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**knightrous** · 18 February 2010, 00:11

Re: War of the Writers

@Martijn - Comments in Blue

Originally posted by majinb

Name - Back to Rock III
Power - 2x LEM130s at 48v [Can you change this field to Drive? Power kinda puts it like your talking about batteries (Can you add some batteries too!). I would also be very wary of running the LEM130's on 48V without a form of current limiting on them.]
Movement - 6 wheels, about 12 cm diameter [Put this information under drive

]
Weaponry - A big rear-hinged lifting arm, basically the red part of the picture. It is powered by a single LEM130 at 36 V, which a â‚¬Å“pinion and rackâ‚¬Â-mechanism. A pinion around the LEMâ‚¬â„¢s axle moves up a rack thatâ‚¬â„¢s joint to the lifter about halfway its length. The fancy part is that this runs through a gearbox, with 2 gears. One gear is for powerful and controlled lifting and moves up the arm in about 2-3 seconds, another gear is for quick self-righting and moves up the arm in 1 second. [The drive LEM130's run on 48V and this one runs on 36V, does it use a separate battery pack to the drives?]

The two plates at the bottom run almost parallel to the ground and are arranged in the way they are (split in the middle, see picture) for the secondary weapon to come into play, a Pussycat-style vertical diamond-edged sawblade, powered by a S28-150 Magmotor at 24 V spinning at 4000 rpm. The blade is part of the lifter and thereby damages the opponentâ‚¬â„¢s underbelly while lifting it. The sawblade slicing its way INTO (more or less) my opponent will enhance my grip on it and increase my control over my opponent, which is good. [This comment is more of a recommendation, I reckon ditch the little blade, it's too small to do any real damage (featherweights have bigger weapons) and it uses up some valuable weight that you could use for more armor. Also, the magmotor runs on 24V? Another separate battery?]

Really want those battery stats, as it's a big decider on how this bot could perform and if it fits within the weight limit.

@Jack - Comments in Blue

Originally posted by team_orr

name: I.A.N
power: 1x a123 36v pack [Bit more information, is this pack a single 10cells pack ie: 33V @ 2.3Amp or is there a few packs in parallel?]
drive: 2x mag motors [What type of magmotors? what voltage? what sized wheels?]
weapon: a forward hinged flipper consisting of the whole front pallel, can oota with ease, and can get about 30-40 flips running on 750psi with one 2kg tank and a 750g buffer tank, there are two 110mm rams [Are these 110mm bore rams? 110mm stroke? Have you run this through the flipper calculator to get those amount of flips?]
locomotion: 2 solid steels wheels, with vulconized rubber tyres for maximum grip [Put this in the drive section]
ground clearance: 0mm at the 1mm at the sides and 3mm at the back [A bit more ground clearance would be sensible unless you want to get stuck on the first bit of debri on the floor]

Missing some important information in there, I can't really gauge how well this design will do without the information, and therefore can't write super awesome battles*!

@Lian - Comments in Blue

Originally posted by death robotics

Nurse Pain
Weight: 150kg [Too heavy, 100kg entries only please]

Read the rules please

* - super awesome battles may or may not be contained in this product...

**team_orr** · 20 February 2010, 18:14

Re: War of the Writers

hi

ye its 1 10cell pack

they are mags s20-400's, on 36v, with 150mm wheels

its 110 bore, and yes i know it does those amount flips because a: i have run it thru the calculator and b: its the same setp i use in my heavyweight

okay then , the new ground clearacnce is 0mm at the front, 3mm at the sides and 5mm at the back

that all?

ta

jack

**kodster** · 21 February 2010, 03:25

Re: War of the Writers

Intriguality

Shape: Box. Yep, a plain ol' boring box.

Colour: The main body is black...most of everything else is pretty much light green.

Weight: ~100kg

Drive: LEM130 Lynch motors run @ 36.3v, geared 9:1 for better control.

Power: 5 packs of 11 M1 A123 Lithium-Ion cells run in parallel.

Motivation: 4WD; features go-kart tires soaked in polyurethane, and custom-made CNC aluminium hubs.

