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**swiss_tony** · 21 February 2006, 11:16

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Walk Idiot Walk and The Great Cornholio
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**majinb** · 21 February 2006, 11:39

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Back to Rock II and Axe to Fall, stats will be up later

**andrewj** · 21 February 2006, 12:19

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Wedga Triton and Aneurysm for me, stats soon.

**dogbot4000** · 21 February 2006, 15:28

Vapourbot Grand Championships 2006

Ill enter Ripe without the safety camera and hus without the safety cameras check the vapour footy cup for stats.

**siphai** · 21 February 2006, 16:16

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Save me place, please.

**steven_mcg** · 21 February 2006, 17:21

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Killotine: EVO and Metal Sonic Spin Dash for me.

KILLY: http://fvagroup.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=bravehearthttp://fvagroup.proboards39.com/inde...ard=braveheart (Just gear down the saw speed if need be)

M.S.S.D.: http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/760/4937.html?1131021%20472>

**velociraptor** · 21 February 2006, 18:52

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Ill enter Batmobile and Ringwraith.

BATMOBILE
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Like the Batmobile from Batman Begins (http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Batman_Begins_Batmobile-L.jpghttp://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Ba...atmobile-L.jpg), except it has an arm going between the front wheels, with a flat plate at the end. It has a static spike where the exhaust is at the back.
Dimensions: 100 x 40 x 40
Speed: 20mph
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front due to plate on arm; 8mm at sides, 15mm at rear
Armour: 5mm titanium
Wheels: 4, outside robot
Power: 4 Perm 080s motors on 24V powered by 24V @ 12amp batteries
Weapons: At the front is a pneumatic lifting arm - it attaches at the top, goes down diagonally, inbetween the front wheels, and at the end is a plate lying flat across the ground to get under other robots. At the back, where the exhaust is on the real thing, is a static spike.
Srimech: Arm acts as srimech
Tactics: Run into opponents, lift them and carry them around, and ram them with the spike if they cant be lifted or attack from the rear.
Strengths: Good traction and pushing power; fast; manouverable
Weaknesses: Exposed wheels; high ground clearance; slow srimech

RINGWRAITH (formerly Daniel Sticklers Dervish)
Weight: 100kg
Shape: Invertable cylinder on its side, like Barberous, but weapon shaped like Pussycats blade from Series 4 & 5 (side on - its wider of course), painted black
Dimensions: 100 x 30 x 30
Speed: 18mph
Ground Clearance: 10mm
Turning Circle: 0
Armour: 15mm LexiGuard inside and a 30kg Duralumin spinning blade
Wheels: 2, outside robot
Power: 36V battery and motors
Weapon: 30kg Duralumin spinning body. It is powered by a C40-400 at 36V geared 3:1 and can reach a top speed of 900RPM. The entire robot is shaped like Pussycats blade from Series 4 & 5 and is designed to tear into all sorts of armour. The tips of the blades are made from Grade 5 Titanium. Its weapon acts like Corkscrew or Warhog and has a greater power than Matildas flywheel - it can cut into 5mm Titanium.
Srimech: Invertable
Tactics: Just keep slamming into opponents with the spinning body and turn into them to try and keep them from hitting me.
Strengths: Hard to attack, manouverable, powerful weaponry
Weaknesses: Exposed wheels, tricky to control

**team_britespark** · 22 February 2006, 12:25

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Ill enter Manic Monsoon and Pure Evil: Return of the Disc.

