Interchangeable parts and weapons

[typhoon_driver]

Interchangeable parts and weapons

When I built swarm (heavyweight) I wanted to have a 50kg chassis base with 50kg of weapon on the back. The idea was that I could bolt on different weapon set ups dependant on the event, the arena and the opponent. So far I have only had time to create the spinning disc (even that is getting a bit close to the line) but I am looking at making lifters, axes etc in the future. As far as I can tell, this is well within the rules as the robot would be weighed with the heaviest setup on the back.

[leorcc]

Interchangeable parts and weapons

For my antweight i was planning on just adding some more armour that can be easily attached and removed and compete in the soz bots weight class with it as well. It would be a light soz, or a heavy ant. I could just a easily opt for 4 wheels instead of 2, or changing to a another weapon.

Its the same trick we did for tractor pulling, just add more motors to compete in more than one weightclass (super spetter was 5 V8 engines in the lightest setup, to 9 V8s in the heaviest).

Keeping it in the same weightclass should just as well be possible to swap, and have the heaviest setup weighed. I would insist however that it doesnt take up more time between fights to swap setups. The robot should be ready for the next round without delays.

[big_nipper]

Interchangeable parts and weapons

Well, we have a new weapon for the UK champs which when (if?) we get through the first round we may use. If you dont allow interchangeable armour, but do allow interchangeavle weapons, then where is the line drawn. The other weapon protects the whole front of the robot from those nasty discs, but we called it a weapon, not armour

As it doesnt say what is allowed then I guess that you can change armour as I know robots have Anti-THz armour and no one ever complained about these for live events.

What about robots that dont have a chasis? It would be hard to put in writing a rule that would cover this.