Author Topic: Quite the noobie here. (Read 4876 times)

Cougar · « **Reply #40 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:01:51 AM »

Quote from: R1885;37401

Remove the ballasts
Use shinys
Armor Please
You need one black there

The weapons on the front are making the design tilt forward, the ballasts are there just to hold the back down slightly more, they are only 10kg each (makes up to near 800kg, I like to use every last bit
Shineys don't have decent grip, And the N12 are aesthetically nicer
Aluminium armour, I don't intend to get hit :biggrin:
And the 2 blacks are just for sheer bettery life. I doubt I could save extra space anyway.

Quote from: Weirdo;37405

You also don't really need angle connectors, you can use the side attachment points of round extenders instead.
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So by using those axe heads, you're preventing your bot from doing damage from the side. I know its meant for frontal attacks, but it could give you an advantage if you remove the axe heads.

Right-o, I'll try out the extenders! As for the irons, would replacing the axe heads with irons (sticking out to the side) Be a better idea? I didn't know that about the weapons though, thanks for the knowledge.

Naryar · « **Reply #41 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:08:03 AM »

Shinies have exactly the same grip (grip=1) as N-12's as well as all other wheels.

Ballasts ARE weight lost. You might stabilize the thing by rotating your weapon ice picks in order to make their tip scrape the ground and act as stabilizers.

Weirdo · « **Reply #42 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:20:34 AM »

Quote from: Cougar;37407

Aluminium armour, I don't intend to get hit :biggrin:

Don't take that for granted...

And yes, personally I think replacing the axe heads with irons would be better, but Naryar did say about using them as stabalisers, so I think you should try both and see what works best.

Cougar · « **Reply #43 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:49:41 AM »

The only way I can get it to work is by using shineys, and take my chances with not being flipped over.(Shineys are just that tiny bit too small to let my design run on it's back). The N-12's are in the way to put anything on the ends of the extenders, and I also can't upgrade to steel, as I go 1.8kgs over the limit, and I'm pretty sure I can't make my chassis any smaller. x.x Time to play around with the shineys.

Who knew that designing robots was so arkward! :D

Cheers gents!

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #44 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:58:37 AM »

In order to have your bot to be invertible with Shinies:
In chassis desing, move the height bar all the way to the bottom, then move it 5 pixels up. Then you can fit Ztecs and shinies to have invertibility and black batteries have just enough room for a controlboard above them.
As for the amount of pistons: You only need 2, if you are skilled enough you can place around 32 iron spikes on just 2 pistons.

Oggie · « **Reply #45 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:59:27 AM »

If you make the chassis only 5 pixels high you can make it invertible with shinies. Also search up on Double Strength Aluminium on the wiki or on the forum.

ACAMS · « **Reply #46 on:** May 06, 2009, 12:07:59 PM »

Never use ballast!!!!!

For the LW raise the angle motors and use shiny hub wheels so it will be invertable.....and also save weight.
Here are my bots, and I am sure there is a LW that is simular to what you are doing http://myfolderz.com/ACAMS/RA2/Bots.php (some day I need to arrainge them in weight order)

Cougar · « **Reply #47 on:** May 07, 2009, 05:33:31 AM »

Quote from: somestrangeguy;37417

In order to have your bot to be invertible with Shinies:
In chassis desing, move the height bar all the way to the bottom, then move it 5 pixels up. Then you can fit Ztecs and shinies to have invertibility and black batteries have just enough room for a controlboard above them.
As for the amount of pistons: You only need 2, if you are skilled enough you can place around 32 iron spikes on just 2 pistons.

I've got the chassis sorted out, I can get all the parts in and make it invertable, thanks guys! Love the advice :D
As for getting 32 iron spikes on the pistons, 16 on each (putting a piston ontop of the other) I'm not sure how I'm meant to get 16 placed onto one, without going too wide, or is going wide the idea?

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- = Iron
o = Piston and Tconnection

Sage · « **Reply #48 on:** May 07, 2009, 06:57:21 AM »

Quote from: ACAMS;37419

Never use ballast!!!!!

actually, not true. On a popup, the more ballasts you have in the front of the bot, the better the wedge is.

Naryar · « **Reply #49 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:02:53 AM »

Better to use static front armor or caster armor, huh?

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #50 on:** May 07, 2009, 08:44:15 AM »

Quote from: Cougar;37545

I've got the chassis sorted out, I can get all the parts in and make it invertable, thanks guys! Love the advice :D
As for getting 32 iron spikes on the pistons, 16 on each (putting a piston ontop of the other) I'm not sure how I'm meant to get 16 placed onto one, without going too wide, or is going wide the idea?

--------o--------
--------o--------

- = Iron
o = Piston and Tconnection

Have you seen the BBEANS competitors? Mine is Spearhead and it has 31 ironspikes, due to weight issues, i had to take one off.

Its setup so that both pistons are next to eachother and only 20cm extenders are used to attach the spikes.
First ones for each piston are rotated so that their side attachment points are pointed away from eachother.

Cougar · « **Reply #51 on:** May 07, 2009, 09:11:02 AM »

Quote from: somestrangeguy;37562

Have you seen the BBEANS competitors? Mine is Spearhead and it has 31 ironspikes, due to weight issues, i had to take one off.

Its setup so that both pistons are next to eachother and only 20cm extenders are used to attach the spikes.
First ones for each piston are rotated so that their side attachment points are pointed away from eachother.

Would you mind posting a pic of your bot? I've tried looking under the BBEANS section but there arn't any decent sized pics. Still got tweaking to do, I find that I've nearly finished the bot then realise that it is wrong or not built right and need to start again. Been working on it for near on 2 days now lol. :D

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #52 on:** May 07, 2009, 09:17:47 AM »

You can find it here as well as my other bots.

Cougar · « **Reply #53 on:** May 07, 2009, 09:41:21 AM »

Ahhh, cool design, I love it. I see I have along way to go before catching up lol!
*goes and tweaks some more* :D

Cougar · « **Reply #54 on:** May 08, 2009, 05:27:00 AM »

Okay, so I've been toying around with Stock RA, and I am thinking about dipping my toes into DSL, I've looked at it, and quickly cried, running away. I was wondering if anyone could give me a few tips, and answer a few of my questions. :)
Which motor is best used for a HW, and how many would be needed (saying the design is square)
Now that there are a million new wheels, which are the fav, or do they all have pro's/con's?
Is overlapping in DSL frowned on? (Snapper glitch) I haven't tried so I'm not sure

As for other things, I imagine I will have to do a design and then get you guys to push me in the right direction. :D

Thanks so much! You've all been awesome and kind helping me out the pass few days, I figure I might be camping around these forums alot from now on. :D

Naryar · « **Reply #55 on:** May 08, 2009, 05:51:57 AM »

I would just suggest lurking on the DSL showcases to get some inspiration/tips. I've been extensively giving DSL tips on showcases.

If you want good designs there are mine, Urjak's, Reier's, R0B0SH4RK's, Sage's, Mike's and Inf's.

Cougar · « **Reply #56 on:** May 08, 2009, 05:59:45 AM »

Appreciate it, Naryar. :) Thanks