Flipper Fest 1

[kodster]

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Poo to the FRA voltage rule!

Okay then, let's see...run them on 33v, have 5 packs of 11 Li-Ion cells powering them, and I'll up the body and flipper armour by 1, to 7mm and 9mm respectively. I think that should be good.

[Guest]

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That's fixed now

http://strickenone.proboards.com/ind...ead=516&page=1
^ 2nd version in that thread

[leorcc]

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Right then. Both Seung Mina VI and Thunderstorm are in.

That filled up the last spot.

I will post the draw tomorrow.

Good luck everyone.

[death robotics]

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I have to say.... Thank god Achilles aint in this.

He'd bash me to death good and proper

[leorcc]

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All right here is the draw:


1. Gabriel V vs D2
2. Wedga Triton vs Orrion
3. The Servant vs Profanity
4. Seung Mina VI vs Thunderstorm

Send in your cheese, predictions and tactics please.

[kodster]

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I have mild cheese, does that help? :P

Gabriel V vs D2

As much as I've said Gabriel doesn't do well against other flippers, I think here it will prove me wrong. D2's srimech looks iffy; the shape of the drum's teeth will largely make it stop upon impact with the ground, and such weaponry didn't help X-Terminator 3 self-right; judging from the pic, the flipper doesn't have enough reach to right it. One flip and D2 would be out, I reckon.

Wedga Triton vs Orrion

Wedga Triton ftw here, it can stand up to the axe and can right itself easily, while giving Orrion plenty of flippage itself.

The Servant vs Profanity

Again with the kinetic weaponry, Aaron? :P Meh, all Lian needs to do is stop the flywheel, and then Aaron's SoL but with 5mm titanium armour, eh that's tricky...or if by some miracle or misreading of the stats the flywheel is not exposed, then The Servant might be boned. :P

Seung Mina VI vs Thunderstorm

If I am not mistaken, if you have torsion sprung skirts at all sides instead of hinged skirts, I don't think you'd be able to move properly, but I'm a little rough about that so I'll ignore it for now. Anyway, to actually attack, he has to get me fully onto his wedge, whereas I can just flip him whenever he gets onto the arm there, and the castors will actually hurt his ability to get under my flipper, wedge blade or not. Therefore the plan is to...just go all out on him. I have the more powerful drive so I can push him back whenever I need to be aggressive, or get away or thwack or something. If I actually can get him onto the wedge and he gets stuck, push him into a pit. I do only have 15 FP flips so it might be wise to conserve. Wedge him and pit, or get close to an arena wall and toss him out.

Good luck everybody.

[CPA23]

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Tactics: Avoid the front of Gabriel, Try and flip it from the side, those ears look like something I could use to my advantage.

Predictions:

Wedga Triton vs Orrion - Wedga Triton

The Servant vs Profanity - The Servant

Seung Mina VI vs Thunderstorm - Seung Mina VI

[death robotics]

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Hmmm

I like Profanity, but that flywheel should be exposed, it's supposed to be a Storm 2 shaped bot.
Which means theres no room internally for a flywheel.

So just avoid the flywheel and flip him silly. I have about 5 to 6mm thick titanium so i should be able to
resist it's attack. Get him down the pit when the chance arises

P.S My bot can reach up to 35mph i forgot to mention that it has a speed cap to reduce it to 17mph
just to carify things

[joey_picus]

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Cheese...would you like Red Leicester, Cheshire, Edam, Roquefort, Shropshire Blue, Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Ah, tactics :P

1. Gabriel V vs D2
Kody's predictions have raised a couple of good points actually...I can't really see how the drum can right the robot, and if it can I can see it taking quite a bit of damage in the process from the sudden impact (and I think if it's not spinning when he's flipped, or stops spinning when he's flipped and he doesn't react really quickly, he's buggered as then he can't get it spinning to power the flipper, which is his backup self righter)
Gabriel should be alright if flipped - I've got a reliable srimech and the ears actually help by making it difficult to balance on one face - so my plan is to go in and avoid the weaponry, just because it's more trouble than it's worth, and get either to one side of the flipper or in on the side skirts, hopefully the ground scraping nose's small area will be able to get underneath the skirts due to pressure, or at least dent them, and then get well underneath and flip it over. As Kody said, one flip ought to do it but if the job requires more in an out of arena or into the pit direction, I will be happy to oblige

Good luck Mr. Mint!

2. Wedga Triton vs Orrion
Wedga Triton to exploit Orrion's narrow front area of attack and flip it out.

3. The Servant vs Profanity
...er...I'll go with Profanity but I'd like to see this fight happen XD

4. Seung Mina VI vs Thunderstorm
I'm tempted to go with Thunderstorm here - I'm not a big fan of the narrow shape of WBC type flippers myself, I think wider designs are better for that sort of weapon.

[knightrous]

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The Servant vs Profanity

Again with the kinetic weaponry, Aaron? :P Meh, all Lian needs to do is stop the flywheel, and then Aaron's SoL but with 5mm titanium armour, eh that's tricky...or if by some miracle or misreading of the stats the flywheel is not exposed, then The Servant might be boned. :P

The flywheel is just an energy storage device, it's all hidden inside and has no teeth what so ever. If the flywheel was exposed, I would have labeled it as a secondary weapon

I like kinetic energy, it's got so much potential

TACTICS:
Be aggressive, I've got suction, traction and torque on my side, so I should be able to dominate when it comes to pushing. I do lack speed compared to the 35MPH top speed, if he runs around, I'll keep the flipper aimed at him until he comes to me. Flipping wise, I guess it's a case of who gets under who first, suction kinda helps me here too since it will be harder to flip with 800kg of down force.

Wedge, push to wall, flip. Rinse, repeat?


EDIT:
Did up a 10 second pen sketch of Profanity. Sketch is horribly, out of proportion

[leorcc]

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I like kinetic energy, it's got so much potential

[leorcc]

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Cheese...would you like Red Leicester, Cheshire, Edam, Roquefort, Shropshire Blue, Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Yes.

[andrewj]

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Wedga Triton vs. Orrion

I am going to try and stay around the sides of Orrion. If I can do that, it can't attack me with its weapons. I also have some 1100mm long areas to attack. Once I'm under those large sides, I should be able to push it and flip it around. Simply try and push it down one of the pits or flip it out of the arena. The axe is good, but so is my 4mm Hardox armour. Hopefully I'll be quick enough to avoid it anyway. I'll also fit the skirts for this match to try and prevent Orrion getting under me.

Good luck Jack.

[team_orr]

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orrions tactics:

ooh dang, im up against a good bot, but you can do anything if you put ya mind to it

situation 1:
lets see, he's got skirts on for this match i belive? well, seeing as the flipper is 0mm i should be able to get under them ( )
then i can flip to my hearts content i have powerfull drive so i should be able to drive him over to the arena wall where i can dispose of him, or alternativly push him down the pit

situation 2:
if for some reason i cant get under the skirts i guess i will just use the axe (the axe has quite a large swing so hopefully i can hit him from a distance) il use the special hardox piercing axe head (we have different setups for different opponents) its pierced 4mm befor so i dont see why it cant do it again!

good luck mate

jack

[knightrous]

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I like kinetic energy, it's got so much potential

Fixed your quoting (Kody didn't say it) and I'm glad you noticed