Speed: 12mph

Armour: 6mm Ti/V framework surrounding a 3.2mm Hardox 400 monocoque. The front wedge plates (top and bottom) are 6mm Ti/V, while the sides of them are 4mm Ti/V. The axe shaft is bored through to lighten the load, and is made of Grade 5 titanium, while the axe head is sharpened Hardox. Hinges, inner bulkheads and bearings are 10mm aluminium.

Ground Clearance: 0mm under the wedges, 15mm under the sides and rear, even inverted.

Turning Circle: 0

Dimensions in CM (LxWxH): 151.5 x 83 x 23 (length is 103cm without wedges)

Weaponry: Pneumatic axe mechanism powered by a 150mm stroke 100mm bore double-acting ram, 2kg CO₂ tank, and 4L buffer tank. Shots are fired at 900psi and it can fire about 20 times per fight, weakening at about 14 shots (only an estimate though)

Srimech: Axe. Because the ram is double-acting, it can right Intriguality if the shaft is fired before being flipped.

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ROUGH WEIGHT CHECK

ARMOUR

Framework = ~16.1kg
Monocoque = ~31.25kg
Wedges and hinges = ~6kg

TOTAL ARMOUR = ~52.35kg
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DRIVETRAIN

Motors = 6.2kg
Batteries = 3.85kg
Wheels = ~6kg

TOTAL DRIVETRAIN = ~16kg
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WEAPONRY

Axe shaft = ~8kg
Axe head = ~7kg
Gears = ~500g
Weapon power = ~6kg

TOTAL WEAPONRY = ~21.5kg

Other bits = ~10kg

TOTAL WEIGHT = ~99.85kg or ~100kg

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I spent a while on the stats, so if you've got a beef with the stats, do spill please, I want them to be as good as they can be made.

**knightrous** · 22 February 2010, 04:50

Re: War of the Writers

Originally posted by team_orr

hi

ye its 1 10cell pack [You'll need more then that, my featherweight MBX flattens a single 10cell pack in just over 3 minutes. I'd suggest 4 x 10 cell packs minimum]

they are mags s20-400's, on 36v, with 150mm wheels

its 110 bore, and yes i know it does those amount flips because a: i have run it thru the calculator and b: its the same setp i use in my heavyweight [What stroke is the ram and is it a full pressure system?]

okay then , the new ground clearacnce is 0mm at the front, 3mm at the sides and 5mm at the back

that all?

ta

jack

**kodster** · 22 February 2010, 05:01

Re: War of the Writers

Urgh, should have mentioned in the stats that it's invertible. *facepalm* There go the 'perfect stats'. :P

**team_orr** · 22 February 2010, 18:05

Re: War of the Writers

lol, sorry *facepalm* thats what i meant

yeah...anyway up it to 4x 10cell packs svp

EDIT: OOPS forgot the pneumatic system, its a full pressure system and the stroke is 65mm

**knightrous** · 23 February 2010, 01:53

Re: War of the Writers

Originally posted by kodster

Urgh, should have mentioned in the stats that it's invertible. *facepalm* There go the 'perfect stats'. :P

I gathered it was invertible since you provided a render

**kodster** · 23 February 2010, 02:43

Re: War of the Writers

Ah, all is well, then.

It has the same ground clearance either way up, by the way.

**knightrous** · 1 March 2010, 05:30

Re: War of the Writers

Current places
1. N3 - Joey
2. Wedge Devolution - Steve
3. Gehenna - AJ
4. Intriguality - Kody
5.
6.
7.
8

Pendings Places
Back to Rock III - Martijn - Stat fix required
IAN - Jack - Need time to process stats
Equinox - Lewis - Need time to process stats