Name: Manic Monsoon
Weight: 100kg
Armour: 5mm Hardox all over.
Speed: Roughly 28mph
Shape: Box wedge with side skirts and rounded back.
Weapon 1: A linear actuator powered lifter running by a 4 bar system at 24v. This can lift 200kg easily.
Weapon 2: A small strip of Grade 5 Titanium on the front wedge, which gives 0mm ground clearance.
Strengths: Powerful drive and good strong weapon
Weaknesses: A bit too fast and hard to control when at full speed.
Ground Clearance: 0mm on front and sides, 1cm at back.
Srimech: Invertible, but can self right using the lifter if wanted to.
Notes: The robot is powered by 2 B42-500 MagMotors running at 60v. This gives Monsoon approx 60HP! The robot has a total of 6 wheels, 3 on each side. Each side is linked together by a set of heavy duty belts, giving 0m turning circle and the manoeuvrability of a 2 wheeled bot, and each wheel is coated in Vulcalon. The front wedge is angled at 42.5 degrees, meaning that it is not too steep or too shallow. The lifting arm is powered by a S28-150 MagMotor, and is made from 7075 Aluminium. The lifter itself can lift a total of 200kg, and can self right the robot if needs be. The side skirts are made from 4mm Titanium and are hinged.

Name: Pure Evil: Revenge of the Disc
Weight: 100kg
Armour: 7mm Hardox ring spinner and 4mm Titanium flipper/wedge.
Speed: 8mph
Shape: It is a ring spinner with a front wedge.
Weapon 1: The main body is a ring spinner made from 7mm Hardox, with Titanium teeth all over it. It is powered by a LEM130 motor at 48v geared down 3:1. This means the body can reach a top speed of roughly 2000RPM. The disc weighs a total of 38kg.
Weapon 2: A spinning kinetic powered flipper, based on Team Whyachiâ‚¬â„¢s â‚¬Å“Warrior SKFâ‚¬Â. It uses the kinetic energy from the disc to power the flipper, meaning it can flip with a total of 298KJ of energy when the disc is spinning at top speed.
Strengths: Unique and powerful weaponry. Good control.
Weaknesses: Takes a long time to self right due to the disc needing to spin up successfully.
Ground Clearance: 0mm at front and sides of flipper, 5mm at back due to ring spinner.
Srimech: The flipper can successfully self right the robot.
Notes: The robot is powered by 2 800w 36v DC motors giving 8mph top speeds. The wheels are made from Vulcalon, and have screws embedded in them to help gan traction on the arena floor. The ring spinner is powered by a LEM130 motor at 48v geared down 3:1. This means the body can reach a top speed of 2000RPM. There are 15 1â‚¬Â cubed Titanium teeth all over the horizontal spinner, giving it 298KJ of energy on impact. The flipper works because there is an eccentric land on top of the spinning ring. The top link connected to the flipper plate has a groove in it, when fired the top link engages with the spinner land and pulls backward flipping the plate up. At the front of the flipper there is a 4mm Titanium â‚¬Å“noseâ‚¬Â with a sharpened edge designed to get under all skirts and ground clearances. All the electrics are kept within the 1m diameter of the ring spinner.

(Message edited by team_britespark on February 22, 2006)

**pcbore** · 22 February 2006, 18:09

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1

Name: Tempest: Evil-er-oution

Shape: Disc shaped

Weight: ~100 KGs

Size: 65 x 20 CM (DH)

Speed: 15 MPH

Ground clearance: 1 CM all round

Motors: The two wheels are powered by S28-300 Magmotors at 24 volts, but the weapon is powered by a LEM 130 Lynch motor at 48 volts. These are powered by battlepack NiCDs.

Wheels: Two. These have only semi-good traction, to prevent it staying near the opponent after striking. Again, theyâ‚¬â„¢re stuffed instead of pumped.

Weapon: Full body spinner, can reach speeds of 2000 RPM. It now has interchangeable tooth options. Options 1,2 and 3 have four teeth, and are the classic backward hook shape, while option 4 has two and are flatter.

Option 1: Short 2 CM cutting teeth, for robots with weak armour and no wedge. Iâ‚¬â„¢m not expecting to use these much.

Option 2: These are basic 6 CM teeth. These should still give Tempest enough range to out-strike other spinners and hit wedges before they get in under the main body.

Option 3: This is a set of 15.5 CM teeth. Used for shallow wedges and spinners with longer teeth.

Option 4: Two 25 CM teeth, running as close to the floor as possible. These are used against machines with high GCâ‚¬â„¢s, enabling it to chop up the wheels and damage the drive chain better. Like option 1, Iâ‚¬â„¢m not expecting to use these much, but yâ‚¬â„¢never know.

