Author Topic: MikeNCR's Legendary Bots (Read 110954 times)

NFX · « **Reply #520 on:** June 30, 2011, 06:43:28 PM »

Left looks seriously epic. =D

MikeNCR · « **Reply #521 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:34:58 PM »

and a few more-

kill343gs · « **Reply #522 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:12:40 PM »

I love your IRL realistic style so much.

Thyrus · « **Reply #523 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:17:52 PM »

finally realistic building gets started.

dragonsteincole · « **Reply #524 on:** July 02, 2011, 02:25:49 PM »

*sigh* This is the difference between a decent IRL builder, and a great IRL builder. Myself and Thyrus can normally manage maybe 1 or 2 designs a week, Mike here craps out 13 in 3 days and most if not all of them are gold. It's depressing and inspiring all at the same time!

MikeNCR · « **Reply #525 on:** July 12, 2011, 08:02:48 PM »

The tornado wedge was a pain.

ashman12 · « **Reply #526 on:** July 12, 2011, 08:08:53 PM »

Very nice Mike, is that your entry to Battlebots Series 2 yes?

MikeNCR · « **Reply #527 on:** July 12, 2011, 09:29:31 PM »

Quote from: ashman12 on July 12, 2011, 08:08:53 PM

Very nice Mike, is that your entry to Battlebots Series 2 yes?

I'm making a bunch of things, not sure which I'll go with yet.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #528 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:17:41 AM »

I feel your pain man. It took me an entire evening to line up the tornado wedges just right on El Chupacabra. The connection point on it is crazy. :P

MikeNCR · « **Reply #529 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:08:58 PM »

Playing around with a design meant to toss the opponent into the hazards.

G.K. · « **Reply #530 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:14:05 PM »

I like that, I like it a lot.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #531 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:34:03 PM »

Counter-rotating saw blades to eliminate gyro forces

Conraaa · « **Reply #532 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:35:55 PM »

How well does it work in practice?

ashman12 · « **Reply #533 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:38:42 PM »

I thought counter-rotating saws caused it to turn one way?

MikeNCR · « **Reply #534 on:** July 13, 2011, 04:39:21 PM »

Quote from: Conraaa on July 13, 2011, 04:35:55 PM

How well does it work in practice?

Seems to do pretty well, it'll flip all over the place due to how small it is, but it's almost perfectly symmetrical, so it's able to attack just as well when inverted.

Quote from: ashman12 on July 13, 2011, 04:38:42 PM

I thought counter-rotating saws caused it to turn one way?

A set of blades spinning results in gyro forces when turning, an equal size/weight/MOI set of blades rotating the opposite way(relative to the other blades) will counteract that force, resulting in a net gyro force of 0 as long as they stay balanced.

NFX · « **Reply #535 on:** July 13, 2011, 05:01:20 PM »

He could be talking about yaw or roll instead of pitch. Same principle as drive wheels turning the bot, instead of the Troll Dance effect.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #536 on:** July 14, 2011, 05:19:45 PM »

Here's a whole fleet.

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Of the bots, 2, 4 and 8 are my least favorite from a realism standpoint, though they're all well within reason. 5 is a pain to drive and doesn't hit all that hard, but it looks cool. 1 is pretty solid. 6 is very deadly in the right situation.

NFX · « **Reply #537 on:** July 14, 2011, 05:29:42 PM »

I would love a closeup shot of #1, it looks brilliant.

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #538 on:** July 14, 2011, 05:35:53 PM »

I just made something with nearly the same chassis as 2 & 4. it was a drum instead of a VS/sawbot though.

freeziez · « **Reply #539 on:** July 14, 2011, 06:40:44 PM »

Quote from: MikeNCR on July 14, 2011, 05:19:45 PM

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