Author Topic: The DSL Super Efficient Designs of The Ounce (Read 107232 times)

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #340 on:** December 31, 2009, 11:20:25 PM »

wow, you're nice

Naryar · « **Reply #341 on:** January 01, 2010, 07:19:30 AM »

6-Mag on a 100cm shell spinner ? :O

Quote from: The Ounce on December 31, 2009, 02:37:48 PM

If I knew how to AI with FBSPlus, then I could see its full potential.

Very easy. You just need to wire it like a normal spinner, with nothing more than Forward/LeftRight/Spin and normal bindings plus:

'range': like the spinner
'direction': sets up the FBSing direction (if the bot in itself (not the spinner) spins CW or CCW)
'spinspeed': is the FBS's spinning speed. Default is 6 - the more it is, the faster the bot will spin but the slower it will drive.

The Ounce · « **Reply #342 on:** January 03, 2010, 01:07:03 PM »

As some of you may have noticed, it's my 16th birthday, but I feel like giving you guys something instead, even if it is small:

A week or two ago, I was thinking of ways that I could make my [generic] LW SnS better, and this is what I came up with. Same stats as the last version, 247.8 kgs. The carbon fiber extenders may seem weak, but since they don't get hit often, it's not a big deal.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #343 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:07:06 PM »

Quote from: The Ounce on January 03, 2010, 01:07:03 PM

As some of you may have noticed, it's my 16th birthday:

I made a thread for it... only its called Green Names :P

123savethewhales · « **Reply #344 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:04:31 PM »

no matter how you put it, the carbon fiber extender still bothers me. Though I am not sure how to get the weight to do a flipper segment x2 or flipper segment/poly skirt extender aside from lowering the hammer to 45.

The Ounce · « **Reply #345 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:15:47 PM »

Well, at first I was going to use 45kgs, but when I realized I would still have leftover weight that I thought could only be used for extenders I decided to upgrade to 50kgs. Besides, Naryar did say to keep extender work to a minimum if possible, and they're not going to get hit unless it gets stopped.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #346 on:** January 05, 2010, 12:22:17 AM »

fair enough, as long as you know that once the bot is stop or got wedged, there are no chance of recovering as the extenders will break. I guess the real question then is, how many bots in the LW division can break of 90kg worth of hammers but cannot break 100kg, versus how many bots can either stop or get under and break your extenders. It's your call I guess.

Naryar · « **Reply #347 on:** January 05, 2010, 05:51:18 AM »

100kg of weapon on a LW SnS is sure original, but still overkill. Just get 45's and poly extenders.

Quote from: The Ounce on January 04, 2010, 11:15:47 PM

Besides, Naryar did say to keep extender work to a minimum if possible,

This is true, but a minimum doesn't means creating a critical weak point.

russian roulette · « **Reply #348 on:** January 05, 2010, 06:01:10 AM »

Another thought is to flip the extenders so the hammers face the other way because then you are hitting the other robot away from the wheels and exposed motors.

Pwnator · « **Reply #349 on:** January 05, 2010, 06:38:13 AM »

Actually, the wheels and the motors need to protect the extenders. Turning them around makes them way more vulnerable. :P

System32 · « **Reply #350 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:25:31 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on January 05, 2010, 05:51:18 AM

This is true, but a minimum doesn't means creating a critical weak point.

I have a Rammer with 2 70KG hammers and 2 razor tips. The bot never loses it's weapon rack, and is impossible to beat with popups. The point? It uses one po;ycarbonate connection point, which holds the chassis to everything else.

People should take risks when building. If it fails it fails. If it works you have a new bot.

Perhaps if SOME people did that BFE wouldn't be so common. *HINT HINT*

Naryar · « **Reply #351 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:32:07 AM »

Quote from: System32 on January 05, 2010, 09:25:31 AM

I have a Rammer with 2 70KG hammers and 2 razor tips. The bot never loses it's weapon rack, and is impossible to beat with popups. The point? It uses one po;ycarbonate connection point, which holds the chassis to everything else.

Pics please.

Anyways, if your extender work is protected it's fine to use weak extender work... unless you don't like having 70kg on a 20cm poly extender for the sake of realism.

System32 · « **Reply #352 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:53:25 AM »

technically it is, because the chassis is 1.7, one ant and one small CB. 13.2KG on a poly carb extender

The Ounce · « **Reply #353 on:** January 07, 2010, 04:48:14 PM »

The new ReFraction

Better wedge, better armor, more mobility, and more weapons (30 razors and large beater bars, 510 kgs total weapon weight).

I personally think it didn't need a wedge upgrade, but it helps a little, mostly for trapping:

^^ Finally.

Soon, Urjak, soon. >:)

Reier · « **Reply #354 on:** January 07, 2010, 05:13:23 PM »

Pwnator · « **Reply #355 on:** January 08, 2010, 02:48:51 AM »

Lurve. :D

Naryar · « **Reply #356 on:** January 08, 2010, 03:31:35 AM »

Just wait for v2

G.K. · « **Reply #357 on:** January 08, 2010, 04:05:33 PM »

I wouldn't want to be between those jaws of death.

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #358 on:** January 08, 2010, 07:27:59 PM »

Quote from: G.K. on January 08, 2010, 04:05:33 PM

I wouldn't want to be between those jaws of death.

yeah, me neather

I gota build a stock bot like that.............

The Ounce · « **Reply #359 on:** January 11, 2010, 05:21:53 PM »

My new SHW, Neptune:

6wd NPCFs w/ Technos, 8 ants (though I think it needs less), 5mm titanium, 24 Large Beater Bars, 16 irons, 4 light DS teeth.

Sadly, that was the most space-efficient chassis I could build that will allow that many motors to be attached (can't mount them externally because the wheels wouldn't touch the ground). It's not that much of a problem, though.