Armour: 8 mm grade 5 Ti for the rim, 1 CM Aluminium at the top and bottom.

Srimech: Runs either way up. If the weapon is running, it cant stay on its side.

Extras: Deliberately bounces off of things it hits, so that its just about impossible to push, and also has time to spin up to a damaging speed again. There is rubber tape at all places where two pieces of metal join, and it has rubber shock pads mounted at strategic places on the inside, and the important components are foam mounted, allowing it to absorb its own impacts very well.

Safety link: In the centre of the machine, accessible at both top and bottom thanks to panels.

Strengths: Damaging weapon, itâ‚¬â„¢s very reliable, is hard to predict and cannot be shoved around.

Weaknesses: Is also pretty hard to control because Iâ‚¬â„¢ll never know exactly where it lands. Wheels are exposed to axes, but are stuffed so wonâ‚¬â„¢t take too much damage from them.

2

Name: I.D.S.F.A

Shape: Similar to Raging Knightmare..

Weight: 100 KGs

Speed: 20 MPH

GC: 0 at front, 1 CM at back and sides. 0 with skirts at back and sides.

Drive: 4 wheel drive, powered by two LEM 130 Lynch motors at 48 volts.

Weapon 1: A front hinged flipper on the front, using two 120 stroke, 80 bore rams on 250 PSI. Donâ‚¬â„¢t know how much it should be able to tip over, but should manage other robots fine. There is a lead weight bolted inside the machine in the far front to give it a little weight and ensure it can get under other machines, along with a sharp strip on the front to let it slide under skirts. There is also a speed bump on the end of the flipper to make sure fast robots like Storm 2 canâ‚¬â„¢t just drive straight over it.

Weapon 2: A rear steel horizontal disc. This weighs in at 15 KGs, and deals out 10 KJâ‚¬â„¢s.

Armour: The front flipper plate is made of 4 MM hardox, and the rest of the machine is 4 MM grade 5 Ti.

Skirts: Made of 3 mm Grade 5 Ti. These are held down with springs, but not the dual sprung monsters as seen on SpinVerter. Just regular springs like on Storm 2 to make them a little harder to get under than regular hinged skirts.

Srimech: The flipper. The weight installed in the front of the machine makes sure it rests on the flipper and not on its back, for more efficient self righting.

Strengths: Fast drive and good flipper mean it could get under and throw over opponents before they can even move.

Weaknesses: Armour and rear flywheel compromised for weight.

**alex_holt** · 22 February 2006, 19:15

Vapourbot Grand Championships 2006

16 entires thus far. keep them coming

**dinowarrior** · 22 February 2006, 22:00

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Orka Mk4 and Mega Masher 2 will be representing good ol Team Dinowarrior.

ORKA MK4

Weight: 100 kilos
Body Shape: Behemoth
Speed: Some 15mph
TC: 0
GC: 2mm, 0mm at front.
Wheels; 6 inner
Armour; 7mm titanium
Power; 3x 12v batteries, powered by a couple of Magmotors
Colour; Black with white patches
Weapons; A Behemoth like bucket scoop, made from titanium, and quite capable of lifting 300 kilos. It has a claw like device to grab an oppodent, like the claw on Mantis. The scoop is pnumatically powered, and has about 45 odd flips.
Srimech: It has a dorsal fin on top used for self-righting
Inspiration; Ive always liked Orcas. Adding the K made it sound more dangerous.
Strengths; Weapon
Weaknessess: Hard to turn

BIO
Every big team needs some big star to bring in the crowds. My big name is Orka MK4, representing Team Dinowarrior in all its glory.
No one is faster, smarter or more agile than Orka Mk4. When charging, other robots need to get out of his way. He can flip just about ANYTHING that doesnt take the warning, or simply grab hold of them. Hes ready for battle! Are you?

