MacFan Fic - Season 1

[majinb]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

so Alex, does that mean I can enter a team of 7? :S

[siphai]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

Yeah, I think someone else entered an odd number, but it works out. Somehow.

[siphai]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

Oh I see what it was, I missed Chris Masons other robot. Okay, yeah, Ill either need another robot from you Martijn, or Martyn enters three.

[majinb]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

which means my question still stands, is the arena-floor made of a magnetic metal or not?

[siphai]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

The arena is magnetic.

The use of magnets for making wedges flush to the floor is illegal, as is everything else you can do with magnets besdies what you are doing, Martijn.

[swiss_tony]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

If Martijns out of ideas, would it be alright if I entered three more robots? [if not ill enter just two, drop 4 Swords if its just two]
4 Swords
Stalker 2
The Great Cornholio

[majinb]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

fine with me Tony

[siphai]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

Im afraid not, Martyn has already reserved those 3 (2) final places. So... were all waiting on him.

[martyn]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

NAME- The deer
SHAPE- Invertible box
COLOR- the robot and claws are a dark green color
WEIGHT- 100kg
DIMENSIONS- 1m x 80cm x 25cm (l,w,h)
SPEED- 15mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm
GROUND CLEARANCE- It has 6mm at the front due to the claws and has 0mm at the sides and rear without skirts 6mm. The skirts also work both ways up.
ARMOUR- 3.6mm hardox
MOVEMENT- 4 inner wheels that make the robot invertible
POWER- 2 x S28 Magmotors on 24v.
WEAPONS- it has a front pair of horizontal hydraulic crushing claws set up like deers antlers like you fine in extreme destruction. The claws have 3.5 tones of crushing force on the front tips of the claws at the middle is 6tones and right at the back it has 8 tones of crush. The claws are powered by hydraulics through a 120mm bore rams at 3000psi
NOTES- invertible, wide base means I wont topple while the deer is crushing
STRENGTHS- Very powerful weapon
WEAKNESSES- it could be turned into venison

NAME- Disco tech 2
SHAPE- Invertible box
COLOR- silver
WEIGHT- 100kg
SPEED- 20mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm
GROUND CLEARANCE- 6mm under the discs has 0mm at sides due to skirts that will work when flipped
ARMOUR- 3.6mm hardox
WHEELS- it has 6 inner wheels
POWER- Drive: 2 x S28-400 Magmotors @ 36v with a 10:1 Mod 2 spur gear reduction connected to the 6 wheels.
Batteries: 120 x 3000mAh NiCD cells producing 36v @ 9amp
WEAPONS- It has 2 spinning each spinning at 3000rpm. Has a 4.00 second spin up time due to the C40-500 Magmotor on 36v with a 2:1 twin tension cog belt reduction. The flywheels produce 31.5Kj€™s at maximum RPM but is lethal at around 1 second. It has one weapon on the front and one on the back
SRIMECH- Invertible
NOTES- can spin on the spot
STRENGTHS- fast, powerful weapons, good pushing power
WEAKNESSES- easy to flip if discs aren€™t spinning

Name- Take me out (thanks to Dave for naming the robot for me)
SHAPE- Wedge
COLOUR- Dark grey
WEIGHT- 100kg
DIMENSIONS- Height: 20cm, Length: 80cm, Width: 65cm
SPEED- around 18mph
TURNING CIRCLE- 0mm
GROUND CLEARANCE- 0mm at the front due to wedge extender, 5mm at sides and rear
ARMOUR- 4mm Aluminium Boron Carbite
MOVEMENT- 4 inner vulcalon wheels, it uses a skid steer system like tornado
DRIVE- 2 LEM 130€™S on 36 volts
BATTERIES- custom 3300mAh NiCad Cell 36v BotPack
WEAPONS- The robot has a 1000psi nitrogen flipper on a 80mm bore on a 100-stroke ram which should make around 3.5 tones at the ram (if I am incorrect please correct me) the nitrogen is stored in 2, 2.2kg canisters, the robot has around 25 flips in a fight, the flipper is on high pressure
STRENGTHS- Powerful weapon, good drive
WEAKNESSES- limited supply for the weapon

[dinowarrior]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

If there is still place in the Otherweights, you can add Ram-Raider (FW), Tyr-ant-o-saw-rus Rex (AW) and Octopush 2 (SHW). Stats in VFT7, please say if something is wrong with them.

[majinb]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

All you ever wanted to know

Name - Flick of the Wrist

Shape - 6-wheeled Tornado, including the angled rear to keep in contact with the ground while driving up a wedge

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 35 km/h (22mph)

Dimensions - 120x80x20 cm

Ground Clearance - 10 mm under the main body, variable clearance under the lifting spikes, with 0 mm as a minimum

Power - 2 B42-500 Magmotors at 48 volt

Movement - 6 wheels for awesome traction

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - A pair of hardox, diamond tipped electric lifting spikes, a lot like the lifting spatula of American SHW Vladiator. These are 25 cm in length and can be lifted downwards which turns them into an active invertible lifting wedge. They can also be raised parallel to the floor, so they can act as a pair of classic ramming spikes. A 100 kg robot driving around at 22 mph is good for 5 kJ of kinetic energy. When this is brought onto a pair of diamond tipped spikes, this might seriously harm some armours.

