Mythbusters: RA2 Edition

[Sage]

I'm not sure if it matters.

Then I'm not sure if I can give this test credibility.

[Trovaner]

Personally, I don't like that your using plows for testing because they are extending past the pivot of the snappers and they are positioned farther out on the wedges compared to the chassis version (this causes the pivots to vibrate more because the weight is making them go out of alignment more often).

In my experience, the more static weight (motors cause to much jumping) attached to the wedge setup, the better the wedges to a point. Shadow Tyrant's wedges got better until I started going really overboard on things (in fact, my wedges are worse than a version with less ramplates but they were still good enough to get under most designs).

[pyscolone]

With the plows in the wedges I'm pretty sure the plows collision hits the ground.

[kill343gs]

Just a little reinfocement on the ballast idea that Insult to Injury has brought up. This is with 6 40kg ballasts in the front of the bot, wedges mounted on green snappers, Hp drive:



Not 100% consistent, but pretty dang close.

[Reier]

Dang nice combat arena.

[kill343gs]

You should see the pillars... I messed up seriously on the skin. It looks like a laser show, and not in a good way.

[Gauche Suede]

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[Naryar]

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1-Yes and 2-we're not sure.

[Gauche Suede]

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1-Yes

what about HnM 4?(who's wedges are near unbeatable).

[Naryar]

One lone example doesn't make empirical truth.

[Natef]

Is it true that you can't knock off another bot's parts are the end of a match (after it shows the results screen)?

[Pwnator]

Is it true that you can't knock off another bot's parts are the end of a match (after it shows the results screen)?

Yep. You can't break off your own weapons either, nor reshape the opponents' chassis. Try it out against some LW with a HW HS. :P

[martymidget]

what about HnM 4?(who's wedges are near unbeatable).

Lol what, I find HnM 4 one of the lesser wedges in NAR AI :L

[Gauche Suede]

what about HnM 4?(who's wedges are near unbeatable).

Lol what, I find HnM 4 one of the lesser wedges in NAR AI :L

le gasp! I can never get under HnM 4!(so, what do you think is the better wedge in NARAI?)

[Somebody]

Hinge wedges are generally better, but well tuned burst wedges can be comparable if not better.

[Natef]

Is it true that you can't knock off another bot's parts are the end of a match (after it shows the results screen)?

Yep. You can't break off your own weapons either, nor reshape the opponents' chassis. Try it out against some LW with a HW HS. :P

I've been trying to figure that out for a while :P

[Sage]

You could save 0.4 kg on your first bot by using a chassis with 6 points on the baseplate instead of 8. It wouldn't make it any more original, though.

I actually don't think this is true. Sure you are removing surface area on the sides, but you are also adding surface area on the top and bottom.

MYTHBUSTERS TIME

So going off the rule that RA2 uses surface area instead of volume to calculate weight, here's the equation for a right angle or a single side:



So, mathematically, there IS a point where changing it to a single surface instead of a right angle actually costs more weight.


This is more to start a discussion than to actually break a myth, so if anyone has any input let me know. I'm thinking that the actual most efficient way to do corners like that is somewhere between the right angle and the flat surface.

[Reier]

idk

[helloface]

Isn't the point of mythbusters to ask a question then answer it? That's not a question.

[Sage]

Isn't the point of mythbusters to ask a question then answer it? That's not a question.

the myth is that it's ALWAYS better to use a flat surface instead of a right angle.