimech: Invertible, cannot be stranded because of the angled of the sides
Colour: Red drum with gold teeth, green bodywork with purple marking out the frame

War Drum MW
Shape: Full Body Drum, ala Barberous 2
Weight: 54kg
Length: 35cm
Width: 50cm
Height: 15cm
Motivation: 2 x 4mm hardox wheels with unrethane tyres
Drive: 2 x S28-400s at 24v, 9HP
Batteries: 2 x NiCad battlepacks
Armour: 3mm titanium/vanadium alloy
Weaponry:
1) The drum spins upwards at 3000rpm via a Briggs and Stratton E-Tek at 48v, it has seeveral cheese grater style teeth placed in a diagonal fashion around the drum. It weighs 14kg and when spinning at top speed it can deliver a 34Kj hit
Speed: 17mph
Turning Circle: 0
Ground Clearance: 7mm
Srimech: Flipping it has no effect whatsoever
Colour: Red with gold teeth, the wheels are green with a purple stripe