Author Topic: Devastator's Showcase (Read 19604 times)

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #120 on:** March 07, 2014, 12:58:25 AM »

Definitely stepping up bot production a bit - I feel like I'm saturating the showcase by now.

LW flipper. Plastic 5mm armor. Not much else to note other than it uses a Judge burst.

CW hammerer. Titanium 5mm armor. Has some stacked batteries, and uses dual Judge bursts. I feel like I'm overusing those motors now...

Merrick · « **Reply #121 on:** March 07, 2014, 04:08:01 AM »

Won't that first one havok? Surely there's nowhere near enough weight on that judge burst.

RedSawn · « **Reply #122 on:** March 07, 2014, 05:14:02 AM »

Yeah, I struggle to believe that LW won't havok. Have you tested it? And it could do with front stabilizers like DSL Scout has (rear stabilizers help too when it tries to flip over under it's own power). You could say the less the robot buckles under the weight of the opponent as it tries to flip it, the stronger the flip itself is going to be. More energy into the actual flip and all.

Interesting design on the hammer but call me skeptical of it's effectiveness. And from a realistic point of view I'm not sure a sledgehammer attached to the motor in that fashion would last outside of combat let alone during, without any supports. (Though you did stack batteries which suggests you weren't going for the typical DSL standard)

Davidyamy · « **Reply #123 on:** March 14, 2014, 11:55:42 PM »

Quote from: TBD Devastator on March 07, 2014, 12:58:25 AM

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CW hammerer. Titanium 5mm armor. Has some stacked batteries, and uses dual Judge bursts. I feel like I'm overusing those motors now...

with that chassis, hammers do not extend far enough

Shield · « **Reply #124 on:** March 15, 2014, 01:10:08 AM »

Quote from: Davidyamy on March 14, 2014, 11:55:42 PM

Quote from: TBD Devastator on March 07, 2014, 12:58:25 AM
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CW hammerer. Titanium 5mm armor. Has some stacked batteries, and uses dual Judge bursts. I feel like I'm overusing those motors now...
with that chassis, hammers do not extend far enough

They're fine. Any longer and it won't be stable enough.

I highly suggest you learn a little more from the more experienced members first before you give out advice. No offense bro, I loved your Scorpion concept and all, but there's a lot more you can probably improve on.

Naryar · « **Reply #125 on:** March 15, 2014, 04:06:10 AM »

oh this is like gauche suede all over again

david is actually RIGHT, this hammer doesn't have enough reach. So no, shield, look at the robot before you attack someone for his advice.

but the bumping and the flaming is really unnecessary...

so both of you shut up and david I don't WANT you to see flaming in the showcases more. Else there will be more consequences that a simple warning.

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #126 on:** March 15, 2014, 09:40:30 PM »

So uh, let's not get too heated here...

Yes, I figured out the LW was a Havok bomb - an attempt to solve it turned it into a MW, so yeah...
I'll work on the CW's reach, though. You guys should see a slightly updated version coming up in the next day or so.

New bot. Likely inefficient, but I like it. Fast, lotsa spikey bits, and a storm piston. The splash was made on a different computer which is why it looks different compared to the older ones (in terms of the font)

EDIT: I have removed and edited messages as necessary to remove the flame war. Please do not start another one.

Shield · « **Reply #127 on:** March 16, 2014, 12:16:48 AM »

You might want to replace the extenders with lighter ones. Maybe tit. or Alu. As it stands it's going to be very hard to hit them anyways, especially the side ones.

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #128 on:** March 16, 2014, 12:27:56 AM »

The extenders are actually Titanium to begin with - should've elaborated on it in the main post... I'll keep it in mind though.

Perhaps downgrading them by how hard they are to hit will work?

Naryar · « **Reply #129 on:** March 16, 2014, 04:46:32 AM »

Extender work is indeed a bit inefficient. Irons are kinda weak as well, but otherwise nice.

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #130 on:** March 25, 2014, 09:09:31 PM »

Been a bit busier with Stock as of late, so that's why this showcase has kinda gone a bit quiet.

But anyway, perhaps you guys could be of assistance - I have a bot with 180kg to spare and I have no idea how the

I could use it, since the hammers take a while to spin up already (ruling out 60kg sledges) and space is real tight.

Also, the name is an example of using gratuitous foreign language names without even knowing what the

it translates to.

playzooki · « **Reply #131 on:** March 26, 2014, 04:45:22 AM »

Pretty sure those bars intersect.

Naryar · « **Reply #132 on:** March 26, 2014, 05:01:43 AM »

yeah, they look like they do.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #133 on:** March 26, 2014, 05:06:19 AM »

If they spin at opposite directions, they technically never have to intersect if the hammer doesn't reach the other bar's center point. The 2 motors just have to be geared together in some way.

It will be fairly useless IRL, but knowing DSL-S that might not be an issue.

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #134 on:** March 26, 2014, 05:19:29 AM »

Yeah, the bars do intersect fully. Realism wasn't really a concern with the robot, just wanted to make a dual bar-spinner HW with at least average reach to it.

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #135 on:** April 01, 2014, 03:59:45 AM »

More robots. Promise these aren't jokebots, despite the thing-that-must-not-be-named currently happening.

So, a little stacking practice here (stacked three baseplates on each end for the motors to go on), a bunch of armor there, add blades, stir well and yeah, robot.

This one was basically plunging into the depths of ~~Hell~~ my older bots. It's alright at flipping stuff, but the setup is terrifyingly inefficient.

Shield · « **Reply #136 on:** April 01, 2014, 04:55:54 AM »

Duality looks sweet. Tho I don't see a need for the second disc. Pretty sure stacking isn't allowed.

For Sentinel, replace the baseplate anchors inside with ME's. Might wanna get rid of the titanium sheet as well.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #137 on:** April 01, 2014, 06:37:56 AM »

Duality looks pretty cool indeed.

martymidget · « **Reply #138 on:** April 01, 2014, 11:49:18 AM »

Quote from: S.H.I.E.L.D on April 01, 2014, 04:55:54 AM

Duality looks sweet. Tho I don't see a need for the second disc. Pretty sure stacking isn't allowed.

Isn't the whole point of duality to have two of something? And what's been stacked?

TBD Devastator · « **Reply #139 on:** April 01, 2014, 03:52:50 PM »

Quote from: martymidget on April 01, 2014, 11:49:18 AM

Quote from: S.H.I.E.L.D on April 01, 2014, 04:55:54 AM
Duality looks sweet. Tho I don't see a need for the second disc. Pretty sure stacking isn't allowed.

Isn't the whole point of duality to have two of something? And what's been stacked?

The stacked parts are baseplate anchors. There are three of them stacked on each end of the chassis, which hold the extenders that the motors attach to. (the TWM3R Drives are placed on steel 20CM extenders, which are on the first two baseplates (a pair of 90-degree-rs). The Perms are on flippermakers, attached to another baseplate, this one a 0-degree-r.)

The DSL bars on the front and back you miiight be able to consider as stacked as well, but I'm considering it more as an overlap than a stack.

Other than that, nothing else is stacked. I was planning on stacking the batteries, but I found out I had more than enough room to just put them in normally. If you really want I can disassemble the bot partially and show the stackings in some detail.