Author Topic: Clickbeetle's DSL bots (Read 92581 times)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #320 on:** August 21, 2011, 11:25:16 PM »

Update!

Turns out I DID have weight for a tribar setup. I get one more tooth out of the deal, a few DSL bars, still perfectly stable, and still IRL realistic.

FOTEPX · « **Reply #321 on:** August 22, 2011, 06:53:10 AM »

Click, to be honest, I don't thing those wing things at the back are IRL realistic.

Could a hardly supported 120cm carbon fiber strut really hold up 8KG at that kinda awkward angle?

If it could, I'm sorry, I don't know too much about carbon fiber. But it looks unrealistic.

Pwnator · « **Reply #322 on:** August 22, 2011, 06:56:50 AM »

Quote from: FOTEPX on August 22, 2011, 06:53:10 AM

I don't know too much about carbon fiber.

That's pretty much about it. F1 cars use carbon fiber for 2 reasons: lightness and durability. And DSL somewhat underestimated the second part.

NFX · « **Reply #323 on:** August 22, 2011, 07:02:52 AM »

It's durable in certain ways, like torsion, but if you've ever seen a Formula 1 car have an accident, or knock its front wing against the back tyre of another car, you'll know that it's also quite brittle and viable to shatter.

I suppose it could be made invertible in some way, but I don't know if it'd be as stable as it is this way up. I do like the Side Panel protection, I think it looks great. But then I'm a side panel whore.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #324 on:** August 22, 2011, 07:29:37 AM »

Carbon fiber could hold that.. especially being a 90 degree angle shape, its self supporting..

Carbon Fiber is structurally fairly strong, just low impact resistance..

That said I dont really like the wings :/ I mean its unique but they stick out like a sore thumb.. then again I guess its not meant to be an Artbot :P

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #325 on:** September 04, 2011, 06:52:04 PM »

It's a good thing SM ditched the one-replica-per-person rule or else russian roulette would've ruined my day with his Beta rammer (I didn't know he built it until I'd already built my NQRW bot).

Now I'm going to ruin his with a Beta HS. (Yeah that's right, it's ON RR!)

FYI, the Beta hammers are 22 kgs, and they have 20,000 HP and 3.2 concussion. Those weird motors have 50 speed and 70 torque. And the stabilizers are invincible because they attach to the baseplate.

Also, Silver Lining is surprisingly stable and self rights relatively quickly.

The only problem is that all those awesome components are so heavy I had to use 1mm plastic armor to fit it all on... and while the chassis is quite well protected, stray hits can still get through, and it can't take stray hits well.

That Robot is a Spy! · « **Reply #326 on:** September 04, 2011, 06:57:56 PM »

I smell fear...mine.

Eeek

*makes hasty adjustments to Recycle!*

NFX · « **Reply #327 on:** September 04, 2011, 07:04:07 PM »

That thing is utterly crazy. 909.1 HP/kg, but quite a good amount of concussion. Plus invincible stabilisers. I see this doing quite well. =D

russian roulette · « **Reply #328 on:** September 04, 2011, 07:33:03 PM »

That thing will absolutely rape mine, one thing though...I played by the rules and went with the 68kg battery.

madman3 · « **Reply #329 on:** September 04, 2011, 07:42:11 PM »

Hi ho, Click.

Looks fun, though.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #330 on:** September 04, 2011, 07:44:35 PM »

Quote from: russian roulette on September 04, 2011, 07:33:03 PM

one thing though...I played by the rules and went with the 68kg battery.

Quote from: Squirrel_Monkey on September 02, 2011, 04:47:35 AM

Multi extenders, ant batteries and control boards may also be used.

russian roulette · « **Reply #331 on:** September 04, 2011, 07:51:31 PM »

Oh. Derp, that was actually my original plan for beta, just couldn't do it with the battery.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #332 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:31:17 PM »

o hai

my planned storm 2 rammer will utrerly rape that however >:3

Enigm@ · « **Reply #333 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:33:49 PM »

MOTHER OF MERCY !

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #334 on:** September 04, 2011, 09:03:16 PM »

Nice Click! I can't wait to see that in action!

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #335 on:** September 05, 2011, 03:18:51 AM »

Weirdly this bot has me less worried about it, and more worried about Ounce's bot after importing into RA2.

G.K. · « **Reply #336 on:** September 05, 2011, 03:21:38 AM »

More worried, but I still have more pierce/concussion. =)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #337 on:** October 09, 2011, 09:13:41 PM »

Hoo boy, 3 bots in one post. You'll forgive me if I got lazy with the splashes.

First here's 6 Impossible Things, my In The Air Tonight bot.

Pretty basic VS, with a twist that I'm not going to reveal just yet (so no one copies me). The Whirl-wep disc in the back is to keep the weapons off the ground. And it's a disc because a static stabilizer had too much drag and the bot couldn't move. And it's a Whirl-wep disc because I needed something round, durable, and preferably doing some damage so I'm not TOTALLY wasting weight.

3 ants, 2 Tornado Mer gearboxes, 5mm Ti armor.

Secondly here's Epitaph 2.

I actually had this sitting in my bot lab waiting to be skinned for about a year or something, and Battlebots 3 was the perfect opportunity to bring it out. Now you may be asking what's up with the random Sir Killalot drill on the side breaking up the symmetry. Well it's actually there for a good reason... front-oriented invertible HS like this tend to get flanked easily which makes the wheels big targets, and once a bot gets in your rear it's almost impossible to shake them off. The spinner spins bots into that drill there, which protects the wheel, makes it more difficult to get in Epitaph's rear, and also does some damage. The other side doesn't need protection because of the way the spinner spins.

3 ants, 3mm plastic.

Finally...

A wild Garbodor appeared!

Should be obvious why I built this. I took some artistic license and actually covered it in "trash" you might find on the arena floor after a battle, rather than just skinning it a splotchy brown. Overall I like the effect. It's kind of like WreckTangle.

As for weapons it has two AGOD flail (fail?) arms of doom. Despite AGOD and lack of balance, they spin slow enough the bot doesn't destabilize.

4 ants, Magmotor drive, 3mm plastic. Yeah it's pretty worthless in combat. But that's not the point of Getehem now is it. (Garbodor isn't that great in the Pokemon games either, so it makes sense.)

freeziez · « **Reply #338 on:** October 09, 2011, 09:21:09 PM »

Badnik96 · « **Reply #339 on:** October 09, 2011, 09:41:06 PM »

6 Impossible Things is strangely sick.

Epitaph 2 is strangely awesome.

Garbodor is strangely strange.