Armour - 7 mm titanium all around

Srimech - It€™s invertible

Strenghts - High speed rambot, awesome traction
Weakness - Lack of devestating weapons

Here€™s a picture: http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Flick.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Flick.gif






Name - Sheer Heart Attack

Shape - Invertible tracked box, only the main-body between the tracks is shorter then the tracks (as can be seen on the picture), build in such a way that the tracks are in contact with the ground no matter what (like 101), only with two titanium bars at the end of both tracks to protect them from destructive spinners

Weight - 110 Kilogram

Speed - 24 km/h (15 mph)

Dimensions - 90*100*25 cm

Ground Clearance - Zero underneath the tracks, but with an overhang

Power -2x LEM130s at 48v

Movement - Two sturdy titanium tracks, with rubber strips attached to them for traction

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - A 22 kilogram titanium spinning drum at the front of my machine equipped with 10 hardox teeth, powered by a LEM 130 and spinning around at 5000 RPM, which produces nearly 40 kJ.

Armour - 6 mm titanium all around (including the tracks themselves)

Srimech - It€™s invertible

Strenghts - Devestating against most wedges, nice traction
Weakness - Exposed (but quite sturdy) tracks might be a weakness

Notes- I designed this robot to be a robot which gains it€™s advantage by driving OVER an opponent, a bit like Barberous. The exposed tracks are the ultimate way to keep in contact with the floor no matter what kind of ramp I drive up, so that if a good rambot or whatever gets underneath me in a threatening way, I can simply go in full reverse and escape. The drum, ofcourse, is a perfect way to hurt an opponent while he€™s underneath you.

Here€™s a picture: http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Tracks2.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Tracks2.gif







Name - Liar

Shape - A bit like a non-invertible Wheely Big Cheese, it has a fairly wide wheel-to-wheel base at the back, while the front is a much smaller (and pretty long) wedge, the front of the wedge has to €œside wedges€ as can be seen on the pic

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 29 km/h (18mph)

Dimensions - 120x60x30 cm

Ground Clearance - 0 mm at the front and underneath €œside-wedges€, 7 mm anywhere else

Power - 2 S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volt

Movement - 2 inner wheels, 15 cm in diameter

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - The wedge contains a 1000 psi titanium rear-hinged flipper (basically the red parts of the picture), powered by two pneumatic rams. It should be able to give a 100 kg robot a height of some meters. As can be seen in the picture, the flipper has two €œside-wedges€. I have added them since I saw that flippers tend to be quite weak when attacked at the back. When Liar is attacked at the back, he simply does the same as Stinger does when he goes into flail mode. By doing so, the side wedge will ram into the opponent and shove underneath it. That way I can use my flipper and get it on his back. Although this flip will not be as powerful as a frontal flip, it will be a flip nonetheless, and it will help me get rid of any threats that approach me from the back.

Armour - 8 mm titanium all around

Srimech - That flipper

Strenghts - Powerful and maneuverable flipper
Weakness - Won€™t be pushing much, won€™t be damaging much either

Here€™s a picture: http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/flip.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/flip.gif





Name - A Night at the Bar

Shape - A wide cylinder-shaped axlebot

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 24 km/h (15mph, geared for control)

Dimensions - 25x110x25 cm

Ground Clearance - Well, it€™s an axlebot€¦

Power - 2 S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volt

Movement - Two axlebot wheels, 25cm diameter

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - In the middle of the cylinder, at 5 cm above the floor, is a 60 cm hardox bar with thick tungsten teeth on it. It weighs 25 kilogram and is powered by a B42-500Magmotor at 36 volt, spinning at 2000 rpm, giving it a nice spin up time. It€™s able to poop 55 kJ of energy straight into any opponent, so ha! The bar is mounted in such a way that it sticks out from the front and from the back, basically making it a double-headed spinning bar.

The only reason my bot can keep on driving normally even though it has only two wheels on the floor is because the centre of gravity is somewhere near the middle of the two teeth.

Armour - If you split the cylinder in halve, horizontally, the upper part of it is 4,5 mm hardox, and the lower part 5 mm, which is to centre the weight around the lower part, which is needed for the srimech. The insides are made shockproof with rubber, so it won€™t be destroyed by it€™s own weapon.

Srimech - Seeing there is a huge bar spinning in front and at the back of the bot, chances are a wedge won€™t be able to get underneath it from there anyway.
IF it is flipped, the bar will stop spinning and glide inside the cylinder, where it perfectly fits. At that point the bot is an almost perfect cylinder, and will be able to roll. The centre of gravity will roll in such a way that it will point downwards. As I designed it, the centre of gravity should be somewhere in the middle of the tungsten teeth, therefore it will roll to the position shown on the pick, and the bar will be put on again.

