Author Topic: cephalopod ~ dsl stuff (Read 152857 times)

cephalopod · « **Reply #120 on:** May 25, 2009, 06:39:12 AM »

The TM Gearbox was the biggest I could fit, otherwise it went into the drives.
And the wheels were the lightest I could find at a decent size and HP level.
But I'll on those points...

And they're not out. But everyone's scared of getting put against double SnSnSnSnS XD :P

cephalopod · « **Reply #121 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:35:32 PM »

And now... Pink Thing With A Spinny Bit (Couldn't think of an original name)
Made as a SHW for a reason... you can probably work it out.
cant remember the armour. 5 titanium i think.
1 orange battery, 2 battlepacks and 2 ant batterys.

System32 · « **Reply #122 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:43:02 PM »

Brear claws are the wrong way...

Reier · « **Reply #123 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:43:05 PM »

Well for one thing, bear claws don't do any damage like that. They only do damage at the claw tip.

cephalopod · « **Reply #124 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:44:20 PM »

Ah, didn't know that :P *is feeling a bit thick*
I'll change that later...

Still, i'm getting some damn good hits with it.

Naryar · « **Reply #125 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:44:28 PM »

Also you use ungrippy wheels, and these hammers on the drive e-teks are weight lost.

cephalopod · « **Reply #126 on:** May 27, 2009, 03:46:01 PM »

The wheels are used to help balance weight, and so are the hammers (the disc hardly ever starts if they're not there - its just sat on the ground)

But I'll work on the wheel choice.

Naryar · « **Reply #127 on:** May 27, 2009, 04:10:41 PM »

There is better uses for weight than basically ballasts.

Or just change your setup... with that weight distribution it is going to be unstable as

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cephalopod · « **Reply #128 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:42:27 AM »

Okay, rebuilt. It's wider for better stability and all the wheels are grippier (and the bear claws are the right way round this time).
Only problem is it may be seen as underpowered (only an orange and a battlepack), but i tested it with all motors on and it took 50 secs to burn up a quarter of it's power - longer than the general quarter of a match (45 secs).
The extenders help with support.
The back wheels are on the inside because one wouldn't fit (damn max sphere)

Naryar · « **Reply #129 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:57:38 AM »

it's way too fast for a heavy duty VS anyways.

cephalopod · « **Reply #130 on:** May 28, 2009, 03:00:22 AM »

Lol. I suppose. It's damn fun to use anyway, especially when I wasn't planning on making a VS at all. I just wanted something up high :P
And it gets good hits with a fast run-up.
Might change the motors. Dunno yet. 'Cos I quite like it.

EDIT: Just made a HW version of PTWASB, which used a perm 132 and NPC fasts. It's a lot more stable, and I will switch the drives on the SHW version for some right away XD

Naryar · « **Reply #131 on:** May 28, 2009, 03:19:29 AM »

You need frontal stabilizers or wheels BEFORE your spinners, like Alien Queen.

cephalopod · « **Reply #132 on:** May 28, 2009, 03:23:00 AM »

Strangely (although this will seem a lie) I was just thinking that i needed some stabilisation, cos it did a front-flip in a match. At this point, I was saying '... oh.'

JoeBlo · « **Reply #133 on:** May 28, 2009, 04:08:55 AM »

VS stabilization think nightmare it had a tripod like layout :-D

Naryar · « **Reply #134 on:** May 28, 2009, 04:12:18 AM »

Exactly.

philetbabe · « **Reply #135 on:** May 28, 2009, 04:59:17 AM »

i like this strange bot, i think i'm going to explorate this kind of 'up attachement'.

i think it may be vulnerable against side attack that should reverse it, Same weakness with these 3 central extenders ; You should protect them.

At last, how does this bot turn ? can't you eliminate the 2 front drive motor+wheels and replace them with stabilizer that should allows foe to get near your vertical weapon (use of skirts) ?

cephalopod · « **Reply #136 on:** May 28, 2009, 05:48:42 AM »

Quote from: philetbabe;40982

i think it may be vulnerable against side attack that should reverse it, Same weakness with these 3 central extenders ; You should protect them.

At last, how does this bot turn ? can't you eliminate the 2 front drive motor+wheels and replace them with stabilizer that should allows foe to get near your vertical weapon (use of skirts) ?

I'm gonna work on protecting the extenders a bit more.

The turning is fine, if a bit unstable at times. Well, I've changed the motors for NPC (or whatever it is) Fasts to stop it flying around so much, but as for the front, i dunno how much I can do without upsetting the rule of 7. I'll make a few copies of the bot and run some experiments.

Quote from: JoeBlo;40972

VS stabilization think nightmare it had a tripod like layout :-D

I quite like the idea of working on a Nightmare-esque layout, this might help a lot with stabilizing it. I'll work on it all later.

System32 · « **Reply #137 on:** May 28, 2009, 10:43:52 AM »

Hmm, Let me try a rebuild...

philetbabe · « **Reply #138 on:** May 29, 2009, 07:38:41 AM »

Quote from: philetbabe;41186

here is my 'rebuild'

stable, but slow, slow , so sloooooooooow .... that it is sometime motionless!

cephalopod · « **Reply #139 on:** May 29, 2009, 10:48:28 AM »

Kay, the less-than interesting 4-wheel rebuild (stuck onto 1 pic because it's boring)

But now, I worked on protection (which may or may not have gone quite well), and an almost Nightmare-esque layout, and made this
Pink Nightmares

EDIT: Pink Nightmare can be used as a vague SnS with the hammer, otherwise it IS ballast.