Author Topic: Kill343gs's DSL Showcase (Read 17097 times)

kill343gs · « **on:** August 31, 2008, 12:48:29 AM »

Believe it.

Far Cry, HW VS, 1mm steel armor.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2008, 12:52:33 AM »

lovelovelove :}

never thought i'd see the day, but hecka good for a first DSL bot my man. Looking very nice. Glad those perms are behavin!

(Insomnia Cured)

Madiaba · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:06:05 AM »

Agreed! Looks nice, K-3. How does it do in battle? Any shots/vids?

Urjak · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2008, 01:45:51 AM »

Good bot, not too much open space, maybe a little too much battery power, looks like it hits hard.

Somebody · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2008, 06:06:32 AM »

Great Design

kill343gs · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2008, 11:51:40 AM »

Thanks, ill get some battleshots up later.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2008, 10:03:25 PM »

Forget "for a first bot", that's a good bot any day of the week. Only thing I can think of is maybe remove a battery or two (six should be plenty) and upgrade the armor.

kill343gs · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2008, 01:14:26 PM »

Bar Tab, 1mm Steel.

Naryar · « **Reply #8 on:** September 01, 2008, 01:24:43 PM »

Nice.

I would put that wedge lower (flush with the ground) and lower the ground clearance or your bot - you don't have to worry about invertibility there so you can use the right wheel size-

And titanium is the armor that has the better durabiity/weight ratio, but do as your wish.

kill343gs · « **Reply #9 on:** September 01, 2008, 01:44:58 PM »

The wedge is flush with the ground, its just a bad angle. It had 1mm titanium but I couldn't go 3mm and I had 30kg left to spare so I upped it to steel.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #10 on:** September 01, 2008, 10:24:39 PM »

Hmm. I'd go possibly with the 50kg hammers and add side polyskirts or something.

kill343gs · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2008, 01:35:42 PM »

Be afraid. Be very afraid. This thing gets under almost anything.

Somebody · « **Reply #12 on:** September 28, 2008, 04:22:42 PM »

Be afraid of mine too, because it also does that. I LEARNED SOMETHING. The weight of the armor that is DSA in stock is actually DOUBLE THE WEIGHT of Aluminum 1 Plastic 3 weighs less, even though it is rated to weigh more.

kill343gs · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:43:36 PM »

Currently unnamed. Whole lotta batts. 5mm titanium.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2008, 11:09:45 PM »

Very interesting design. I like it. I don't think I've yet seen a DSL hammer bot with that much weaponry. There's just one biiiiiig problem, and one not-as-big problem.

The biiiiiiiig problem is the way those burst motors are attached. Against any horizontal spinner, those angled shell plates in front are going to bear the brunt of any attack. And when they break, that whole hammer system is going to fall off. It's a weak link. You have some weight left--I can't think of any better use than to bolster the front armor and protect those weak links.

The not-as-big problem is that the bot looks a little tipsy. This could be easily fixed by adding some side supports, though.

kill343gs · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2008, 03:01:24 PM »

In testing it really wasn't too tipsy, but I'll try and add some side supports and some frontal armor. The JXs were going to be inside the chassis, but I used the same chassis and front setup as Far Cry so it would have the same wedges. Needless to say, those huge motors didn't quite fit.

kill343gs · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2009, 03:46:19 PM »

1mm ti, has to decide between 1mm ti and 2 ant batts or 1mm steel and only the 4 battlepacks... went with the ant batts. this thing is really stable, haven't tested it in combat yet though. And yes, those are skis for armor.

Reier · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2009, 03:49:55 PM »

Get rid of a few battlepacks, replace some w/ants, and use the weight for more weapons.

Natef · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2009, 05:16:39 PM »

Interesting design.

kill343gs · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2009, 05:51:06 PM »

unfortunately bots would not fit inside the armor, making it very hard to do damage. I had to redesign and it is no longer anywhere near as stable.