MEGA MASHER 2

Weight: 100 kilos
Body Shape: Minion
Speed: 12mph
TC: 0
GC; 0 at front, 1mm at sides due to skirts.
Wheels; 4 inner.
Armour: A nice 3mm of steel
Power: Similar stuff to what Tornado uses.
Colour: Red and yellow.
Weapons; The front is a wedge, and the back has a nasty vertical disc, powered by its own motor and spinning at 2000 rpm. It can probably flip as well as damage. A side Minion style bar comes out from the side.
Srimech: The aforementioned bar rights the robot, even though it can run inverted.
Inspiration; This is probably the only robot I have where I have had no inspiration. It just came as a good name.
Strengths: Power, weaponary
Weaknessess: A little bulky, not as heavy as the body would suggest.

BIO
Mega Masher is still hell bent on robot destruction. Whether you think of him as the baddest, most brutal robot ever or just a power crazed crazy thing - just dont tell him when his disc is spinning at full throttle! His wedge is also dangerous; being one of the lowest out there. Dont trust this robot to lose as far as you can throw him! Even better, dont try to throw him at all; hes based around Battlebot champion Minion, and way too bulky for flipping.

**majinb** · 24 February 2006, 10:02

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look, Im posting stats

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 itâ‚¬â„¢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 wonâ‚¬â„¢t get flipped very often, as hydraulic srimechs just arenâ‚¬â„¢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

and

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, itâ‚¬â„¢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 Mortisâ‚¬â„¢ 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 Betaâ‚¬â„¢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 opponentâ‚¬â„¢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 wonâ‚¬â„¢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

**andrewj** · 24 February 2006, 20:32

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Change of plan, Wedga Revo 2.0 and GeForce 4.0 for me.

http://teamcode14.proboards24.com/index.cgi?board=Stats&action=display&thread=110374 4549http://teamcode14.proboards24.com/in...play&thread=11 03744549

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**knightrous** · 25 February 2006, 04:17

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Ill enter Infusion Beta and Acid Burn (Stats up later for ACid Burn)

Name: Infusion Beta
Motivation: 4 x 125mm wheels
Speed: 0-12MPH [25MPH under Kinetic Boost (K-Boost)]
Clearance: 7.5mm (same inverted) 0mm at the front, the wedge scraps the floor.
Weight: 100kg
Height: 125mm
Length: 800mm
Width: 600mm
Weapon: The weapon is a 28kg Hardox spinning ring (Ala MDU) powered by a LEM170 @ 36v. The rim rotates at 2000rpm and should spin up within 2 seconds max. The weapon is also a storage device for the drive. The spinning rim is connected to each side of the drive via a car air conditioner clutch, when the clutches are engaged, the 28kg kinetic storage bank(the spinning rim) transfers its energy into the drive train. The kinetic boost has a slight modification since the previous version of this robot, the K-Boost now has adjustible gearing between the clutch and the wheels. Low, Medium & High gearing is selectable prior to a battle. In low gear, speed is only boosted to 15MPH but torque is approx. 8 times higher with roughly 10seconds of boost. In Medium gear, speed is boosted to 20MPH and torque is approx. 4 times higher with 6 seconds of boost. High gear, speed is boosted to 25MPH and torque is increased approx 1.75 time higher and limited to 3 seconds of boost. This extra â‚¬Ëœkineticâ‚¬â„¢ boost is used to ram into opponents with the front 10mm thick Hardox 500 wedge (similar to the one on Warrior SKF but wider and less depth to it). The front wedge is rubber shock mounted to ensure it survives the biggest of hits.
Drive: 2 x C40-500 Magmotors on 36v geared 7.5:1. The drive is also assisted via the spinning rim as explain above.
Batteries: 120 x 3600mAh NiCad Cells made into 36v packs. Produces 36v @ 14.4Amp/Hours
Armour: Front wedge is made entirely out of 8mm Hardox 500, the top and bottom of the robot is made out of 8mm Titanium/Vandium, The ring is made out of 10mm Hardox 400 with inner bracing to the perimeter bearing. Inner bulk heads are made from 20mm polycarbonate and 10mm aluminium.
Notes: Invertible, speed when needed and generally well controlled for a spinner. Ram or Spin, Infusion aims to win!

Tharr you go Alex

(Message edited by teamvertex on February 25, 2006)

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