**leorcc** · 1 March 2010, 10:42

Re: War of the Writers

Builder: Leo van Miert
Robotname: Sideswipe
Weightclass: Heavy
Dimensions: 90cm x 125cm x30cm
Shape: T-frame-ish
Weight: 99kg total. Brushless and weapon 28kg, batteries 8kg, drive 16kg, esc's and electronics 5kg, Aluminium and bisalloy 42kg
Weapon: 12kg Spinning object, powered by a Plettenberg Predator 30/8 Brushless motor on 39.6V giving 6000rpm and 11kw
Batteries: 6 packs 12cells A123 39.6V 13.8Ah
Drive: 2x S28-400 Magmotors with TW TWM3 Gearbox
method of motivation: 10 flatless wheels
Top speed: 32km/hour
Ground Clearance: 10mm all round
Armour: Base 6 mm 7075-T6 aluminium, Top 5mm Bisalloy chromed steel
Srimech: the spinner bar knocks it back over
Strength: Wide wheels, less gyroscopic effect.
Weakness: vulnerable at the back.
Picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rnClqCv0C8&fmt=18

**knightrous** · 1 March 2010, 23:00

Re: War of the Writers

Originally posted by leorcc

Builder: Leo van Miert
Robotname: Sideswipe
Weightclass: Heavy
Dimensions: 90cm x 125cm x30cm
Shape: T-frame-ish
Weight: 99kg total. Brushless and weapon 28kg, batteries 8kg, drive 16kg, esc's and electronics 5kg, Aluminium and bisalloy 42kg
Weapon: 12kg Spinning object, powered by a Plettenberg Predator 30/8 Brushless motor on 39.6V giving 6000rpm and 11kw
Batteries: 6 packs 12cells A123 39.6V 13.8Ah
Drive: 2x S28-400 Magmotors with TW TWM3 Gearbox
method of motivation: 10 flatless wheels
Top speed: 32km/hour
Ground Clearance: 10mm all round
Armour: Base 6 mm 7075-T6 aluminium, Top 5mm Bisalloy chromed steel
Srimech: the spinner bar knocks it back over
Strength: Wide wheels, less gyroscopic effect.
Weakness: vulnerable at the back.
Picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rnClqCv0C8&fmt=18

Sorry Leo, this little series is for those who have written a fanfiction tournament, unless you've written a tournament I've missed in my occasional sweep of these forums

**alex_holt** · 2 March 2010, 12:57

Re: War of the Writers

Well, I haven't been around much recently, so lets get back into the swing of things by entering Achilles. It's not like I have anything *that* up to date, but it'll probably require less work than anything else to get it up to Aaron submission standards. Odd though, I could have sworn I had a bot which included more technical stats in my roster as I remember actually doign a weight breakdown for a change. Oh well.

http://alexjholt.com/achillesd.htm

**leorcc** · 2 March 2010, 14:14

Re: War of the Writers

Sorry Leo, this little series is for those who have written a fanfiction tournament, unless you've written a tournament I've missed in my occasional sweep of these forums

No problem.

**death robotics** · 3 March 2010, 18:14

Re: War of the Writers

Originally posted by alex_holt

Well, I haven't been around much recently, so lets get back into the swing of things by entering Achilles. It's not like I have anything *that* up to date, but it'll probably require less work than anything else to get it up to Aaron submission standards. Odd though, I could have sworn I had a bot which included more technical stats in my roster as I remember actually doign a weight breakdown for a change. Oh well.

http://alexjholt.com/achillesd.htm

Hazzah the legend is back :P

:wink:

Anywho i'd like to enter my newest creation

Druid 2.0
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Reptirron the 2nd (S6)
Colour: Black on the right-hand side. Gold on the left.
Dimensions: 82cm x 90cm x 60cm
Drive: 4x 24v S28-400 Magmotors, powered by 4x 3000mAh NiCad Battlepacks
Locomotion: 4 internally mounted Biohazrd-style wheels.
Armour: 3mm Hardox
Speed: 12mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front. 9mm elsewhere.
Turning Circle: 0m
Weapon: The weapon is a rear-hinged flipper, powered by 2 2kg Co2 tanks at 750psi via a 100mm bore 150mm stroke ram. It can lift 800kg, and can flip 500kg.
Srimech: The flipper can self-right it.
Strengths: Tough, decent flipper.
Weaknesses: Previous incarnation had a habit of going out of control.
Bio: A slower, but tougher incarnation of Druid.
Win/Loss Ratio: N/A

**knightrous** · 16 March 2010, 06:32

Re: War of the Writers

Little swamped with work and personal commitments lately, should be able to spend a night or two this week going over those entries in processing stage and start aiming to get this show on the road