Free to a good home.

[swanaldo]

Re: Free to a good home.

Thanks Joey. i really dont think teambud would battle it serious tho. we want it to ressurrect it and make it an icon again. Was speaking to Mike Lambert earlier and he also thinks that teambud would do it justice. Which is nice coming from him. Cheers mike.

[team_orr]

Re: Free to a good home.

team orr will try and get it working, and yes its an iconic figure so its good to see in the arena as, its one of the most easily recognisable robots out there. i think having it in the pits and, of course, fighting in the arena (oh yes team orr fight with their bots XD) would be brilliant for the sport, which would be good

we may not be in the glory days of yesteryear, but i recon fighting robotics is alive and kicking and will live on for many years to come,seeing this robot back in the comunity can only be a good thing

and dont forget there are 2 more robots! maelstrom is looking like a great deal, and minator would be great to have, and yeah we will get them all working, if we get them but good luck to everyone, let the best man/woman win

jack

p.s youd be making me very happy for my b-day thats coming up XD

[arfamortis]

Re: Free to a good home.

This has been quite an eye opener for me, I did not think that many people would be interested, although I notice from the pm's I've received that quite a few did not read my post carefully enough, no motors or electronics means that . I believe that Mortis would probably be best as a static or exhibition only, the poor old girl is very tired, after competing in 4 seasons of RW and 3 of Battlebots in the states, plus numerous demos and non TV competitions with the same chassis.

Minator was a super heavy, Briggs & Stratton powered hydrostatic drive that had the glory of lasting a whole 3 seconds because the girl that was driving got exited and opened the throttle too fast, stalling the engine. Would make a great target/housebot due to the 3mm Ti shell.

Maelstrom was my baby, the culmination of years of experience in the arena. Wish I had the time to complete it myself...............

All of these robots would need serious time, effort and not least money to resurrect, they are not for the dreamer. At the moment there are three serious contenders, I'm going to think about it and will make a decision later this morning.

Arthur

[team_orr]

Re: Free to a good home.

cool ta Arther

give me a ring

jack

[arfamortis]

Re: Free to a good home.

OK. The decision has been made, the new owner has been sent a pm. Once they have called me to discuss I will give my reasons and choice.

Sorry to the unsuccessful but it was a very difficult choice for me, it is also a large part of my life that I enjoyed immensely and will be sad to see them leave, happens to all parents at some time in their lives. Mortis bought me to the attention of a company that offered me a job and eventually led me to become a designer of industrial production lines and robotics.

Arthur

[team_orr]

Re: Free to a good home.

ah well, no pm

well done to the new owner

*puts plans in dark corner*

XD

jack

[team_orr]

Re: Free to a good home.

oh out of interest are the 12v packs, ti, and motors still up for grabs?

cos if they are il have them

[typhoon_driver]

Re: Free to a good home.

Whoever was successful, if you feel like sending a bit of that titanium plate my way for my new feather I wouldn't be unhappy :P

[swanaldo]

Re: Free to a good home.

Ok guys and gals.

Teambud were very fortunate to be the proud new owners of the Iconic Mortis and Maelstrom, also Minator. We both would like to thank Arfa for this generous gift.

So now Teambud have for sale Mortis at £3000 and Maelstrom for a snip at £5000.

Just kidding

Our plans for Mortis will be to get it to a running chassis and with lots and i mean lots of TLC will be a display robot at every event teambud attends. To confirm Mortis will not be a battle robot but display only. Tho a run out now and then for demo might happen.

Maelstrom....will get a name change first off....not sure what yet. We have plans to get it battle ready but this will take a little time and effort. Probably not competition fights but white board only. We feel it is worthy fighting against. It is very mortis like, an evolution of the old mortis maybee and back in the day it would been a formiddable robot.

Minator has a very interesting drive and we havent decided what to do with it yet.

We do have quite a bit of 1.2mm ti and will be donating it to teams in need but please dont hassle me for it yet i have lots of other things on my plate. Will advertise on here when we are ready to give it away. I am sure Arthur wont mind but i will just make sure with him first, and thats after we have used what we need for Mortis and maelstrom which i will for the time being call robot X

regards

and thankyou Arthur

Teambud

[arfamortis]

Re: Free to a good home.

So everybody knows now, I left it to Shane to tell you.

Reason, I have known the guys for a long time and believe that they will do justice to our ethos, Rob and I spent quite a few 40 hour days on Mortis, those that were involved right from the start will know that without fail we would still be building the robot right up to scrutineering.
I have been overwhelmed by the interest, didn't know how much people liked Mortis.
I hope that they will hand out any spare materials at some time in the future. Everything now belongs to Teambud it is entirely up to Shane and Jason what they do with it all, although I would be a little !£$%^& annoyed if it was sold, £3K!! nowhere near enough.

All the best Teambud.

Arthur and Rob
Team Random Violence Technologies.
Which is now defunct, so if someone needs a cool team name....................

[rob_grimm]

Re: Free to a good home.

Glad to hear that the robots have gone to a good home. It will be great for the sport to have a robot like Mortis back on the scene again.

Rob
http://www.iron-awe.co.uk

[corsair_lightning]

Re: Free to a good home.

Shane, a honest suggestion would be to use Maelstrom as another Mortis that would be used in battles and the like, while the original Mortis would be used in demos and static displays. As for getting the bot to work: Mags, titanium, and new pneumatics might be a good idea.

[joey_picus]

Re: Free to a good home.

Mark, I'm fairly sure Shane knows what he's doing :P he'll certainly know that Maelstrom was never pneumatic to begin with...

[swanaldo]

Re: Free to a good home.

The robot which was Maelstrom will now be called DUEL. It will have lots of time spent getting it to battle status. We will be running it for white boards and entertainment purposes not full on competition. We feel Envy or Thor will be our Full on robots. Duel is all electric and doesnt have pneumatics. I could try to explain the setup on the weapon but it would be much easier to see it working i think. Mortis did its first display at Liam Bryants party. Looking good too if i may say so.