Author Topic: Droids from Dagobah (Read 19957 times)

yoda9726 · « **Reply #100 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:44:46 AM »

Quote from: 123savethewhales on July 16, 2010, 08:30:53 AM

what happens if you actually put batteries/control boards in?

Not much difference, really. Actually seems to spin the motors slower with them in. messed around with it a bit more using piglets and then dual perms instead, and the bot just flat out self destructed. Looked like it was trying to tear itself apart. then it either got destroyed by the ceiling or went flying into oblivion.

Quote from: Condor33 on July 16, 2010, 08:37:29 AM

I think that happens because the hovercraft engine gets confused and thinks your spinner is the ground, and starts spazzing out trying to hover away from something attached to it. It's like dangling a carrot in front of a horse. Neither work in real life.

Yeah, it kinda reminds me of when you put something directly under the hovercraft engine and it goes flying straight upwards. I think the beater bars were causing it to start doing that, but then there's also enough space that it doesn't at the same time. Basic confusion, it seems.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #101 on:** May 13, 2011, 08:48:54 PM »

Wow, nearly a year.

Anyway, this is my take on the whole TRFBD thing so many are doing these days...I wanted to see how it would work with a sawbot....

Does it work? kinda. Not a powerhouse, but I liked it.

Pwnator · « **Reply #102 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:02:42 PM »

the name hahahahahahahahahahaha

yoda9726 · « **Reply #103 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:13:07 PM »

It seemed to fit lol

Pwnator · « **Reply #104 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:27:40 PM »

The ant saws seem pointless, though.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #105 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:30:19 PM »

sawblades won't attach to the multiextenders without them, so unfortunate but necessary

Pwnator · « **Reply #106 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:37:09 PM »

Try axles instead.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #107 on:** May 13, 2011, 09:57:36 PM »

Tried that, but doing that I could only get 4 saws in that space. Or, I could fit all 6, but they'd be unalligned. And the outer two still have to be on ant saws, since they're attached to the MEs that are holding the dsl bars. I'm not sacrificing too much weight this way, so think i'll keep the old ants.

Of course, unless i'm missing something, which is always a possibility

123savethewhales · « **Reply #108 on:** May 14, 2011, 12:40:24 PM »

Skirt Hinge provides axle connections on the 2 ends. Though they are a pain to work with.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #109 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:00:29 AM »

Been awhile, it has....Presenting Two of Seven
Middleweight for RIP3...

Lightweight for RIP3

Lust: An inordinate craving for pleasures of the body.

Why is it Lust? Aside from the images on the plows, the sidehammer is setup to (hopefully) hit more of the back of the opponent....spanking them into submission. Also, if you think of the plows as legs....well, look at the placement.

Pride: An excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God.

A direct lightweight clone of Ogre's 'Emobot' from Survival of the Fittest. Why is it Pride? More of a performance than build theme. Pride seems to go after the middleweight of the opposing team first, and once that's done, tries everything in it's power to push Lust out of the way to get at the remaining bot.

Pwnator · « **Reply #110 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:10:17 AM »

bewbsbewbsbewbsbewbsbewbs

You should try stuffing a mag drive in for Pride, though. A simpler box wedge rather than a T wedge should free up some weight.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #111 on:** July 03, 2012, 09:53:27 AM »

hueueueue lust, plowing your opponent...

does the extender on pride come off easily ? 600 hp probably wont last long unless the razors do a bit of protecting it, and i see a whole bunch of empty space in there :|

Conraaa · « **Reply #112 on:** July 03, 2012, 10:16:02 AM »

Quote from: yoda9726 on July 03, 2012, 06:00:29 AM

Why is it Lust? Aside from the images on the plows, the sidehammer is setup to (hopefully) hit more of the back of the opponent....spanking them into submission. Also, if you think of the plows as legs....well, look at the placement.

If the plows are legs then someone is in for a surprise :P

MassimoV · « **Reply #113 on:** July 03, 2012, 10:52:22 AM »

I really like lust, for more resons than one. I would use different wheels on Pride, maybe vlads.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #114 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:24:26 AM »

OK, that is just... win.

Naryar · « **Reply #115 on:** July 03, 2012, 11:34:53 AM »

lol boobs

Also it's very nice having you back yoda.

Lust is pretty nice, but Pride is a bit disappointing. Pride should be a ridiculously large, bristling with weapons, extremely dangerous-looking but unpractical and mostly a poor fighter, with a skin full of self-righteous, overblown statements, as only a proud builder would build.

Or something like a SHW full of ballasts. Only the proud waste weight, confident that they can defeat their enemies with less weight.

martymidget · « **Reply #116 on:** July 03, 2012, 12:41:40 PM »

Lust gives me an idea for a HW sidehammer. You're one of those builders who gives me ideas nearly every bot :D

Looking good- lets hope they make it far, you RIP champion :D

yoda9726 · « **Reply #117 on:** July 04, 2012, 04:10:52 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on July 03, 2012, 11:34:53 AM

Lust is pretty nice, but Pride is a bit disappointing. Pride should be a ridiculously large, bristling with weapons, extremely dangerous-looking but unpractical and mostly a poor fighter, with a skin full of self-righteous, overblown statements, as only a proud builder would build.

Or something like a SHW full of ballasts. Only the proud waste weight, confident that they can defeat their enemies with less weight.

The original Pride was a sit-n-spin that used a strange variety of normal-havin weapons only, overly large chassis and plastic 1 armor with no external armor. Although it fit the theme a lot better, there were a few problems. 1. it was a heavyweight, 2. there were a few flails, both of these kept me from entering it into RIP3. Third problem was...I wanted to stand somewhat of a chance.

The ballast idea is genius.

Quote from: Mr. AwesumSauce on July 03, 2012, 09:53:27 AM

hueueueue lust, plowing your opponent...

does the extender on pride come off easily ? 600 hp probably wont last long unless the razors do a bit of protecting it, and i see a whole bunch of empty space in there :|

Surprisingly, I haven't had much of a problem with losing the extenders. I tend to lose all the razors first, so i'm fine with that.

I just realized I've got one sin left and then i'm done with this series. Greed's gonna be fun to build :D.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #118 on:** July 05, 2012, 02:19:42 AM »

Finally, I present the Seventh Deadly Sin......Greed..

The desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual

]A Flipper/Hammer/HS/flamer/SideHammer/Sawbot/Poker/Rammer/Drum/Sns Hybrid

] The best part, nothing intersects in an unrealistic fashion. The flipper is, for the most part, worthless, being on the side of the bot, and even if a bot winds up on the flipper arm, the angle of flipping isn't enough to do much. But damn it, i made a 10-part hybrid. If that's not Greedy, I don't know what is.

Pwnator · « **Reply #119 on:** July 05, 2012, 03:34:55 AM »

THIS IS GLORIOUS

You forgot VS (although the drum would probably double as that already) and FS though