Strenghts - Devastating weaponry sticking out at the front and back, at only 5 cm above the floor. Should be able to fend off wedges.
Weakness - Can bounce off though armour, or the arena wall, or even the arena floor when the cylinder topples. And seeing my ONLY contact with the floor is the two wheels, this might become a rocking chair on steroids. Won€™t be pushing very much either.

Here€™s a pic; http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Bar.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Bar.gif





Name - Axe to Fall

Shape - Take a cylinder, cut it in halve, and then put it on the ground, rectangular side heading downwards. The straight ends are the left and right sides, and are sloped. (Well, just take a look at the picture =P )

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 24 km/h (15 mph)

Dimensions - 115x80x40 cm (due to axe hanging out, main body is 80x80x40 cm)

Ground Clearance - 0 at front, 7 mm anywhere else

Power - 2x LEM130s at 48v

Movement - Four inner wheels, 10cm diameter

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry - The main weapon is a 5 kg double-headed axe on top of the machine, it€™s a steel 80 cm shaft with two diamond edged blades made of hardox on the end of it. The blades are shaped like the Mortis€™ blades, in order to create some nice slices into opposing armour.
The whole axe is powered by 2 nitrogen bottles at 1000 psi, a 1 kg buffer bottle and a 30 mm bore ram, for fast and furious hits, with a downforce of almost 2 ton brought onto a fine blade, and an energy unleash which seems significantly higher than for example Beta€™s if my calculations are right.

At the front of Axe to Fall is a small wedge/ram made out of 8 mm Titanium, to lift my opponent€™s wheels into air while clobbering them with my blade, or perhaps even to grab him. This ram is also my plan B if my axe fails in battle, just ram them hard using my good traction.

Armour - 8 mm Titanium front and 15 mm polycarb for the rest of the bot.
There are also two small blocks of vulcanized rubber on the mid-front and the mid-back of my machine, to absorb the downforce where the axe hits the chassis.


Srimech - The axe acts as a srimech, thanks to the curved shape of the top my bot can self right in no time, even if it has to self right over the wedged front (the wedge is very small mind you).
To make sure my bot won€™t end up on his side, I created a pair of curves on both sides, as can be seen on the picture.

Strengths - Destructive weapon, quick at self righting
Weakness - Weapon only works when opponent is in front of or behind the machine.

http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Axe2.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/Axe2.gif





Name - Back to Rock II

Shape - A box with a slightly sloped front

Weight - 100 Kilogram

Speed - 29 km/h (18mph)

Dimensions - 90x75x30 cm

Ground Clearance - 0 at sides and front, 2 mm at the back

Power - 2x Etek motors at 48 volt

Movement - Four wheels, 20cm diameter

Turning Circel - Zero

Weaponry - It has a broad hydraulic lifting arm which can easily lift 200 kg. To easily get underneath an opponent, it has two lifting plates at the bottom of the arm, one on the left end and one on the right end, instead of one large lifting plate like Behemoth.

Between the two plates, in the centre of the scoop, I mounted a vertical diamond edged Pussycat-style blade, powered by a S28-150 Magmotor, spinning upwards at approximately 3000 RPM, which will hopefully rip off some armour, or more likely, a tire, while lifting an opponent. Jamming a blade into an opponent while lifting it hopefully provides as much control over an opponent than a Behemoth-style grabbing claw/axe can, and it€™ll surely do more damage. (To avoid confusion, the blade is actually part of the lifter, so when the lifter moves up, the blade moves along).

On both sides of the bots is a pair of 5 mm titanium skirts, to make sure I won€™t get flipped very often, as hydraulic srimechs just aren€™t as fast as pnuematic ones.

Armour - 6 mm titanium all around

Srimech - The lifter self-rights the robot when needed

Strenghts - Nice weapon synergy, high traction, low ground clearance
Weakness - Hydraulic srimech might prove to be slow

A picture can be found here: http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/BacktoRockII.gifhttp://jupiter.walagata.com/w/madbull/BacktoRockII.gif

[siphai]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

Okay, I hope all you know that Im changing the battle format because it was stupid and took too long.

Instead, were going with a nice simple Single Elimination tournament. 64 robots divided up into 2 brackets of 32. The winners of each bracket fight eachother to find the champ. The people who came second in their bracket, fight eachother to find 3rd and fourth.

So, without further adeu, the first bracket.

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Once this bracket is done, we will begin on the LW, and MW, tournies. Once the second bracket is done we shall begin with the SHW tourny. And then the final! =)

Get those Tactics (Not RPs =P) in! The first four fights will be up by next Sunday!

(Message edited by Siphai on November 26, 2005)

[siphai]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

And the second bracket!

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[swiss_tony]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

Chaos 2 VS Street Magician:
Im not that worried here. Just take it from the rear, and hold it above the hazards and let them take care of him. He cant flip me if hes getting groud up by the hazards.

[razerdave]

MacFan Fic - Season 1

SSSD is a low box shape, so both discs can attack him. Ill use the horizontal disc to attack the front to try and knock the saw out of comission and the vertical to try and overturn him from the sides